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Sure, we have exceptional faculty who can teach you or your child how to play violin, but we also believe in the value of all types of music, the inclusion of every student, and the power of community.
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Dust off your trumpet, sing with friends, play with jazz musicians, join a choir, and more. Play music with your community.
Summer Camps and Classes for Kids
Summer should be all about fun in the sun, pool parties, and violin lessons. Slather up that sunscreen and see what musical hijinx we’re diving into this summer.
Concerts & Events
Ziggy & Miles, guitar
Ziggy & Miles, guitar
May 2, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $7 – $15“Australian guitarist brothers making history” (The Age), Ziggy & Miles are two of their home country’s finest...
Celebrate CMA!
Celebrate CMA!
May 4, 2025 @ 4:00 pm FreeCelebrate CMA! wraps up the spring term by bringing together performers of all ages to showcase the achievements of our ...
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In a New Key: Stories from the Center
Why Keep Singing?
Sometimes as people age, they stop doing the things they looked forward to and loved when they were younger. This is especially true if dementia enters the picture. People can become isolated, depressed, uninterested in things they used to do. One in ten people 65 or...
How Young is Too Young to Start Music Lessons?
What a great question! Usually, we’re asked how old is too old to start learning to play an instrument. The answer to that question is pretty much never. We humans continue to learn and grow throughout our lives, so learning to play might take a little longer for...
Yes, Keep Singing as You Age
Sometimes as people age, they stop doing the things they looked forward to and loved when they were younger. This is especially true if dementia enters the picture. People can become isolated, depressed, uninterested in things they used to do. One in ten people 65 or...
You Play an Important Role in the Music We Make
Please consider joining our donor family today to support programming and performances that bring joy and connection to our community.
How do you teach music to an infant or toddler?
Here at CMA, among our music classes for children, we offer a class called “First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers”, which is based on the Early Childhood Music Education curriculum of the same name developed by Dr. John Feierabend. You may find yourself...
“Investing in a music school… makes humanity better.”
For Fernanda and many other Center parents, learning music is about so much more than skill with an instrument — it is about structure, social and emotional skills, and joy.
Keep the Music Playing
If you’re as passionate about music, community, and access as we are, we hope you will support the Center for Musical Arts with a gift today!