Where Everyone Has a Part to Play.

Building Community, Note by Note

UpBeat NYC is an open-door community music center in the South Bronx. We provide free music education in a nurturing, supportive environment for students of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Always Free to Families

From Classical to Afro-Latin Jazz

Ages 5 and Up

Year Round

SEP 23 Wednesday • 11:00am–1:00pm 349 E 140th St., The Bronx, NY

HEArts Center Groundbreaking Press Conference

Celebrate the groundbreaking of a new community center for Heath, Education, and the Arts in the heart of the South Bronx. Once built, UpBeat will be expanding our programming into this new facility.

I love teaching kids how to play cello. I want to teach others how to improve themselves and help them feel good about themselves and the instruments that they play. I want them to learn everything that I know and more.
Luis, 16 Advanced Cello Student

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One of the most important things as a teacher is that our program is free for the kids. That’s something I really believe in. If I didn’t have access to free lessons as a child, I would never have been able to pursue music.
Ramón Carrero-Martínez Conductor, Violin/Viola Instructor

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I think music matters to me because it makes up a lot of who we are.
Krystal Former UpBeat Student, Current UpBeat Program Assistant

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