“Reach High,” with Spongebob
“Reach High,” music, mural, and music video by PS/MS 188 Thrive Collective hip hop students…
read moreEvery New York City neighborhood marches to its own drum beat, whistles its own melody, and freestyles its own riff on Empire State of Mind. Yet somehow we tolerated losing 73 music teachers in five years, and and an 84% decline in spending for art and music supplies over six. (Source: “State of the Arts” by NYC Controller Scott Stringer, April 2014).
Why School Music?
School Music embraces the cultural richness of our City and empowers musicians, vocalists, and other artists to re-infuse music and art into our most underserved schools and school districts.
In 2014-2015, Thrive Collective piloted our School Music program at IS 117 in the Bronx, where our teaching artist resurrected the concert band, taught percussion, hip hop, and recorder to various 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes.
Dr. Terry Greene II holds doctoral and masters degrees in music from SUNY Stony Brook, and served as an adjunct professor of Jazz History from 2008-2013.
I teach music because I believe music empowers students to creatively express themselves.
– Dr. Terry Greene II
School Music Blog Updates
Bandlab Music Makers
PS 282 students produced their own music during Thrive Collective’s winter 2020 School Media after…
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Why the Hip Hop Revolution could not happen in 2020, and how you can help
Thrive’s Hip Hop Director Randy Mason presents Beats & Bars songwriting club at PS 188…
read more“Gifts > Guns,” Song and Lyrics by PS/MS 42Q 6th Graders
“Gifts > Guns,” song and lyrics by 6th grade scholar/emcees MS/MS 42Q in The Rockaways…
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