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Thursday, January 20, 2022
Teaching and Learning with the Apollo
Apollo in the Classroom series offers a unique opportunity for educators and school administrators from around the country to engage with Apollo teaching artists and other educators. Learn about Apollo’s impact while highlighting significant performers who have advanced the arts and entertainment landscape.
This presentation focuses on Jazz through the lens of Apollo’s iconic history using interactive multimedia and discussion centered around building student engagement.
Apollo in the Classroom is designed to help teachers use entertainment genres as entry points for exploring social and historical time periods while amplifying marginalized voices and perspectives through classroom curricula.
One hour of New York State CTLE credit will be available for attendance.
Questions? Please email [email protected]
Registration Information
SPECIAL OFFER: Two workshops for $15
The Apollo is offering a special offer you don’t want to miss. The Apollo in the Classroom series also includes the Apollo in the Classroom: Rhythm & Blues on January 25th.
Apollo in the Classroom Series Schedule
Apollo in the Classroom: Jazz (January 20, 2022)
January 20, 2022
5 – 6pm ET
Facilitator: Tim Sullivan
Apollo in the Classroom: Rhythm and Blues (January 25, 2022)
January 25, 2022
5 – 6pm ET
Facilitator: Michael-David Gordon
Workshop Facilitators
Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan
Multi-instrumentalist, teaching artist, and social entrepreneur, Tim “Sully” Sullivan has been an active performer and educator for over 20 years, having lived in Chicago, New Orleans, and New York City prior to his current home of Philadelphia. He has performed, toured, and recorded with a wide array of artists ranging from nearly a dozen NEA Jazz Masters, to funk legends Fred Wesley and George Porter Jr., to the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin.
Shortly after moving to New York in 2009 to teach for Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tim was invited to attend Teachers College at Columbia University, where he served as Community Music Fellow and taught at Teachers College Community School in Harlem. Situated just blocks from the Apollo Theater, at TCCS he created a music curriculum based entirely on the musical history and socio-cultural significance of the Apollo and has since worked together with the Apollo Education Program as a curriculum writer, teaching artist, and tour guide.
While remaining active in New York with The Apollo, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and teaching privately, in 2021 Tim founded PHL GOOD MUSIC, an innovative music program and social enterprise dedicated to bringing people together and generating social good in Philadelphia and beyond. To learn more visit: PHLGOODMUSIC.COM and @PHLGOODMUSIC on social media
Michael-David Gordon
Michael-David Gordon
Born and bred in Brooklyn, singer – actor Michael-David has worked extensively in New York as a singer, actor, teaching artist, and voice-over performer. In addition to founding and leading Michael-David Band, he has performed with The Walter Thompson Orchestra, The Pocket Band, The Apple Bonkers, and moves audiences regularly in one of the most challenging of environments, the New York City subway – as lead vocalist of The Meetles (‘New York’s most popular Beatles cover band’).
In his ‘other’ artistic life, he is a resident company member of The Irondale Ensemble Project, as well as Theater for New City. He has appeared on many Off-Broadway stages and toured extensively as a proud member of Actor’s Equity. As founder and lead vocalist of Michael-David Band, he appears regularly in clubs, theaters, auditoriums, colleges, private events and has twice performed with Michael-David Band (‘MDB’) as a part of the Apollo Theater ‘School Day Live’ concert series.
Facilitator: Tim Sullivan
Workshop Prices:
Single Workshop: $10 Each
Both Workshops: $15
Learn More about the Apollo in the Classroom: Rhythm & Blues on January 25th
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Thursday, January 20, 2022
Doors Open
Show Starts
5:00 PM EST
Ages
Where
Zoom
Event Date
January 20, 2022
Event Time
5:00 PM EST
Awards Presentation & Concert
Dinner & Dancing
Location
Zoom
Share
Buy Tickets
Download Program Booklet
Sponsors
No items found.
Teaching and Learning with the Apollo
Apollo in the Classroom series offers a unique opportunity for educators and school administrators from around the country to engage with Apollo teaching artists and other educators. Learn about Apollo’s impact while highlighting significant performers who have advanced the arts and entertainment landscape.
This presentation focuses on Jazz through the lens of Apollo’s iconic history using interactive multimedia and discussion centered around building student engagement.
