The second annual WHEELS Spring Arts Showcase was last Thursday. The WHEELS community celebrated Pre-K through 12th grade music, movement, and visual art!

Thank you to percussionist Isidro "Boba" Bobadilla for teaching WHEELS 4th graders about music history and how to play percussion instruments like the tambora, guiro, guira, shekere, and conga! Mr. Bobadilla plays with many great bands, including Juan Luis Guerra's band.

Mr. Johnson wrote an article about teaching Afro-Latin rhythms in band and general music classes: http://www.meanyc.org/presto-1/2019/5/15/afro-latin-rhythms-in-band-and-general-music-classes

WHEELS students and Mr. Johnson were interviewed for the weekly radio program, A Tempo with Rachel Katz.

On Thursday evening WHEELS band students performed at the annual WHEELS Up fundraiser!

Last weekend nine WHEELS students and alumni in grades 7-11 performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Middle School Jazz Academy and High School Jazz Academy bands!

Here is an inspirational video made by Carnegie Hall about WHEELS high school students' song, "Señoritas." It will be performed by the great Toshi Reagon at the Soul Mechanism concert at Carnegie Hall on May 19th!