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Join our joyful, high-energy, music-filled early childhood class that helps families bond and teaches young children music concepts, empathy, motor skills, and more.
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This week-long intensive for serious youth musicians (strings, woodwinds, and pianists) provides a unique opportunity to spend a week immersed in chamber music.
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Find OutA world-class community music school — and more!
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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Music For the Young Ones
It’s proven: music education at any age provides numerous benefits — and it’s also tons of fun. We offer musical experiences for kids of all ages, even newborns! Just don’t blame us when you wake up to them practicing their violin early on Saturday morning.
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.
Music For Adults
Do you have a French horn gathering dust in your closet? Have you always felt drawn to the piano but have never tried a lesson? No matter your level of musical experience, you’re in the right place. Join a band, sing in a choir, or start those piano lessons today!
Upcoming Events
CMA Night at the Colorado Music Festival
CMA Night at the Colorado Music Festival
Jul 18, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pmCenter for Musical Arts students and families, get ready for a fun and relaxed night at the Colorado Music Festival! Joi...
Larina Gray and Michael Pordesimo’s Summer Faculty Recital
Larina Gray and Michael Pordesimo’s Summer Faculty Recital
Jul 26, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm FreeJoin CMA Faculty Members Larina Gray and Michael Pordesimo as they perform a couple of their favorite works. Admission i...
Tiny Stage at Art Night Out, Lafayette
Tiny Stage at Art Night Out, Lafayette
Aug 8, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmOur Tiny Stage is back! Join the Center for Musical Arts on the second Friday of each month at Art Night Out in Lafayett...
Tiny Stage at Art Night Out, Lafayette
Tiny Stage at Art Night Out, Lafayette
Sep 12, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmOur Tiny Stage is back! Join the Center for Musical Arts on the second Friday of each month at Art Night Out in Lafayett...
What’s New at the Center
Kids' Choir (ages 6-9)
Music in Motion: Babies and Toddlers (ages 0-4)
Coro Santuario, Community Band, & Jazz Ensembles
Students who visit the Center in a single week
Lessons provided at the Center each year
In a New Key: Stories from the Center
Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts Statement on the Boulder Hate Crime
To our Boulder community and beyond: We are heartbroken and horrified by the recent hate crime in our beloved city. Boulder is a place that thrives on compassion, creativity, and connection—and this act of violence stands in direct opposition to everything we hold...
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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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!