{"id":51,"date":"2024-05-17T17:50:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:41:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover wp-duotone-unset-1\" style=\"min-height:425px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-60\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-26-1-1024x547.jpg\" style=\"object-position:43% 28%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"43% 28%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-26-1-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-26-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-26-1-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-26-1-1536x821.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-26-1.jpg 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-7-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-11c143e7a1df2ec3048278743bdd86ee\" style=\"line-height:1.3\"><strong>The Brooklyn Porch Music Program provides high-quality and free music education to middle and high school youth from Title I schools in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. Through intensive mentorship with local musicians, original composition workshops, large group ensemble rehearsals, and performances in interactive multi-generational community concerts, participants develop their skills as creative artists and explore the role of music in community building.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our program<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-36caf46c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-156-1-e1716785737426-1024x507.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-156-1-e1716785737426-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-156-1-e1716785737426-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-156-1-e1716785737426-768x380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-156-1-e1716785737426-1536x760.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/The-Family-Concert-Arts-and-Democracy-156-1-e1716785737426-2048x1013.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>With a focus on creativity, storytelling, collective improvisation, and music composition, Brooklyn Porch Music encourages students to think independently and try new forms of expression. Participating youth write songs and stories about their neighborhood and perform them alongside their mentors and peers in underutilized public spaces &#8211; subway stations, public plazas, laundromats, and the local community church where we rehearse. <a href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?page_id=104\">Sign up for our program here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Years of Community Programming: 5 years<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Current Teaching Artists: 10<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Youth Who Have Received Free Music Programming: 200<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Total Hours of Instruction: 1600 per season<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bkporchmusic\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bkporchmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BKPorchMusic\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BKPorchMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest News<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><ul style=\"border-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts has-medium-font-size\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=499\" aria-label=\"Fall concert november 20, 2025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fall-concert-1.png-1-113x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fall-concert-1.png-1-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fall-concert-1.png-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fall-concert-1.png-1-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fall-concert-1.png-1-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fall-concert-1.png-1-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fall-concert-1.png-1.png 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=499\">Fall concert november 20, 2025<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We&#8217;re having our Fall Concert on 11\/20 at 6:30pm. Please join us for an evening of live music in the parlor at Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church on 424 East 19th Street! We&#8217;ll be featuring original music and poetry written by our full student band, as well as performances by our incredible mentors and even a few special guests! There&#8217;s a suggested donation of at least $20, but no one will\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=499\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Fall concert november 20, 2025<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=464\" aria-label=\"Thank you sponsors\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BK-Porch-2025-Banner-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=464\">Thank you sponsors<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We are thrilled to display our sponsors for our 2025 program in this beautiful banner! Thank you to NYC Cultural Affairs, Arts &amp; Democracy, Flatbush Development Corporation, Anna Milat-Meyer (Corcoran), and Operation Gig!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=457\" aria-label=\"Free Concert June 22 at Newkirk Ave\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BK-Porch-2025-Concerts-Cards-pdf-150x107.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=457\">Free Concert June 22 at Newkirk Ave<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Join Brooklyn Porch Music in uplifting the next generation of young artists at this critical time for arts education! Watch the Brooklyn Porch Music band concert at Newkirk Plaza, Sunday June 22 at 5:00 PM<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=117\" aria-label=\"Free Concert June 15, 2025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ave-C-Family-Concert-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=117\">Free Concert June 15, 2025<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">FREE full ensemble concert at Avenue C Plaza Join us at 2 PM on Sunday, June 15, at Avenue C Plaza, 557 McDonald Ave to celebrate creativity in our community! Featuring music and dance from Brooklyn Porch Music\u2019s The Multigenerational Playing for the Light Big Band, Bangladesh Instituteof Performing Arts (BIPA), Students from the Tomas Rodriguez Guitar Studio, Singing Winds Dance with Ballet Folkl\u00f3rico Mariposas, Shapla and Azerbaijani Dance, and\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=117\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Free Concert June 15, 2025<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=1\" aria-label=\"We Are Brooklyn Porch Music!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/BKPorch-deck-cover-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=1\">We Are Brooklyn Porch Music!<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">For 2024 and beyond, we are thrilled to announce our new name, Brooklyn Porch Music! In the fall of 2023, a dedicated team of our staff and parents came together to brainstorm a new name and create an amazing new outline that describes what we do. As a result, we have a new name, new website and new descriptions of our work. We are so grateful for all who participated,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?p=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: We Are Brooklyn Porch Music!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6fe931d8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donate<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooklyn Porch Music is operated by <a href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?page_id=83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jazz Passengers Music Projects, Inc.,<\/a> a New York not-for-profit organization (NYS Charities Registration Number 47-67-89) with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the IRS in (EIN 45-556-8813). All donations to our program are tax deductible. Donations help compensate professional musicians to mentor and teach, provide instruments to those who have few resources for their own, to rent space for our program to operate, to provide equipment for our joyous public performances, and much more. Donate to our Youth Program today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/jpmpinc.org\/donations\/porch-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DONATE HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bk PoRCH MUSIC Origin story<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>It was March 2020, two weeks into the complete shutdown of New York City and veteran jazz musician and educator Roy Nathanson<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/01\/nyregion\/coronavirus-musicians-nyc-streets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> had an idea<\/a>. \u201cI was just so shaken by the enormity of the situation, the kind of web of fear,\u201d he remembered. \u201cMy tours were all canceled, people I knew were getting sick, the streets were so eerie. I heard about the Italians singing out on their balconies in Italy and I just wanted to play something beautiful for the neighborhood and myself.\u201d He went out with his alto saxophone onto his second floor balcony in Ditmas Park and played one song: Amazing Grace. \u201cI thought, play one song exactly at 5 pm and walk back inside.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/?page_id=17\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">But what would happen next stunned him, as the community began to gather outside his house everyday at 5PM, hungry for ritual, for community, and for hope.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bkporchmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Origin-Story-JPMP-4-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our program With a focus on creativity, storytelling, collective improvisation, and music composition, Brooklyn Porch Music encourages students to think independently and try new forms of expression. 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