Bronx Music Hall

The Bronx Music Hall (BMH) is a performance venue and community cultural center dedicated to honoring, showcasing and cultivating music, dance, theater, and interdisciplinary arts in the Bronx.

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The BMH is the new permanent home of WHEDco’s Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC), which was founded in 2010 to preserve and promote Bronx music, cultivate Bronx artists, spur neighborhood revival, and provide free cultural programs for the community. The BMHC operated out of the BMHC Lab since 2012.

BMH Features

  • A flexible 250-person capacity performance theater
  • A multi-use classroom and dance studio
  • A reception hall and lobby to host interactive exhibits, receptions, and events
  • A recording and post-production studio
  • A green room and two dressing rooms
  • Public amphitheater-style spaces and seating in two adjacent plazas for outdoor performances

Events: Visit the BMH

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Music and Dance Classes at the BMH

The BMHC offers free and low cost music education to children, teens, and adults. Weekly music instruction is offered in three 10-week sessions (Fall, Spring & Summer).

Classes are taught by teaching artists who are well-established in their disciplines and who share a passion for developing musical talent and technique. Classes and workshops include piano, guitar, conga, percussion and cultural dance in small group settings, and focus on technique, as well as instruction in music notation and basic theory.

  • Classes are low cost, small group classes
  • Registration for new students is in-person only, by appointment
  • Registration is on a first come, first served basis
  • Registration fee for adults $75
  • Registration fee for youth, 6-18 years old, $35
  • Financial aid may be available upon request
  • All classes meet once per week
  • Classes include music theory & basic music notation

REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES ARE NOW OPEN. FOR MORE INFO, EMAIL [email protected]

MAD Classes Inquiry Form

Inquiry form for music and dance classes at BMH.

Name
Youth 7-13
Teens/Adults 14+
Seniors

Latin Jazz Youth Orchestra

Directed by multi-Grammy nominated musician Bobby Sanabria, this student orchestra is made up of high-level High School music students from the NYC area with an emphasis on Bronx based players.

  • Must audition.
  • Students must have their own instruments.
  • The students will meet once a week for 2-3 hours on Sunday’s during the school semester.
  • At the end of each semester there will be a concert at the BMH’s main theater, open to the public.
  • All students will receive a full scholarship to attend and receive free tickets to BMH programs.

REQUIREMENTS: The orchestra is open to all NYC students. Students who are proficient and live in the surrounding tri-state area and can commute are open to audition as well. High level reading, performance skills, and maturity will be a priority. If a student is not yet in high school but has an extremely high skill level playing an instrument, admittance to the orchestra is possible at the discretion of Mr. Sanabria. Students should have intermediate performance reading skills on their instruments

INSTRUMENTATION:

(* optional)

  • 4 trumpets
  • 5 saxes – 2 alto, 2 tenor, 1 bari (preference will be given to those players who can double on flute)
  • 4 trombones
  • piano
  • bass
  • drums
  • congas
  • bongó
  • timbales
  • percussion (maracas, guiro, claves, pandeiro, ganza, agogo, etc.)
  • guitar *
  • vibes *
  • violin *
  • vocals* (preference will be given to those who can sing in Spanish)

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: The student will be asked to perform a blues piece in a jazz style and a Latin oriented composition (mambo, cha-cha-cha, bolero, bossa nova, samba, etc.) of their choosing.

Basic improv skills have to be demonstrated on each of the chosen works. The student will be asked to sight read something as well. The audition will also consist of a small interview with each prospective student.

EMAIL [email protected] FOR MORE INFO OR TO AUDITION

Rent the BMH

Spaces at the Bronx Music Hall (438 East 163rd Street, Bronx, NY), including the theater, the multi-purpose room, the lobby, and the outdoor plaza, are available for rentals. Please contact Seth Rothschild at [email protected] with rental inquiries.

Transportation to the BMH

Taxi, Uber, Lyft, Access-A-Ride

  • Input 438 East 163rd Street, Bronx, NY 10451

Subway

  • 4, B, D to Yankee Stadium + 1 mile walk or the Bx6/Bx6-SBS bus to E 161st Street/Melrose Avenue
  • 2 or 5 to Third Avenue/149th Street + 1 mile walk or the Bx41 bus to Melrose Avenue/East 162nd Street

Bus

  • Bx6-SBS to East 161 Street/Melrose Avenue
  • Bx21 to Third Avenue/East 163 Street
  • Bx41 to Melrose Avenue/E 162 Street

Metro North Railroad

  • Harlem Line to Melrose Ave Station

Get involved!

WHEDco extends its deepest gratitude to the foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose generous contributions enable us to operate the Bronx Music Hall and provide accessible community-based arts and cultural programming.

Citi Foundation
Cowles Charitable Trust
Howard Gilman Foundation
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
The New York Community Trust
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of
Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
New York State Assembly Member Chantel Jackson
New York State Senator José M. Serrano
New York State Senator Luis Sepúlveda