CMC classes and lessons are looking spectacular for fall with new offerings coming down the pipeline!
CMC faculty are using their creativity and know-how to bring online learning to life. Visit the website to learn more about the innovative ways CMC faculty are creating an engaging online music community for youth and adults. The faculty continue to provide personalized instruction to help you achieve your musical goals.
Students enrolled in private lessons at CMC receive a 50% discount on group classes and ensembles.
New classes
Cuban Rhythm and Improv Lab with Tregar Otton
Musicians of all levels will learn rhythms key to Cuban danzón, cha-cha-chá, and son montuno as well as how to approach improvisation in Cuban music.
Ages: Adults, older teens (high school students)
Day and time: Wednesdays, 5:30–7:00pm
Deep Listening Workshop with Rachel Condry
Deep Listening is a meditation practice that uses listening/sounding, movement and dreaming modalities to explore and connect to ourselves and the world around us. This workshop will explore listening (utilizing the interplay of attention and awareness to deepen the listening experience), movement (listening deeply with the body) and dreaming (24-hour listening).
Ages: Adults
Day and time: Wednesdays, 7:30–9:00pm
Music in the Movies with Rachel Condry
This chamber class will explore musical themes from popular film series like The Pirates of Caribbean, Star Wars, and Harry Potter.
Ages: 12–14
Day and time: Fridays, 4:30–5:30pm
Uke’n Sing (All Ages) with Beth Wilmurt
Do you play some ukulele but have always wanted to sing while you play? Do you like to sing but want to accompany yourself on the ukulele?
Ages: Adults and kids (elementary, middle, high school)
Day and time: Tuesdays, 4:00–5:30pm
Video Game Music with Rachel Condry
A chamber class to explore musical themes from classic video games like Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Megalovania. Classes will focus on learning music from these games, weekly rhythm assignments and practice playing with a click track with the goal of creating collaborative video performances by the end of the quarter.
Ages: 12–15
Day and time: Fridays, 5:30–6:30pm
New private lessons
Brazilian percussion with Robert Lopez
Back from his Fulbright Program in Brazil, Robert Lopez will be teaching Brazilian percussion including the rhythms of Samba and Candomblé.
Puerto Rican percussion with Hector Lugo
Hector Lugo will teach Puerto Rican percussion including the rhythms of Plena and Bomba, drawing from the songs in each of these traditional musical styles.
For enrollment, please make an appointment with CMC’s registration team.