Third Street Music School Settlement

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Third Street Music School Settlement
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Third Street Music School Settlement
235 E. 11th Street

New York City
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New York
Coordinates 40°43′52″N73°59′13″W / 40.731°N 73.987°W / 40.731; -73.987 Coordinates: 40°43′52″N73°59′13″W / 40.731°N 73.987°W / 40.731; -73.987
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Type Private
Established1894
Executive DirectorValerie Lewis
Campus Urban
Information212-777-3240
Website http://www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org

Third Street Music School Settlement is the longest-running community music school in the United States. Founded in 1894, it is at 235 East 11th Street, New York City. Third Street has three main programs: a music & dance school, [1] a music-infused Preschool, [2] and a Partners program. It also works with New York City Department of Education on training Pre-K teachers in music education.

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Programs

Music and Dance School

Third Street Music School settlement offers classes for ages 3 and up, with a range of classes in dance, music and ensemble.

Preschool

Opening in 1976, Third Street Preschool [3] provides music-enriched learning with a focus on experiential play. They offer care for children from 1–5 years of age. [4]

Partners Program

Third Street Partners Program [5] provides music and dance instruction to over 25 New York City public schools.

History

Third Street Music School is the longest-running community music school in the United States, and was founded in New York City in 1894 by Emilie Wagner, a 27-year-old graduate of Goucher College. Wagner's goal was to "help poor children of the Lower East Side with music to provide a source of spiritual and cultural nourishment, inspire achievement in its young students, and serve as a universal language for the community’s Jewish, Irish, Italian, Russian, Greek and Hungarian immigrants." [6] Its roots can be traced to the Rivington Street Settlement established during the late 19th-century settlement house movement. Wagner began teaching violin and piano to 10 students under the auspices of College Settlement of New York in the basement of Mariner's Temple. As she added students, the Music School moved to Rivington Street. Third Street Music School Settlement became an official entity in 1903 [6] and was renamed Music School Settlement, with 13 volunteer faculty and 140 students, and 200 on the waitlist. Board president Helen Mansfield persuaded the organization in 1905, to invest in two small brownstones at 33–35 East Third Street. By 1915, Ms. Wagner's vision had inspired similar music school settlements in thirty American cities. Third Street moved to its current location, on East 11th street, in 1974.

Notable faculty and students

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Third Street Music School Settlement Annual Report 1911

Notable advisory board members

Early benefactors

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References

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  2. "Our Philosophy". Third Street Preschool. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  3. https://thirdstreetpreschool.org/
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  5. "Home • Third Street".
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  7. "Elizabeth Sprague Collidge", p. 7, The Maud Powell Signature, Winter 1997, Vol. 2, No. 1, The Maud Powell Society for Music Education