Community Music Center

Community Music Center

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At Community Music Center, we believe in the power of music to connect people, celebrate cultures and transform lives. Voices Taking Space: Collaboration and Identity through Music • The Mission District as a Stage for the World • Ten Years of Field Day: A Celebration That Keeps Growing • Gather Together: Music of Connection and Collaboration CMC Concert Hall | Sunday, April 26 at 3 pm • “The Nerves Feel Like Excitement”: A Conversation with Sophia Welte Ahead of CMC’s Open Mic Night • MUSIC FOR ALL AGES • YOUR SOUND, YOUR SPACE • LIVE PERFORMANCES This spring CMC proudly participated in a choral collaboration in celebration for in an affirming celebration of identity, joy, and resilience featuring an intergenerational mix of professional, community, and youth singers. In partnership with 21V, a professional treble ensemble of soprano and altos of all gender identities and their pilot Transgender Youth Choir Project, 10 young […] Interview with Delina Brooks, Co-Producer of the San Francisco International Arts Festival. Delina Brooks grew up in the Mission District, and as an Afro-Filipina artist and Co-Producer of the San Francisco International Arts Festival, Delina carries the neighborhood in the way she thinks about art and about who deserves to be on a stage. This […] Development Director Elenka Refsell looks back on a decade of music, community, and tuition support at CMC When San Francisco Community Music Center launched its first Field Day Performathon ten years ago, nobody really knew what to expect. Development Director Elenka Refsell had seen similar fundraising models work for organizations like the AIDS Walk and […] This year’s Juliet McComas Keyboard Marathon, Gather Together: Music of Connection and Collaboration, grew out of a simple but meaningful idea: strengthening connection within our piano faculty. During an October faculty meeting, several members expressed a desire to build more connection across the department and to involve colleagues [Google Places type: educational institution]