Sol La Ti’s Music Together in Morningside Heights and Harlem
Gabriele Tranchina, a jazz vocalist with a dance background, sought to share knowledge with the next generation.
At the suggestion of a close friend, she attended the teacher training program to become a Music Together® Teacher and started to run her own center in the Fall of 1997. Her first location was in Morningside Heights at Broadway Presbyterian Church where she continues to teach to date.
Ms Tranchina has lived through many economic crises including 9/11 which changed her life on a personal level with a destroyed home. To find out how Sol La Ti got started and lived through 9/11 and more: HERE.
Sol La Ti’s Music Together in Harlem 
As families asked her to expand and find locations to teach in Harlem neighborhoods, 3 locations were started. Today Sol La Ti has moved into one bigger location with the partnership with the JCC Harlem.
Music Together InSchool
Music Together offers a Preschool Model. Gabriele has partnered with many schools and Headstart programs in Harlem and the Bronx, offering classes to children of all economic backgrounds.
Our Goal
As one of the smaller centers in Manhattan, the emphasis of Sol La Ti Music is a very personal one.
The Sol La Ti team is interested in tightening the community bond, helping to create a feeling of a cozy neighborhood within the Big Apple.
Many play dates and friendships start in class, and parents and caregivers feel welcome in a comfortable and relaxed setting.
We are proud to say that the families who join our locations successfully understand the value of active participation in class. Their joyful contributions enable us to hold great classes. This wonderful class experience, accompanied by the reinforcement of the songs at home, results in the children finding joy in music, dance and music making. This joy can follow them for a lifetime. We hope to help our next generation to become active music makers, more aware of the quality of music and its diversity.
