Learn how to make music with code.
Intro to BreakBeatCode
Join us on Monday Dec 9th for this on demand event with live Q&A
This 40-minute on demand session on Monday December 9th is ideally suited for students ages 9 and up. The format is a 20-minute on demand video with a 20 minute exercise that teachers can access at a convenient time for their class schedule. Teachers will have access to live Q&A with BreakBeatCode coaches to provide technical support and teaching assistance from December 9, 2024, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST
BreakBeatCode Hackathon
The BreakBeatCode Hackathon is a free, livestreamed event now available on demand (originally aired on Sunday November 10th) featuring special guest star Supernatural, the GOAT of freestyle hip hop. Students ages 9 and up will learn how to create music with code. No prior coding or music experience required. Students will create their first remixes with code in less than 1 hour, and Supernatural will freestyle over the winning beats in a live performance.
4 lucky winners will go home with a Nintendo Switch or a PS5!
For Teachers
Host a BreakBeatCode Hackathon Watch Party
For teachers joining the event with your students in your classroom, no coding or music experience is required for you or your students.
You will need:
a stable internet connection
a projector with a connected speaker
laptops for each student (mobile phones and tablets are not supported by the platform)
ideally headphones (or it will get really noisy when they start making beats with code!)
For Students
Join the BreakBeatCode Hackathon from Home
For students attending the event alone, no coding or music experience is required. You will need a stable internet connection, a laptop (mobile phones and tablets are not supported by the platform), and headphones. Students who participate in the event and share their work will have a chance to win prizes for Best New for first time participants or Best Returning Artist-Engineer for participants from prior Hackathons.
Submit your remix, and you could win a PS5 or Nintendo Switch!
Learn to code through beat making and music production
BreakBeatCode teaches future leaders to code, collaborate and create, opening up a world of possibilities as artist engineers.
With BreakBeatCode, we bring together professionals in music and tech, including singers, rappers, producers, entrepreneurs and tech coaches, to inspire and teach students the skills, habits and mindset they will need to pursue their dreams while creating opportunities to build their social capital.
Curriculum
We teach coding to middle- and high-school students through beat making and music creation. Our curriculum is free and teachers can take it and make their own.
Professional Development for Teachers
We provide free self-paced learning courses and virtual train-the-trainer sessions to help teachers learn the free breakbeatcode curriculum so they can incorporate it into their program. We enable teachers to take the content and make it their own.
Hackathons
A BreakBeatCode Hackathon is a free, online, half-day virtual event co-hosted by our breakbeatcode team and our partner organizations.
Clubs
A BreakBeatCode club provides an introduction to BreakBeatCode, a culturally relevant STEAM education program that teaches coding through beat making and music production. Hosting a BreakBeatCode club is an easy way for teachers, schools, and after school programs to learn and incorporate breakbeatcode into their existing curriculum.