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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
Opera Colorado Artists in Residence
Opera Colorado Artists in Residence
Mar 14, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $7 – $15Back by popular demand! Featuring the Opera Colorado Artists in Residence, this delightful concert-style program feature...
Student Open Recital
Student Open Recital
Mar 16, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmThis spring, the Center for Musical Arts Open Recital will take place on Sunday, March 16 at 5pm in Founders Hall. It...
Faculty & Friends Recital
Faculty & Friends Recital
Apr 6, 2025 @ 4:00 pm FreeJoin us for a Faculty & Friends Recital featuring the music of P.D.Q. Bach. This is a comedy recital so it will be a...
Martin James Bartlett, piano
Martin James Bartlett, piano
Apr 11, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $10 – $20Pianist Martin James Bartlett possesses a fearless technique and plays with a maturity and elegance far beyond his years...
Celebrate CMA! Auditions
Celebrate CMA! Auditions
Apr 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm FreeAuditions for the Celebrate CMA! Recital will take place Saturday, April 12 from 1-5pm. Your teacher will have informati...
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...
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In a New Key: Stories from the Center
How Young is Too Young to Start 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.
Faculty Highlight: Bryan Dubrow
The Center for Musical Arts has a variety of talented teachers. In this interview we spoke with guitar, ukulele, and piano instructor Bryan Dubrow about his cross-genre music projects, his love of the guitar, and his approach to teaching.
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!