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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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Concerts & Events
Advanced Jazz Combo Concert at Muse
Advanced Jazz Combo Concert at Muse
Nov 19, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmJoin the Center for Musical Arts’ Wednesday night Advanced Jazz combo for an evening of live music. Under the dire...
Behind the Music: Alejandro Castaño, percussion
Behind the Music: Alejandro Castaño, percussion
Nov 20, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmJoin us for Cultural Caravan’s Behind the Music series in partnership with the Center for Musical Arts! Join Cultu...
April May Webb, jazz vocalist
April May Webb, jazz vocalist
Nov 21, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $10 – $20Jazz vocalist April May Webb brings soulful storytelling and fearless improvisation to every performance. As co-leader o...
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Jan 30, 2026 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $10 – $20Experience the electrifying artistry of pianist Mackenzie Melemed, 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner and a rising st...
Behind the Music: Salomé Songbird
Behind the Music: Salomé Songbird
Feb 5, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmJoin us for Cultural Caravan’s Behind the Music series in partnership with the Center for Musical Arts! Join Cultu...
LaPompe with Alicia Jo Straka, accordion
LaPompe with Alicia Jo Straka, accordion
Feb 20, 2026 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $10 – $20Speakeasy swing meets accordion brilliance in this one-of-a-kind concert: LaPompe brings their signature “mountain swi...
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In a New Key: Stories from the Center
Finding Confidence, Connection, and Community Through Music
When one family moved to Lafayette more than a decade ago, they were eager to find community and opportunities for their two children. After settling into their new home, they discovered the Center for Musical Arts and a doorway to music that has shaped their family’s...
From Shy Notes to a Confident Voice
At the Center for Musical Arts, our teachers often say that music is just the vehicle. What really matters are the lessons in confidence, connection, and growth that happen along the way. One faculty member, Becca Kronyak, who works with children as young as one year...
A Place of Purpose: What “Community” Means at the Center for Musical Arts
Here at the Center for Musical Arts, (an official “community music school” that belongs to the National Guild for Community Arts Education), the term “community” is just a given and is part of everything that we do. Everyone who walks through the door instantly...
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...
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