El Tecolote: “Mission’s free Young Musicians Program preserves Latino culture”
Published October 8, 2015 By Hillary Smith El Tecolote Throughout the spring of 2015, students enrolled in the Journalism 575 Community Media class at San Francisco State University worked on a semester-long project in conjunction with El Tecolote titled “Growing up in The Mission.” The class was spearheaded by journalism professor Jon Funabiki, executive director […]
SF Chronicle: “At 95, he plays the violin — and builds them, too”
95 year-old CMC student Remo del Tredeci picked up the violin at age 76 and hasn’t stopped playing since! He also happened to teach himself to build violins and has donated about 100 of them over the years. Each week, he studies with his violin teacher Tregar Otton and rehearses with a CMC string ensemble […]
SF Chronicle: “Community Music Center a constant amid Mission District change”
San Francisco Chronicle reporter Marisa Lagos’ feature article about Community Music Center describes our deep roots of service in San Francisco and our exciting plans for the future. It appeared on the cover of the Bay Area section of the Sunday, November 30, 2014 paper. Read Community Music Center a constant amid Mission District change on SFGate! […]