OUR MISSION

Bronx Arts Ensemble brings music and related arts to Bronx schools and neighborhoods. We contribute to the cultures of our Bronx communities through live performances and innovative arts education that stimulate creativity, imagination, and aspirations.

OUR MISSION

Bronx Arts Ensemble brings music and related arts to Bronx schools and neighborhoods. We contribute to the cultures of our Bronx communities through live performances and innovative arts education that stimulate creativity, imagination, and aspirations.

Our Vision

BAE Contributes to the arts and culture of the Bronx communities, uplifting them worldwide, through performances and innovative arts aducation, both in-person and online.

Hear more about how BAE is impacting the Bronx Community from Executive Director, Judith Insell.

Our Story

William J. Scribner founded the Bronx Arts Ensemble in 1972. Since then our artists have embraced dozens of Bronx neighborhoods, performing a broad spectrum of styles for diverse instruments. In 1993 BAE launched our Arts-in-Education programs, helping to fill an educational void in Bronx public schools. These programs have expanded beyond music into movement, theater and art, delivered during and after school in over 40 public schools. BAE continues to develop and integrate our core programs, impacting new audiences and building Bronx family.

1972BAE First Concert
1973First Orchestral Concert
1975First Children’s Concert
1978First Public Parks Concert
1980Young Artist Award Established. Now William J. Scribner Young Bronx Artist Competition
1993First music class taught in NYC public school
2001Master Services Agreement established with NYC Department of Education to provide in-school arts classes
2003Establishment of partnership with Lehman College Children’s Musical Theater
2014NY Community Trust award
2017Columbia Teachers College educational framework partnership

Meet our Team

WHERE WE PERFORM

Bronx Arts Ensemble values our cultural partnerships and joins in presenting concerts with notable Bronx institutions.

WHERE WE TEACH

BAE brings live performances and arts education throughout the Bronx.

BAE teaching artists teach 14,000 arts classes in 40 Bronx public schools.

BAE presents more than 50 free and low-cost live concerts and family musical theater performances in neighborhoods from Belmont to Fordham to Westchester Square.