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...
Preparing for Fall Re-Opening
The Center for Musical Arts is working on a fall re-opening plan as we prepare to open the building for students who would like to participate in lessons, classes, and small ensembles in person. We will update this notice when the plan is finalized. If you have any...
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 –...