CMC in the News

February 28, 2022 San Francisco Examiner James Ambroff-Tahan Community Music Center celebrates 100 years with a concert on steroids February 28, 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Datebook Pick Tony Bravo Community Music Center’s Centennial Gala April 8, 2022 Nob Hill Gazette Catherine Bigelow Parties: Centennial Sounds San Francisco’s leading performers, arts leaders and educators came together […]

April 6, 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Datebook Lily Janiak Paula West, Marcus Shelby among Yerba Buena Gardens Festival’s 2022 lineup Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the 22-year-old free event series (and CMC partners), is returning to its eponymous South of Market city park on May 7, which kicks off six months of weekly programming in music, […]

Feb. 15, 2022 KQED Chloe Veltman 100-Year-Old SF Community Music Center Breaks Ground on New Building The San Francisco Community Music Center (CMC) is breaking ground Wednesday on a new building next door to its existing facility on Capp Street in The Mission. Julie Rulyak Steinberg, executive director of the 100-year-old non-profit, says the expansion […]

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When Stelly Kuo first showed up to volunteer at CMC, she wasn’t nervous, she was excited. “I played in the school marching band for 10+ years. I wanted to see more kids getting excited about music.” That same energy still fuels her each time she returns to volunteer. Her journey began thanks to a workplace […]

On March 30th, the final performer in the CMC Richmond Branch Adult Recital was the twenty-four year-old Ryan Rusali, a long-time student of CMC Faculty Lilia Zheltova. Ryan’s powerful rendition of Chopin’s Scherzo No. 1 was met with thunderous applause, echoing the response he received for his performance at CMC’s Field Day.  Today, Ryan’s skill […]

Each spring, the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District come alive with celebrations during Carnaval San Francisco, a two-day festival that highlights the diversity of the city’s Latin American communities. This year, the Mission District Young Musicians Program (MDYMP)—a tuition-free CMC program that provides culturally relevant music training to Mission youth—will take the stage alongside […]