CMC celebrate the season this December

As the year comes to a close, CMC’s Older Adult Choir Program is excited to celebrate the season with a return to in-person performances with festive concerts during the month of December. The concerts take place at CMC and around the city. These year-end performances feature songs in many styles and languages: from jazz standards […]

Erick Peralta: My musical home

Erick Peralta, pianist and CMC faculty member (Beginning Jazz Ensemble/piano), found his musical home at CMC at a young age. He grew up in the Mission District under the creative influence of his father, who was the bandleader of a salsa band. Erick would attend rehearsals when he was as young as three, where he would sit on his dad’s lap at the piano. Not surprisingly, Erick showed musical promise early on. Pianist, trumpeter, and CMC faculty member Marco Diaz was in his father’s band at the time and was also a CMC student. He recommended that Erick study music at CMC.

Eva “Nena” Aldaz: Going full circle

As part of our Centennial celebrations, the Mission District Young Musicians Program will be presenting a special intergenerational performance at Acción Latina’s community art stroll Paseo Artístico: History Matters in the Mission on Saturday, October 23. This event will highlight alumni in collaboration with the young musicians and feature an appearance by beloved local superstar and CMC alumni La Doña (Cecilia Peña-Govea). Older Adult Choir members from the Mission District will be also singing with the ensemble, making three generations of CMC students performing together! One of the alumni performing at Paseo Artístico will be Eva “Nena” Aldaz.

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CMC celebrate the season this December

Erick Peralta: My musical home

Eva “Nena” Aldaz: Going full circle