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Resource Directory
Music (12) 
Alta Classica
570 Fort Washington Avenue, Suite 64A, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-740-0708.
Fax: 212-740-0708.
Email: AltaClass@aol.com.
Promotes the music and musicians which represent the underserved cultures in New York City, with a specialization in neglected Hispanic music. It also promotes the growth of arts and culture in general in Washington Heights and Inwood.
Artists Unite
Email: peterferko@artistsunite-ny.org.
Aims to link artists of all disciplines, creating a broad-based, multi-cultural arts community, and to strengthen the connection between the artists and the community. They want to develop the artistic community by providing a network of resources, artist development programs, performance and exhibition opportunities, and community-based arts initiatives.
Association of Hispanic Arts
161 East 106th Street, P.O. Box 1169, New York, NY 10029.
Tel: 212-876-1242.
Fax: 212-876-1285.
Email: ahanews@latinoarts.org.
The AHA is dedicated to the advancement of Latino arts, artists and arts organizations as an integral part of the cultural life of the nation. They facilitate projects and programs designed to foster the appreciation, growth and wellbeing of the Latino cultural community.
Children's Arts & Science Workshop
300 Fort Washington Avenue, Suite #1H, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-923-7081.
Fax: 212-795-5901.
Helps children and their families develop an appreciation for the arts and humanities. Participants enrolled in the various programs develop cultural interests and creative skills through active involvement in noncompetitive art, dance, music and theater workshops. Also provides multimedia events and structured recreational and educational programs, and a day camp during the summer months.
Cornerstone Center
178 Bennett Avenue, New York, NY 10040.
Tel: 212-923-5757.
Email: osanyc@verizon.net.
A multiservice center that offers classes in aerobics, yoga, karate, pottery, dance, music, a children's choir, English as a second language classes, a new mothers group, summer day camp for children, girl scouts in the fall, Alcoholics Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous. The center also has meeting space available for rental by community groups at low fees.
Cornerstone Chorale
Tel: 212-795-5738.
Email: richstout@aol.com.
The group strives to bring singers together from Washington Heights, Inwood, other Manhattan neighborhoods and other boroughs. Cornerstone, the only community chorus north of 125th Street in Manhattan, is dedicated to providing quality concert programs within the local community, and is often invited to perform in other locations as well.
Hudson Cliffs Theatre Arts Center
349 Cabrini Boulevard in PS 187, New York, NY 10040.
Tel: 212-894-3702 x5151.
Email: hctac@onebox.com.
After-school program that provides quality diversions for youth 5 to 20 years old, such as dance, choral music, computer instruction, arts and crafts, and basketball.
Lyric Opera of New York
4445 Post Road, 8D, Riverdale, NY 10471.
Tel: 718-432-2066.
Fax: 718-432-2066.
A performing arts organization dedicated to bringing a high level of opera performance and performance opportunity to New York City, especially to Inwood, Washington Heights, and Riverdale.
Music Together
Tel: 212-613-6155.
Email: pam@citykidsmusic.com.
Music Together is a nationally acclaimed, research-based, music and movement program for young children ages birth-four with their parents and caregivers. Primary tonal and rhythm skills are learned through informal musical play, and adult participation and role modeling is emphasized. A 45-minute class consists of songs, rhymes, instrument jams, and dancing. Mixed-age classes encourage famiy music making, and allow siblings to attend together. Tuition includes a songbook, CD, cassette tape and parent guide to reinforce the class experience at home. Music Together offers classes at several locations in Washington Heights and Inwood.
Pied Piper Children's Theatre
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 20 Cumming Street (between Broadway and Seaman Avenue, one block north of Dyckman Street).
Tel: 212-544-2976.
Email: info@piedpipertheatre.org.
Committed to creating a nonthreatening and fun place where children ages 5 to 17 can explore their creativity and learn new theatrical and musical skills while making new friendships. Children are selected after a thorough audition that examines their attitude and interest in Music/Theatre Arts.
Uptown Music
Location 1: Cornerstone Center, 178 Bennett Avenue (at 189th Street). Location 2: 204th Street and Vermilyea Ave (next to the Post Office).
Tel: 212-252-5551.
Email: UptownMus@cs.com.
Holds classes for children from infancy through age four with their adult caregivers, and for preschool and kindergarten children ages 3-6. Classes are held in Inwood and Washington Heights, and utilize singing, dancing/movement, and rhythm instruments to help children develop basic musical skills. Children are free to progress at their own pace, with no "performance pressure," and activities are fun and easy for both children and adults. Free trial classes are held periodically -- call for dates and locations.
WaHIarts.com
The online home for WaHI's artists, this website is dedicated to raising the profile of all the arts -- visual and plastic arts, music, theatre, performance arts, etc. -- in our communities, primarily by providing a comprehensive, well-organized, easy-to-use directory of artists and art resources in Northern Manhattan.