CMC Presents! features outstanding music and educational events such as “Concerts with Conversation” with internationally acclaimed artists (in partnership with SF Performances), concerts by our award-winning faculty, master classes, clinics, and special CMC productions such as our annual Performathon, “Field Day at CMC.”
Community Music Center welcomes the public to our Mission District Branch to try out an instrument or a class for free on CMC Sundays! Bring your instrument, your voice, your family, and friends!
Highlights include Music for Children, Private Lesson Demos, Workshops, Jam Sessions, and don’t miss the crowd-pleasing favorite: Instrument Petting Zoo!
FOR KIDS
Ages 6 months-6 years
3:00-3:40pm – Music For Children
3:45-4:15pm – CMC Chiquitos
4:20-5:00pm: – Musical Storytime
Ages 6-12
3:00-4:00pm:
3:00-5:00pm:
Ages 6 months-12 years
4:00-5:00pm
FOR ADULTS AND TEENS
3:00-4:00pm:
3:00-5:00pm:
4:00-5:00pm:
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MUSIC JAM AND WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Field Day String Orchestra with Loretta Taylor
Calling string players! Improve for sight reading for ensemble work or auditions. This workshop provides technique and feedback for improving your sight reading in a supportive environment.
This workshop also serves as an open rehearsal for CMC’s Field Day Orchestra performing March 17, 2019. No commitment to perform is required to take part in the workshop. All are welcome.
Please RSVP to Sylvia Sherman at SSherman@sfcmc.org to participate!
Ukulele Demo Group Class with Sandy Brassard
Bring your ukulele and play in fun group class environment. You’ll be introduced to some favorite tunes to play and sing along. The instructor will provide song sheets with chords. Open to all ages and levels of experience. This class is a free trial of the Ukulele for Beginners classes at CMC.
Vocal Performance Practicum with Jonathan Smucker
This workshop provides an opportunity to perform a song for fellow singers in an informal setting, and to receive feedback on your performance from faculty. Singers in the practicum will have the opportunity to rework all or part of the piece, and may sing with our provided faculty pianist or self accompany. Interested singers should email their name, song title, and timing (five minutes or less) to Jonathan Smucker at jsmucker@sfcmc.org by January 4th.
Mega Music Making with Rocksmith Remastered and Community Music Center Faculty
Join a team from Ubisoft’s Rocksmith Remastered video game in a demo that teaches guitar and bass skills complementing the live teacher experiences at CMC Sundays. Ubisoft San Francisco’s developers will be on hand with Rocksmith Remastered, showing how it’s the perfect companion to reinforce your personal lessons with a private instructor. From mini-games to help you drill techniques to our Riff Repeater tools that let you slow down and isolate trouble spots to jamming with your instructor in multiplayer mode, Rocksmith has a lot to offer to augment your personal path to learning guitar or bass! You can try out new techniques with a live teacher in a lesson demo or drop into the blues jam to hone your skills playing with others.
Blues Guitar Workshop and Jam with Larry Dunn
Play an array of blues grooves, variations of the 12-bar blues, looking at how to use the blues scales and these grooves for improvisation. There will be charts shared, riffs, and experts tips— with plenty of time for jamming!
Every 2nd Saturday of the month, CMC and Tango dance faculty member Sonja Riket host a monthly Milonga (Argentine Tango social dance gathering) with a drop-in class and dancing to Tango music from the Golden Era and beyond. This Milonga series will include live music and dance performances by local and international Tango guests.
Enjoy dancing in the beautiful Victorian concert hall with smooth wooden floor and outdoor patio! Come to listen and watch or join in the dance. All ages are welcome!
Parking garage at 21st St & Bartlett and lot Capp St (b/w 19th& 20th). Also street parking at Folsom St., 2 blocks away
Praised for his rich tone and powerfully thrilling voice, bass-baritone Dashon Burton has proven himself to be a voice to be reckoned with since graduating from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Yale University, winning multiple international competitions and performing with opera companies and orchestras across the country and in Europe. His talents make him equally at home performing Bach and Mozart to Stockhausen, as well as touring with the Grammy Award-winning contemporary vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. Burton’s repertoire include classical and sacred music as well as programming with deeper political meaning.http://www.dashonburton.com/
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for bringing these world-class artists to our stage for a free community concert.
Pablo Sáinz Villegas has been acclaimed by international press as “the soul of the Spanish guitar” and as the most outstanding classical guitarist of his generation. The New York Times has recognized his “virtuous and moving interpretation.” He has an outstanding artistic career and emotional delivery on stage, both in recitals in intimate rooms and sold-out stadiums. Sáinz Villegas has studied at the Royal Superior Conservatory of Music in Madrid and Manhattan School of Music, and won countless international competitions and prestigious awards for his playing, which encompasses traditional Spanish guitar and avant garde orchestral music. https://pablosainzvillegas.com/en/
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for bringing these world-class artists to our stage for a free community concert.
Sean Jones has established himself as one of the most outstanding trumpeters and composers on today’s scene. Apprenticing with Gerald Wilson, Frank Foster, Jimmy Heath and Nancy Wilson, he served as lead trumpeter with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He has toured with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Heavily involved in education, Sean has recently joined the Berklee College of Music’s distinguished faculty as the Chair of the Brass Department. He has also taught at Duquesne University and at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Sean is current Artist-in-Residence at SF Performances and is a member of The SF JAZZ Collective. https://www.sean-jones.com/
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for bringing these world-class artists to our stage for a free community concert.
Enjoy a day of music and community at Field Day! Field Day is CMC’s annual open house and Performathon, raising money for scholarships and tuition assistance, and celebrating our beloved institution and the visionary founder behind it, Gertrude Field.
The festivities include the two-day Performathon featuring CMC students and faculty, and open house with lesson demos, instrument petting zoo & more!
Field Day 2019 has expanded to a full weekend of talented performers and free events!
Performathon performances:
Saturday, March 16, 2019 from 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Sunday, March 17, 2019 from 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Open house:
Sunday, March 17, 2019 from 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
Free
Learn more about Field Day, and how you can participate here.
Performers will be raising money for tuition assistance. Donations are gratefully accepted to support CMC scholarships and programs.
Community Music Center welcomes the public to our Mission District Branch to try out an instrument or a class for free on CMC Sundays! Bring your instrument, your voice, your family, and friends!
Highlights include Music for Children, Private Lesson Demos, Vocal Harmony Workshop, Old-Time Music and Latin Jazz Jam Sessions, and don’t miss the crowd pleasing favorite Instrument Petting Zoo!
Schedule details TBA. Click here for examples of past CMC Sundays events.
