Contact person:
Diana Frazier
Fax:
718-636-4179
Last updated:
November 5, 2009
Mission:
BAM presented its first performance in 1861 and began operations in its present building in 1908. The Academy is a not-for-profit institution that has grown into a model urban arts center focused on both international issues in the arts and local community needs. The Brooklyn Academy of Music has a world-wide reputation as a leader in terms of artistic innovation. The Academy’s mission is to be the globally acknowledged preeminent, progressive performing, cinema and media arts center of the 21st century.