Thanks to its generous network of supporters, Third Street is able to subsidize the cost of its classes in public schools. At many schools, this amounts to a 25% reduction in the cost of the program.

In addition to the classes taught at your school, your students will have access to our Partners at Third Street program, which offers free and reduced-rate group lessons for an academic year on a wide range of instruments.

Partner students have access to all of Third Street's choirs, orchestras, and bands. Students who choose to take private lessons at Third Street can participate in these ensembles at a discounted rate. Financial aid is also available for these activities. 

Third Street is a leader in community arts education, having provided music instruction in New York City for over 130 years, and having partnered with NYC public schools since the 1960s.

Third Street's teaching artists are active performers as well as educators. They live to sing, dance, play musical instruments, improvise, share their love of the arts, and teach. Their classes are energetic, interactive, and fun.

A partnership with Third Street is more than a class; it is an invitation to join the Third Street community and collaborate in making music and the arts a vital part of the curriculum. A class at your school is only the first step in your students' lifelong journey in music.