From the owner: SUPtown Music & Arts, designed by Gigi Gilsinan, co-founded by Gigi & Michael Gilsinan. The idea…read morebehind the name is, What's up? Uptown! With our logo showing music & art on the George Washington Bridge, we hope to be an additional placemaking symbol for Uptown, Manhattan. The space functions as a lounge, art gallery, recital stage, and classrooms.
SUPtown provides afterschool music, visual art, design, and drama private lessons and group classes. Our music programs include guitar orchestra, string & wind ensembles, choirs, and music theory. Our art & design programs include Young Developer/ Architect Program, Preschool Art Classes, Drawing & Painting Classes for kids and teens, and Paint & Sip for adults.
The instruments we offer include piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, flute, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, voice, and koto. Our art classes include drawing, painting, watercolor, oil painting, acrylic painting, and human figure drawing. Our design classes will teach layout, perspective, zoning, modeling, and presentation.
We accept students of all ages; children between 3 and 18 years old, college students, adults, and senior citizens. All are welcome. We strive to inspire every student to reach their full potential through our teaching motto -- "Where Fun Meets Challenging!"
In combination with our first facility, we have taught more than 50,000 music lessons, art classes, ensemble rehearsals, workshops; and hosted more than 60 public concerts.