Manna House Workshops (School of the Performing Arts)

Performing Arts Instruction Center in East Harlem! MANNA HOUSE MISSION STATEMENT

Manna House Workshops, Inc.

provides life-long learning experience and income-producing skills to all enrolees. We inspire the disciple and self-confidence that leads to success in any endeavor through America's Classical Music - Jazz. Manna House reaches out to the immediate community, the community-at-large, and to economically and culturally challenged families. Manna House's programs reflect the highest professional training and the uppermost moral standards.

12/22/2024

Manhattan: 5th Avenue Toward East 90th Street -Looking North (November 5th 1928)

06/14/2024

Charlie Parker - I can play all I know in eight bars.

06/14/2024

Manna House Gloria DeNard!

Gloria DeNard, CEO and Founder of Manna House Workshops has transitioned. She's now our ANCESTOR in LIGHT!

“Stevie Wonder was one of the first artists I ever listened to as a kid. So much of his music tells a narrative story or transports me back to a certain time or place. While I am dancing, I imagine the world that Stevie was singing about.” - Company Artist Micah Bullard (@mbullard_is) —————- June is Black Music Month! This month honors Black musicians and raises awareness of Black music, which has helped shape some of America’s favorite genres, including jazz, blues, hip-hop, gospel, and R&B.—————-To celebrate, we asked our Company Artists questions about having the opportunity to dance to popular music by Black musicians. —————- Video: Micah Bullard and Kamala Saara (@kamalatte_) in Robert Garland’s ‘Higher Ground. ’#DanceTheatreofHarlem #BlackMusicMonth #StevieWonder

06/14/2024

Dance in Harlem. Missing Gloria DeNard. Peace. love and blessings. June recitals for hard working Jazz performance students, no longer but in memory.

“Stevie Wonder was one of the first artists I ever listened to as a kid. So much of his music tells a narrative story or transports me back to a certain time or place. While I am dancing, I imagine the world that Stevie was singing about.” - Company Artist Micah Bullard (@mbullard_is) —————- June is Black Music Month! This month honors Black musicians and raises awareness of Black music, which has helped shape some of America’s favorite genres, including jazz, blues, hip-hop, gospel, and R&B.—————-To celebrate, we asked our Company Artists questions about having the opportunity to dance to popular music by Black musicians. —————- Video: Micah Bullard and Kamala Saara (@kamalatte_) in Robert Garland’s ‘Higher Ground. ’#DanceTheatreofHarlem #BlackMusicMonth #StevieWonder

06/14/2024

“It’s so hard to describe music other than the basic way to describe it – music is basically melody, harmony and rhythm – but I mean people can do much more with music than that. It can be very descriptive in all kinds of ways, you know, all walks of life.” - Charlie Parker

07/03/2023

These musicians make octogenarian music sound like they are still teens! They rock!

New Date: July 19th. If you purchased tickets for the June 7th show that was postponed, your tickets will be honored at this show. If you haven't bought your tickets yet visit www.jmih.org for ticket info.

07/03/2023

A Pearl and a Cab

01/18/2023

Bird 100 Celebrations For Jazz Legend Charlie Parker's 2020 Centennial Bird 100, an extensive celebration of jazz titan Charlie Parker's centennial in 2020, will start with a special release for Record Store Day's Black Friday.