Apollo in the Classroom is designed to help teachers use entertainment genres as entry points for exploring social and historical time periods while amplifying marginalized voices and perspectives through classroom curricula.
One hour of New York State CTLE credit will be available for attendance.
Questions? Please email [email protected]
Registration Information
SPECIAL OFFER: Two workshops for $15
The Apollo is offering a special offer you don’t want to miss. The Apollo in the Classroom series also includes the Apollo in the Classroom: Rhythm & Blues on January 25th.
Apollo in the Classroom Series Schedule
Apollo in the Classroom: Jazz (January 20, 2022)
January 20, 2022
5 – 6pm ET
Facilitator: Tim Sullivan
Apollo in the Classroom: Rhythm and Blues (January 25, 2022)
January 25, 2022
5 – 6pm ET
Facilitator: Michael-David Gordon
Workshop Facilitators
Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan
Multi-instrumentalist, teaching artist, and social entrepreneur, Tim “Sully” Sullivan has been an active performer and educator for over 20 years, having lived in Chicago, New Orleans, and New York City prior to his current home of Philadelphia. He has performed, toured, and recorded with a wide array of artists ranging from nearly a dozen NEA Jazz Masters, to funk legends Fred Wesley and George Porter Jr., to the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin.
Shortly after moving to New York in 2009 to teach for Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tim was invited to attend Teachers College at Columbia University, where he served as Community Music Fellow and taught at Teachers College Community School in Harlem. Situated just blocks from the Apollo Theater, at TCCS he created a music curriculum based entirely on the musical history and socio-cultural significance of the Apollo and has since worked together with the Apollo Education Program as a curriculum writer, teaching artist, and tour guide.
While remaining active in New York with The Apollo, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and teaching privately, in 2021 Tim founded PHL GOOD MUSIC, an innovative music program and social enterprise dedicated to bringing people together and generating social good in Philadelphia and beyond. To learn more visit: PHLGOODMUSIC.COM and @PHLGOODMUSIC on social media
Michael-David Gordon
Michael-David Gordon
Born and bred in Brooklyn, singer – actor Michael-David has worked extensively in New York as a singer, actor, teaching artist, and voice-over performer. In addition to founding and leading Michael-David Band, he has performed with The Walter Thompson Orchestra, The Pocket Band, The Apple Bonkers, and moves audiences regularly in one of the most challenging of environments, the New York City subway – as lead vocalist of The Meetles (‘New York’s most popular Beatles cover band’).
In his ‘other’ artistic life, he is a resident company member of The Irondale Ensemble Project, as well as Theater for New City. He has appeared on many Off-Broadway stages and toured extensively as a proud member of Actor’s Equity. As founder and lead vocalist of Michael-David Band, he appears regularly in clubs, theaters, auditoriums, colleges, private events and has twice performed with Michael-David Band (‘MDB’) as a part of the Apollo Theater ‘School Day Live’ concert series.
Facilitator: Tim Sullivan
Workshop Prices:
Single Workshop: $10 Each
Both Workshops: $15
Learn More about the Apollo in the Classroom: Rhythm & Blues on January 25th
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The Apollo mainstage
Accessible Seating
The Apollo’s Historic Theater has 12 wheelchair seating locations available for every show, all on the Orchestra seating level. Tickets for wheelchair seating locations can be purchased at The Apollo Theater box office or on Ticketmaster.
Four wheelchair seating locations will be reserved until the day of each performance.Each seating level is accessible via the elevator inside The Apollo’s Historic Theater. Guests should be aware of the small steps leading toward the Mezzanine and Balcony seating levels. Depending on the guest’s ticket location for these two levels, additional walking may be required. If guests are not able to travel up and down steps, tickets for events should be purchased for the Orchestra level.
Four wheelchair seating locations will be reserved until the day of each performance.Each seating level is accessible via the elevator inside The Apollo’s Historic Theater. Guests should be aware of the small steps leading toward the Mezzanine and Balcony seating levels. Depending on the guest’s ticket location for these two levels, additional walking may be required. If guests are not able to travel up and down steps, tickets for events should be purchased for the Orchestra level.
VICTORIA THEATER 1
Accessible Seating
Victoria Theater 1 is a 199-seat flexible black box theater that can be transformed into a myriad of configurations and styles. It features an intimate lounge-like space that is ideal for stage productions, concerts, panel discussions, commercial shoots and private functions.
