Julie Rulyak Steinberg, Executive Director
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Alba Reyna-Farje, Marketing Director
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Michelle Lee, Marketing Manager
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A Letter from our Executive Director: Dear CMC Community, I am writing today to share that Community Music Center will move its Richmond District Branch to a new home at 6221 Geary Boulevard this fall. This is a significant moment in CMC’s history. We have offered music education at the Richmond Neighborhood Center since 1983, and generations […]
July 9, 2026Live! In the Bay, KRON4 News Music has the power to bring people together, spark creativity, and open doors at every stage of life. For more than a century, one San Francisco institution has made those opportunities accessible to everyone — regardless of age, experience, or financial circumstances. Julie Rulyak Steinberg, Executive Director […]
As part of the SFJAZZ Digital Lab series, CMC is excited to offer a new tuition-free, 12-week hands-on music production course for youth, led by acclaimed producer and songwriter Pablo Quintero, beginning January 2026. January–March 2026 This new program expands CMC’s mission to make high-quality music education accessible to students of all ages, backgrounds, and […]
After a bustling inaugural Community Open House event at CMC’s new Richmond District location, fall classes and lessons are filling the space with music. This August, students, friends, supporters, community members, faculty, and staff joined to welcome CMC to its new Geary Boulevard location—playing music, exploring the expanded new facilities, and connecting and celebrating an […]
Visitors entering Community Music Center’s Mission District Branch courtyard this fall will be greeted by a joyful new work of art: three colorful panels of handmade tile created especially for CMC by acclaimed Bay Area artist Aileen Barr! The installation brings together music and the natural world: musical instruments and symbols flowing among plants, seeds, […]
Close out the summer at CMC with a two-night festival of music and poetry from Bay Area artists who have performed nationally and internationally, spreading the word and the sound through improvisation, composition, and heartfelt truth-speaking. “Persistence” takes place September 25 and 26 at 7pm, featuring artists who have built decades-long careers on stages across […]