Learn how to make music with code.
BreakBeatCode Hackathon
Friday May 31st
10am-2pm ET
Join us for this event, and you could walk away with a PS5 or Nintendo Switch, and have your remix featured on YouTube and Hot97!
You’re invited to our upcoming BreakBeatCode Hackathon on Friday, May 31st 10am-2pm ET, with special guest star Supernatural, the GOAT of freestyle hip hop. This event will be livestreamed and open to anyone to join. No prior coding or music experience required.
What is a BreakBeatCode Hackathon? The BreakBeatCode Hackathon is a free livestream event where students ages 9 and up will learn how to create music with code using EarSketch, a free educational programming environment developed first at Georgia Tech.
By the end of the Hackathon, students will have created their first remixes. Their music will be played during the live performance with special guest star Supernatural, the GOAT of freestyle hip hop. 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.
For Teachers
Want to 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
Want to 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.
Get ready to become an artist-engineer, and submit your remix for a chance to 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.