#MostlyMozart music director Louis Langrée put on his educator hat today and showed #LCEforum participants how to get people excited about Beethoven. He even gave an assignment: read the famous Heilgenstadt Testament. So here it is! >> bit.ly/2Yko6Md 🎹 🎶

Today at #LCEForum panel we learned a ton about fostering community dialogue and encouraging participation in the arts from leading cultural innovators from The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx Documentary Center, Pregones / PRTT, and @ubwdance.

"My next directive is to make sure that the educators I've chosen handle these strong-minded students with grace and mercy." In her #LCEforum keynote, Hope Boykin (Hope Boykin) shared her passion for dance and advice for educators! ⭐

Thank you to all of the educators, teaching artists, and staff members that made this year's Summer Forum a huge success. We hope to see you all next year. Enjoy the rest of your summer! #LCEForum

Yesterday was the first day of Middle School Arts Audition Boot Camp 2019! 🎶 💃🏾 🎭 🎨 We're thrilled to host NYC Public Schools and 322 NYC students to campus for two weeks of workshops to prep their auditions for the city's arts high schools. Learn more >> bit.ly/2KsDmO3

At 322 students, this year's cohort for NYC Public Schools Middle School Arts Audition Boot Camp is the biggest one since the program began in 2014! Learn more about how Boot Camp helps kids get ready to apply to NYC's selective arts high schools >> bit.ly/2YZSdof

What an incredible night!! Thanks to MTV, @VH1SaveTheMusic, H.E.R., Samm Henshaw & all the great young musicians who lit up Damrosch Park at #LCOutOfDoors last Friday! Every kid deserves #ArtsEd at school. 🙌🏽

“The truth is that education is a non-stop, on-going evolution; once it gets going it fills the soul, brightens the intellect, unites intelligence with emotion, and throws light onto the dark place of life." Happy Birthday Leonard Bernstein! 🎉❤️ . 📸Susanne Faulkner Stevens (1981)

"Some people are shy...but when they get on stage, they feel free & express their feelings through drama & singing." —Kaciann James Read about three students' experiences seeing @ubwdance's "Hair and Other Stories," through our Focus School Program. >> bit.ly/2L4PQvq

Thank you to the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture for welcoming us back to Seoul earlier this month. We were honored to lead five days of training for SFAC Teaching Artists who work across a wide range of educational and community settings. #FBF

🏫 ✏️ 🎨 🎶 As NYC public schools kick off the 2019/20 school year, we want to wish all the teachers, teaching artists, administrators, and students a fantastic year filled with plenty of learning, creativity, and inspiration! Good luck to all! #BackToSchool

Our 2019/20 #LCKids season opens October 5, featuring theater, dance & music for everyone from babies to teens! Tickets are now on sale for members and will be available to the public on 9/17 👶🏾 👨‍👩‍👦 🎦 🎶 Explore the full season now! >> lincolncenter.org/kids

Pop star & #LCOutOfDoors alum LIZZO just cited her middle school band director and Sir James Galway (@Sir_J_Galway) as formative influences in this CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 segment. 😍 #ArtsEd for everyone! >> cbsn.ws/2B2ltl3

"If we want to address inequity, we need to include arts education." Thoughtful piece on how the funding model for arts education in the U.S. underscores systemic racism. What's the way forward? >> bit.ly/2OwiBVs #ArtsEd