Special Music School is NYC’s only K-12 public school that teaches music as a core subject. A unique public/private partnership between Kaufman Music Center and the New York City Department of Education, SMS teaches music as a core subject, offering musical training, including private instrumental lessons, during the regular school day.
Kaufman Music Center stimulates appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education in ways that awaken creativity, advance innovation and create a sense of wonder among performers, students, teachers and the public at large.
