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Historic San Francisco music organization selected for Outside Lands Works inaugural grant program   Contact: Anne C. Mitchell, Marketing Manager 415-647-6015 x75, amitchell@sfcmc.org   For Immediate Release SAN FRANCISCO, August 3, 2018 – Community Music Center (CMC), the Mission District-based nonprofit that provides high quality music lessons, programs, and concerts at no or low cost […]

August 1, 2018 The Bay Area Reporter Alex Madison Music center launches genderqueer chorus

KTVU Fox 2-July 10, 2018-Mayoral inauguration coverage featuring the CNotes The CNotes, CMC students and children of CMC faculty Maestro and Nola Curtis, were filmed at Community Music Center on July 10, 2018 the night before San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s historic inauguration. The CNotes joined Mayor Breed on the stage at the inauguration singing […]

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For local musicians looking to sharpen their improvisation skills, CMC is bringing back its popular Summer Jazz Workshop. Designed for adults and high school students, the workshop focuses heavily on small group playing, pulling students out of the practice room and onto the bandstand. Max Yoshimoto, a student from a previous year, knows the feeling […]

Piano lessons often make people think of quiet recital halls and serious solo performances. But this Sunday March 8, CMC is changing that with the first-ever Pianolympics. The event will take place in CMC’s new Piano Lab and will turn music theory into a fun, high-energy game. It’s designed especially for beginners ages 8 to […]

It’s almost that time of year again! The classrooms of our Mission District Branch are about to fill with the sounds of tuning violins, rhythmic drumming, and young voices finding their range. While school doors close for the summer, our doors at 544 Capp Street open to a world of musical possibility. We provide a […]