Opus 118 is excited to have moved in with Central Park East II Middle and Elementary Schools at their new location! As of September 4, 2018, we are located at 433 E 100th Street (entrance off of E 101st Street and 1st Avenue) in room 301D.

We have found that when looking up directions for how to get to the school, it’s best to put 1960 1st Avenue as the end destination because that is right in front of the walk way that leads to the front entrance (marked in red on the map below).

Administrative hours are 9AM-5PM Monday through Friday.  Come visit us!

As of Friday, June 29th, Opus 118 Harlem School of Music offices will no longer be located at 1 E 104th Street. 

We are excited to be moving in with Central Park East II Middle and Elementary Schools at their new location! At the start of the school year, we will be located at 433 E 100th Street (entrance off of E 101st Street and 1st Avenue).

While we make our move, we will have special summer hours taking place at Kaufman Music Center for the months of July and August. You can find us at 129 W 67th Street on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9am to 5pm. On Tuesdays and Fridays, we can be reached by phone or email.

Want to visit us? Give us a call at 646-842-2775 or send us an email and we will be happy to assist you with directions or set a meeting time.

For the week of July 2nd, we will be holding office hours on Thursday, July 5th and Friday, July 6th at Kaufman Music Center. Monday, July 2nd and Tuesday, July 3rd we will be available by phone or email.

We will announce on our website when we are settled in to our new location. Thank you!

Want to catch up on all things Opus 118? This issue we celebrate Kaufman Music Center’s Executive Director, Lydia Kontos, in advance of her retirement. Click the link below!

(Please note, our End of Year Concert is on TUESDAY, June 5th, 2018).

Opus 118 Spring Newsletter 2018

March 24, 2018 | 4PM | St. Mary’s Episcopal Church | 521 West 126th Street

Opus 118 is thrilled to be joining the Harlem Chamber Players again this year for our seventh annual Spring Concert at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church! Our talented ensemble students, led by Roberta, will be playing pieces by Bach, Bartok, Shostakovich, and others!

Join us at 4PM on Saturday, March 24th at 521 West 126th Street as we collaborate with the Harlem Chamber Players once again!

Tickets are available on the event page, or they can be purchased at the door. We hope to see you there!

Have you had a chance to read the fall edition of our newsletter for 2017? Click the link below to see what is happening at Opus 118 Harlem School of Music!

Opus 118 Fall Newsletter 2017

Today is Giving Tuesday and Opus 118 is excited to participate! In celebration of this day of charity, we thought it would be a good time to remind our supporters of the different ways people can get involved with us!

• Starting today, all donations made through our charity page on Paypal will be free of fees and will receive a 1% match from Paypal. This event will end on December 31st, 2017. Please visit the link to donate today! https://www.paypal.com/fundrai…/108133408063901813/…/2343012 

 

• Donate Instruments Many of our students cannot afford to buy or rent an instrument, and would be grateful to inherit your gently used violin, viola, cello, or guitar. We are also always in need of violin cases in good condition for the instruments used in our In-School Program. If you are looking to donate any of these items of any size, please reach out to us by phone at 646-842-2775 or by email at hcollins@opus118.org with more information.

 

• Shop Did you know that you can make a contribution to Opus 118 just by shopping at Amazon? By clicking here before you shop, a percentage of all qualifying purchases will be given to Opus 118. Want to shop even more? We also have an Amazon Wishlist that can be found here, where we will post supplies that we really need.

 

• Volunteer We are always looking for volunteers for events, mailings, and more! Please reach out to our registrar by phone at 646-842-2775 or by email at kharoldson@opus118.org if you are interested in joining in on the fun!

 

• Subscribe Making regular, monthly donations in varying amounts can help Opus 118 greatly! For instance:
  -$18 a month could help us purchase a brand new instrument for a student in our In-School Program
  -$118 a month would pay for a student to take private lessons for an entire year
  To set up a monthly donation to Opus 118 by phone, please call Katherine at 646-842-2775 or sign up for monthly donations on our Paypal site here!

Thank you for your support in providing access to quality music education to all East Harlem students!

Have you had a chance to read the spring edition of our newsletter for 2017? Click the link below to see what is happening at Opus 118 Harlem School of Music!

Opus 118 Spring Newsletter 2017

 

Thanks to the generosity of our donors and friends, Opus 118 has been making music in East Harlem for over 25 years..and tomorrow, you can be a part of it!

Beginning tomorrow, Thursday June 15th at noon, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference for Opus 118 Harlem School of Music.

We will be participating in a 24 hour Charidy.com fundraiser for the second year in a row! Three generous benefactors will be matching donations: during the 24 hour campaign, each dollar donated to Opus 118 up to $5,000 will be QUADRUPLED! And it doesn’t end there — we will have the opportunity to receive special bonus matches as well. 

With your help, we will be able to fund additional scholarships, teacher training opportunities, and instruments for our growing student body. Next year, we hope to provide musical opportunity to more students than ever before — but we can’t do it without you!

Last year, we raised $28,000 during this campaign. Can you help us beat our record?

Be sure to click back here tomorrow for the link to the Charidy donation page!

 

Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
6:30PM

The American Academy of Arts and Letters
Entrance on W 156th St., between Broadway and Riverside Dr.

We can’t believe another school year is drawing to a close!  Time certainly flies when you’re having fun and making music — and since summer is just around the corner, that means it’s time again for Opus 118’s annual End of Year Concert! 

Our In-School students and our After-School ensemble members will all be there. Opus students of all levels love participating in this Harlem community event — they get to perform at the beautiful American Academy of Arts and Letters; they have the opportunity to demonstrate a year’s worth of hard work for friends, family, and community members; and they get to make music once more with their teachers and peers. We hold this celebratory tradition very dear!

The concert is just ONE WEEK AWAY: it will be held on Wednesday, June 7th, at 6:30PM. Admission is FREE and seating is open.  We hope you’ll join us!

It was recently announced that the National Endowment of the Arts is facing elimination in the new federal budget. Opus 118 has been a proud recipient of funding from the NEA for over ten years and would consider this a terrible loss for the arts community. Please read the attached article from our partner, Kaufman Music Center, to see how you can help save the NEA.