Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Michele Temple is a seasoned musician and educator with extensive experience in performance and music instruction. Active since 1998 in various capacities, Michele Temple has performed on Broadway in productions such as "Wicked" and "Motown-The Musical," contributed to The Big Apple Circus, and played in community theater and opera settings. With ongoing roles as a bassist and composer for Pere Ubu and a musician, producer, arranger, and composer at Urban Iguana Productions, Michele Temple also instructs at Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music, offering classes and private lessons in guitar, bass, and music theory. Additionally, Michele Temple has held teaching positions at La Guardia College Teen Program and Kamut Preparatory Institute, focusing on guitar and keyboard education for young students. Michele Temple holds a Master's degree in Musicology from Cleveland State University and a Bachelor's degree in Music Theory from Ashland University.
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Founded in 1897, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music has been transforming the lives of New Yorkers through music for over a century. We offer private music lessons in every major instrument, as well as group classes, Suzuki method, orchestral and choral ensembles, and on-site music therapy at our historic home in Park Slope. These students range in age from 6 months to 104 years! We provide music instruction to schools and community centers all over New York City, reaching more than 4,000 public school students each year, 80% of whom live below the poverty line. We also provide clinical music therapy to over 1,400 kids and adults with special needs each year, both at our Park Slope facility and at schools and community-based organizations across the five boroughs. Throughout the year, we present 200 concerts and community events on average, many of which are free to the public. Our mission is to remove the barriers that hinder anyone from experiencing music, and to provide New Yorkers of all ages the tools to lead more empathetic, more empowered, more joyful lives.