JONELLE PROCOPE THEATER
Accessible Seating
The Jonelle Procope Theater, named in honor of the former Apollo President/CEO, is a 99-seat flexible black box theater that can be transformed into a myriad of configurations and styles. It features an intimate lounge-like space that is ideal for intimate concerts, panel conversations, commercial shoots, private functions, exhibits, or installations.
The Apollo mainstage
Accessible Seating
The Apollo’s Historic Theater has 12 wheelchair seating locations available for every show, all on the Orchestra seating level. Tickets for wheelchair seating locations can be purchased at The Apollo Theater box office or on Ticketmaster.
Four wheelchair seating locations will be reserved until the day of each performance.Each seating level is accessible via the elevator inside The Apollo’s Historic Theater. Guests should be aware of the small steps leading toward the Mezzanine and Balcony seating levels. Depending on the guest’s ticket location for these two levels, additional walking may be required. If guests are not able to travel up and down steps, tickets for events should be purchased for the Orchestra level.
Four wheelchair seating locations will be reserved until the day of each performance.Each seating level is accessible via the elevator inside The Apollo’s Historic Theater. Guests should be aware of the small steps leading toward the Mezzanine and Balcony seating levels. Depending on the guest’s ticket location for these two levels, additional walking may be required. If guests are not able to travel up and down steps, tickets for events should be purchased for the Orchestra level.
Upcoming Events
May 29
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The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
Muted Genius: Miles Davis at 100
Celebrate the 100th birthday of Miles Davis with a film and discussion honoring the man who transformed the sound of modern music. From groundbreaking albums like Kind of Blue to the electric experiments of Bitches Brew, Miles’ influence continues to echo through jazz, hip-hop, soul, and beyond. Relive Miles’ full 1970 performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in Electric Miles: Kind of Blue -- backed by legends Chick Corea, Carlos Santana, Dave Holland, Airto Moreira and more.
The program will feature a dynamic conversation moderated by Antonio Hart, with insights from Vince Wilburn Jr. and Dr. Monica L. Miller, exploring the intersections of music, legacy, culture, and Black style. Join The Apollo for a screening and conversation that explores the genius and legacy of an artist who never stopped evolving.
Jun 12
Herbert Von King Park
Bilal x GENA x DJ Tara
Presented with SummerStage, this evening brings together boundary-pushing voices in R&B and soul.
A foundational member of the loose late-’90s hip-hop/R&B collective the Soulquarians, Bilal has an effortless, understated swag. It oozes from every track of his 2001 debut 1st Born Second, a retro yet fresh take on soul music at the turn of the century. He’s gotten more experimental as he’s grown, collaborating with artists such as Kimbra, Otis Brown III, Kat Dahlia, Slum Village, and Kendrick Lamar on his third album To Pimp a Butterfly. Bilal’s latest release is Live at Glasshaus, a live recording from an intimate, career-spanning performance with Questlove, Robert Glasper, and Burniss Travis as his backing band.
He’s joined by GENA, a new project from the dynamic R&B artist Liv.e and renowned drummer Karriem Riggins; their name stands for God Energy, Naturally Amazing, indicative of their improvisationally ordained approach to making music.
On the ones and twos is DJ Tara, a DJ, urban planner, and co-founder of Donuts are Forever, the annual J Dilla tribute and fundraiser.
Location: 670 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Jun 16
Central Park
Mavis Staples with Brother Wallace
Presented with SummerStage. Mavis Staples has been performing for eight decades. At 86 years old, she’s known as one of the most enduring figures in American music, earning inductions into multiple halls of fame (blues, rock, and gospel), was a Kennedy Center Honoree, and winner of numerous GRAMMY awards, including one for lifetime achievement. With her return to SummerStage, she’s sure to perform the hits alongside new tracks from her 15th solo album Sad and Beautiful World. She’s collaborated with nearly every major figure of her many eras, from Bob Dylan to Prince, Aretha Franklin, and Willie Nelson. Opening the evening is Brother Wallace, a force of modern soul and gospel sound. Most recently, he’s collaborated with The Heavy guitarist Dan Taylor to build a body of work built on his electrifying brand of soul music.
