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“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.
CMA Offers Musical Theater Classes for Adults
Learn how to sing some of your favorite musical theater songs, overcome stage fright, develop self confidence, and make new friends at the Center for Musical Arts!
Your Support Makes Our Musical Community Possible
Visit centerformusicalarts.org/donate by December 31 so we can continue to support our community through music in the coming year.
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.
Faculty Highlight: Sarah Summar
In this interview we spoke with violin, piano, and composition instructor Sarah Summar about her approach to teaching and the ways that even beginners can use composition and improvisation in their music studies.
Faculty Highlight: Michael Pordesimo
In this interview we spoke with violin and viola instructor Michael Pordesimo about his approach to teaching and the importance of creativity and independence.
How to Sign up for Lessons – New!
It’s complicated! Please hang in there with us as we all get used to this new registration process and software. Please read all the way through this document, and that may make things easier!
Colorado Music Festival: Kathy’s 2023 Concert Picks & Videos
Education Director Kathy Kucsan highlights a few of the classical music concerts she’s looking forward to on the 2023 Colorado Music Festival season.
Be a Champion for Boulder’s Arts, Culture & Heritage
The Center for Musical Arts, along with our esteemed colleagues across Boulder, is supporting the campaign to place the Arts, Culture and Heritage Tax measure on the Fall 2023 ballot in the City of Boulder.
Summer ’23 Reads: 3 Musical Books Kathy Loved (& 2 She Didn’t!)
Every summer, Education Director Kathy Kucsan shares a roundup of her recent reading. Discover your next music-inspired beach read here (and buy it at The Read Queen, just down the block!).
Why Music Lessons Are Worth the Investment
Education Director Kathy Kucsan shares many reasons why music lessons are worth the investment of time, money, and energy.
Class Highlight: Build a Ukulele Workshop
Instructor Jackson McLellan dives into his Workshop: Build a Ukulele for students of all ages. See the cigar boxes, ukulele kits, and more that students will use to create their own unique instrument.
Making Music Mesmerizing: Why Young Musicians Should Attend Live Concerts
Kathy Kucsan, Education Director When I was in sixth grade, they piled us into school buses and we drove all the way to New York City. We were going to hear “the symphony,” which we only knew was an orchestra led by a “maestro” and that they would be playing a concert...