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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...
Student Spotlight: Interview with Annika Ekrem
(image: Youth Seminar student Annika Ekrem) During our 2020 Youth Seminar, we connected with a participating clarinetist named Annika Ekrem. Annika is a college student studying chemistry, but music plays a critical role in her life too. Learn about how this bright...
Class Highlight: Michael Lenssen’s Lessons & “Composing with Computers”
This interview is part of an ongoing series highlighting specific classes available through the Center for Musical Arts. Watch the interview or read a transcript below. Center for Musical Arts: Hello! We are here with Michael Lenssen, who is going to tell us a little...
Faculty Highlight: Michael Quam
Friends and students of the Center for Musical Arts may know Michael Quam as an instructor for guitar, ukulele, mandolin and more, but do you also know he has a robust career as a sound and recording engineer? This summer, the Colorado Music Festival (the performance...
Add Music to Your Learning Pod!
We can add music to your learning pod this fall! Have you formed a "learning pod" with other families in your neighborhood, to support your child's learning this fall and winter? The Center for Musical Arts can help out by adding unique and high-quality music...
The State of the Center: Online and Beyond
At the Center for Musical Arts, no in-person lessons or classes have been held since March 12, the day that Boulder Valley School District announced their closing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “‘Business as usual’ has become a thing of the past,” says Center...
Music Finds A Way
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Co-Founder and Education Director We’re now in the fourth week of shutdown at the Center for Musical Arts. I feel wistful thinking of the silent building, dormant after twenty years of everyday music-making. The kid in me wonders if the pianos...
The Heartstrings Program Celebrates 20 Years
In 2020, the Center for Musical Arts’ Heartstrings program celebrates 20 years of providing need-based tuition assistance and access to low- or no-cost musical instruments for students who cannot afford to rent them from a music store. Education Director Dr. Kathy...
Music or Athletics – What’s the Best Choice for Your Child?
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Education Director Ideally, both. Since we’re a music school, you probably expected that we’d say, hands down, music! But kids have so much to learn and explore, why insist that they make the impossible choice between sports or music? I’m...
How Does Music Help Your Child’s Development?
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Education Director At the Center for Musical Arts, we’re often asked if the hype is true: do brains develop faster and better if children experience music from a young age? From the research that’s coming out daily, the answer is yes - and we...
5 Ways Your Gift Helps Support Music Education
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Education Director Why do we, the Center for Musical Arts, need your support? The short answer is this: people thrive when they engage in music and art – at any age. Music in community increases that even more, because sharing the experience...
Faculty Spotlight: Mary Jungerman’s Labor of Love
Much of the quality of life in Boulder and surrounding cities can be attributed to the abundance of artists who have made a life for themselves within the community. Arts communities are first and foremost built by the artists themselves; their love for their...
Fall: A Period of Rebirth and Learning
Boulder and surrounding cities have consistently received accolades for livability, cultural offerings, and quality of life. While this positive feedback is uplifting, the richness of these offerings in our community and the positive impact they make cannot entirely...