Location: Rumsey Playfield, New York, NY, 10021
Jun 25
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
A Visible Life
Celebrate Pride at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria with an integral conversation on representation of Black gay men in media with A Visible Life.
Join social-media creator and comedian Lavelle Dontae and artist-educator Dr. John-Martin Green with artist-scholar williambryantmiles for an intimate discussion featuring short film excerpts, performances, and fellowship. A Visible Life invites audiences to think about how both watching and crafting performance shapes and defines who they are, and who they aspire to be.
Jun 27
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
A Little Light
Celebrate Pride at The Apollo with Apollo Works in Process: A Little Light, a new queer coming-of-age musical by Derrick Byars. A Little Light tells the story of a young man navigating the rush of new love and the weight of generational survival. Centered on a Black family in a small Southern town, these new musical blends romantic comedy, theatrical camp, and emotional depth as soon-to-be college freshman, Jordan begins to step into the kind of life he’s only ever imagined.
Jun 27
The Dance Floor at Josie Robertson Plaza
Sincere Light: A Tribute to D’Angelo
Join us for a neo-soul dance party as we honor the late musical legend D’Angelo, whose revolutionary sound and artistry left an indelible mark on global culture. D’Angelo’s early roots can be traced to New York via The Apollo, where he won Amateur Night three times in a row then launched a career that would inspire a musical movement and soundtrack a generation. We invite you to meet us under the moonlight, slip on a pair of high-fidelity headphones and immerse yourself in D’Angelo’s music curated to perfection by the trailblazing sound collage artist and music maker DJ Reborn.
Location: 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 1002
Jun 27
12th Ave between 131st and 132nd streets
Harlem Pride
Harlem Pride’s Celebration Day has evolved into a cornerstone of New York City’s Pride festivities, attracting more than 20,000 attendees annually. The event brings together a rich mosaic of identities and experiences while celebrating Harlem’s historic and ongoing role in LGBTQ+ activism, art, and culture. At the heart of the event is a live stage show featuring emerging and established LGBTQ musicians and performers. The show will also include special guests and community leaders.
Celebration Day 2026 will once again transform Harlem’s west side waterfront into a dynamic hub of community, returning to an expanded location first used in 2025. The new space, on 12th Avenue between West 130th and West 132nd Streets, provides attendees and participants alike with an enhanced event experience.
Aug 14
Under The 12th Avenue Viaduct
Harlem Summer Nights
Join The Apollo as it kick’s off its Harlem Week at Harlem Summer Nights! Get a sneak peak of what the weekend has in store and grab a bite at Harlem’s biggest food festival!
Aug 15
August 15 & 16, 2026
Theater Row on 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Blvd and St. Nicholas Ave.
Harlem Week
Celebrate with The Apollo at HARLEM WEEK! The Apollo will have a table at Theater Row on 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Blvd and St. Nicholas ave on Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August 16th from 12 to 6PM.
We hope to see you all at The Apollo tent on Theater Row and at the Harlem Week Mainstage!
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VISITOR INFORMATION
Box office opens two hours prior to scheduled performances/events.
*Tickets: Get tickets online through Ticketmaster.com or in person at The Apollo Stages at the Victoria Box Office
*Group Sales: To book your group of 10 or more, contact group.sales@apollotheater.org
(212) 531-5305
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
233 W 125th St, Third Floor
New York, NY 10027
New York, NY 10027
*Tickets: Get tickets online through Ticketmaster.com or in person at The Apollo Stages at the Victoria Box Office
*Group Sales: To book your group of 10 or more, contact group.sales@apollotheater.org
Box office opens two hours prior to scheduled performances/events.
Accessibility
The Apollo is here for everyone. Artists, audiences, and all supporters should be able to experience The Apollo fully and in a way that is comfortable for them.
The Apollo has taken comprehensive steps to ensure that entrances, seating, restrooms, and more are as accessible and compliant as possible. Learn more about accessibility options and support services that might be right for you.
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All persons and bags are subject to search. Bags that have passed inspection must fit comfortably under your seat. Oversized bags are prohibited.
No outside food or beverage. Accommodations are made for patrons with medical needs. Please email access@apollotheater.org or call the box office at (212) 531-5305 for assistance.
