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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 […]

CMC Blog

“I don’t sing because I’m happy. I’m happy because I sing.” ― William James There are few joys as accessible as singing—whether it’s singing along to the radio, joining a community choir, singing a bedtime lullaby to a child, or just in the privacy of your own shower—it’s the only instrument that’s part of yourself. […]

Vance Maverick

Vance Maverick, a composition student at CMC, is ready to debut his first opera this June at the CMC Concert Hall in the Mission. His path to this achievement has been marked by dedication, collaboration, and support from the community. Maverick’s passion for musical composition began at 13 when he discovered the Bach Brandenburg Concerti. […]

Creating community through music, especially through singing, is an incredible gift that we all possess. We have this amazing ability to connect through communal music-making, communal creation, and shared purpose, and it’s something that is perfectly encapsulated in choir and choral settings. It’s such a refreshing and soul-releasing opportunity that we have, becoming an amazing […]