CMC in the News

At Community Music Center, the Beat Goes On San Francisco Classical Voice, June 9, 2020 By Jeff Kaliss An in-depth article about providing education and programming in the time of COVID, CMC’s Creative Stimulus Grant for Faculty, and Virtual Field Day—includes interviews with faculty members and Executive Director Julie Rulyak Steinberg.

Community Music Center was founded nearly 100 years ago with the desire to bring together a diverse and vibrant community through the unifying power of music. Racism has no place in our community. We denounce violence against black, brown, and indigenous people. We stand in solidarity with the black community in calling for justice in […]

Aired March 2 and March 3 on CNN Staying Well by Lauren Lee CNN coverage of the CMC Older Adult Choir Program and the Community of Voices Study in collaboration with UCSF and the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS). The story features interviews with CMC Older Adult Choir staff and singers […]

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At a young age, Val Abrego always loved music and dreamed of being a rock star, but they were incredibly shy and not sure they could overcome that. They began as a piano student at CMC, then joined the tuition-free Children’s Chorus, and eventually focused on private voice lessons, for which they earned a merit […]

Aaron Bierman first picked up a guitar at CMC when he was just eight years old, starting lessons with Patrick Greene, a parent at his elementary school who also taught at CMC. He vividly remembers his first recital, where he was so nervous that he forgot to tune his guitar before going onstage. In that […]

The countdown is on. Registration for the Fall Quarter at CMC closes in just two days. There is still time to join a class, explore a new instrument, or return to the joy of making music in a supportive and welcoming environment. At CMC, students often say that what keeps them coming back year after […]