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Contact: Anne C. MitchellCMC Marketing and Communications Directoramitchell@sfcmc.org415-647-6015 x175 For Immediate Release In Full Bloom Gala Celebrates a Flourishing Community Music Center  CMC’s Spring Gala raises funds for the mission of music for everyone with a world-class concert and a grooving afterparty with the luminous The Curtis Family C-notes SAN FRANCISCO, CA March 16, 2023– […]

September 16, 2022 KTVU Fox 2 Flower Piano event puts a dozen pianos in SF Botanical Gardens The beauty of the SF Botanical Gardens usually isn’t measured in notes, but this is the seventh Flower Piano weekend, when people can marvel at flowers and plants mixed in with music and pianos. “There are 12 pianos […]

April 18, 2022 San Francisco Classical Voice Lou Fancher Celebrating Black Music History at SF Community Music Center It’s the rare centenarian organization that is as vital and forward-looking as the San Francisco Community Music Center. Founded by Gertrude Field in 1921 with the mission of making music accessible to all people through low or […]

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In the smoky clubs and dance halls of 1930s Paris, innovative styles emerged from music in diaspora—flourishing in the lively atmosphere of post-war exuberance, where jazz music was on the rise. One of the most lasting styles today remains jazz manouche (often referred to as sinti jazz, gypsy jazz, or hot-club-style jazz because of its […]

In the small town of Auldearn, Scotland, in 1662, a peasant woman named Isobel Gowdie was caught in the gears of a brutal legal system. Unlike many of her peers, whose stories were lost to time, Gowdie’s trial left behind a chillingly detailed paper trail. This April, her words return to the stage at CMC […]

After years of research, reflection, and musical exploration, San Francisco composer, singer, and guitarist David James created Mission Rebel No. 1: Looking for Rev. Jesse James — a deeply personal work examining the life of his father, Rev. Jesse James, a preacher and activist in the Mission District. What led him to center an album […]