Education and outreach are fundamental to The John and Alice Coltrane Home mission.

Our events and workshop series are devoted to encouraging improvisation, creativity, and participation. They are designed to be inclusive, inspiring, and usually free of charge. In honor of Alice Coltrane, we offer programming / workshops for young women and girls to foster improvisation and composition.

For the last several years we have been partnering with Long Island libraries who have assembled a selection of books on John and Alice Coltrane, jazz, African American American history and creative processes to encourage further learning that are displayed in tandem with our workshops and classes as they happen.

In expanding the current programming, our goal is to eventually offer master classes and regularly scheduled events with the appreciated support of a grant from Suffolk Country.

We are expanding educational partnerships with organizations as well as continuing the young musician scholarship begun by Alice Coltrane and administered by Chief Creative Officer Michelle Coltrane.

Our signature educational program, The Alice Coltrane Oral History includes the Oral History Program featuring film, photos, and live music performance, master classes for high school and college students, and concert performances with Brandee Younger and Michelle Coltrane. The Oral History continues to be offered at museums and educational institutions across the country.