Community Music Center

TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY MUSIC ACCESSIBLE TO ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS.

COMMUNITY MUSIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE: SINCE 1921, COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER (CMC) HAS MADE HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES, REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL MEANS. MORE THAN 3,100 STUDENTS, RANGING IN AGE FROM 2-99, BENEFITED FROM THE EXPERTISE OF 131 FACULTY MEMBERS, WHO ARE THEMSELVES ACCOMPLISHED PERFORMING AND RECORDING ARTISTS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. CMC OFFERS FREE AND LOW-COST LESSONS, ENSEMBLE CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, AND COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ADMINISTERS THE LARGEST TUITION-ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING SCHOLARSHIPS, SLIDING-SCALE TUITION, AND WORK STUDY PROGRAMS. STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND GUEST ARTISTS OF INTERNATIONAL STATURE ARE FEATURED IN HUNDREDS OF CONCERTS EACH YEAR, HELD IN THE 139-SEAT CMC CONCERT HALL AND AT PARTNERSHIP SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. CMC STUDENTS AND TEACHERS REFLECT THE RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE MISSION AND RICHMOND DISTRICTS, WHERE CMC OPERATES ITS HEADQUARTERS AND A BRANCH FACILITY RESPECTIVELY. THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY IS REFLECTED IN THE RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES IT OFFERS. FROM INSTRUCTION ON MORE THAN THIRTY INSTRUMENTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF MUSICAL STYLES TO VARIOUS AFTER-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT LOW-INCOME OR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS, CMC'S PROGRAMS MAKE MUSIC EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO ALL, FROM THE YOUNGEST SCHOOL CHILDREN TO OLDER ADULTS THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS STRENGTHEN NETWORKS AND LEVERAGE RESOURCES, ENSURING THAT PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE AND RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.IN 2023, CMC'S OFFERINGS TO STUDENTS OF ALL AGES WERE MANY AND VARIED AND DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS: -- WEEKLY PRIVATE LESSONS IN THE STUDENT'S CHOICE OF THIRTY INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING VOICE. -- ENSEMBLE AND THEORY CLASSES. -- THE TUITION-FREE YOUNG MUSICIANS PROGRAM, A COMPREHENSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH SFUSD. STUDENTS STUDY THEIR CHOICE OF WESTERN CLASSICAL, JAZZ, OR LATIN MUSIC. -- THE TUITION-FREE CHILDREN'S CHORUS FOR CHILDREN AGES 8-12. -- THE TUITION-FREE TEEN JAZZ ORCHESTRA FOR AGES 11-18. -- THE TUITION-FREE OLDER ADULT CHOIR PROGRAM, PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 15 SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. -- THE TUITION-FREE NEW VOICES BAY AREA TIGQ CHORUS, SERVING TRANSGENDER, INTERSEX, AND GENDER-QUEER ADULTS. -- THE TUITION-FREE BLACK MUSIC STUDIES PROGRAM FEATURES MUSIC APPRECIATION COURSES, TWO BLACK MUSIC CHOIRS FOR OLDER ADULTS, RESIDENCIES FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND FOURTH- AND FIFTH-GRADERS AT CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND A PIANO LAB RESIDENCY FOR YOUTH AT THE BAYVIEW HILLS GARDENS PUBLIC HOUSING SITE. -- SUMMER MUSIC CAMPS, INCLUDING MUSICAL DISCOVERY CAMP, CAMP CMC, CHAMBER MUSIC CAMPS FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS, AND CAMPAMENTO DE MSICA. -- CLASSES FOR THE VERY YOUNG, INCLUDING MUSICAL STORYTIME, CMC CHIQUITOS, MUSIC FOR CHILDREN, AND CMC SPARKS - A NEW SERIES OF BEGINNING GROUP CLASSES IN SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS. -- WESTERN CLASSICAL, JAZZ, MIDDLE EASTERN, INDIAN, OLD-TIME, AND LATIN INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES FOR ADULTS, PLUS VOCAL ENSEMBLES IN ALL STYLES. -- COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES INCLUDE MORE THAN 12 IN-PERSON RECITALS ANNUALLY AND MORE THAN 30 COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND GUEST ARTISTS. -- COLLABORATIONS WITH SFUSD TO PROVIDE THE MOST VULNERABLE WITH HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION, INCLUDING THROUGH THE SFUSD MARIACHI PROGRAM, STAFFED BY CMC TEACHING ARTISTS. -- CMC SERVED 3,301 STUDENTS ON OUR TWO CAMPUSES AND IN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, AN INCREASE OF 9% OVER FY2022 AND EXCEEDING OUR FY2023 GOAL. STUDENT AGE GROUPS WERE 2% 0-5, 30% 6-10, 27% 11-18, 11% 19-35, 8% 36-54, 12% 55-74, AND 7% 75-96, WITH 3% NOT IDENTIFYING THEIR AGE. THEIR GENDERS WERE 33% FEMALE, 27% MALE, 2% GENDER NON-CONFORMING, 1% TRANSGENDER, AND 1% DECLINE TO STATE, WITH 36% HAVING NO GENDER IDENTIFIED. THEIR ETHNICITIES WERE LESS THAN 1% NATIVE AMERICAN, 18% ASIAN, 4% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 1% FILIPINO, 24% LATINX, 6% MIXED HERITAGE, LESS THAN 1% PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND 27% WHITE, WITH 20% GIVING NO RESPONSE. -- CMC AWARDED $2.9 MILLION IN TUITION ASSISTANCE AND ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMMING IN RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS FROM ITS GROWING STUDENT BODY AND DEMAND FOR PLACES IN TUITION-FREE PROGRAMS. -- CMC HIRED 13 NEW FACULTY MEMBERS TO FILL SCHEDULES, ACCOMMODATE GROWING DEMAND, AND TEACH RESIDENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY. FOUR FACULTY MEMBERS LEFT FOR PERSONAL REASONS, RESULTING IN A NET GAIN OF 9 TEACHING ARTISTS.

CAMPUS EXPANSION: IN 2012, CMC PURCHASED THE NEIGHBORING BUILDING, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND IN PLACE IN THE MISSION DISTRICT. THE CURRENT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WILL SUPPORT RENOVATION OF BOTH BUILDINGS, THE CONCERT HALL AND CENTRAL COURTYARD, TO CREATE A SINGLE, INTERGRATED CAMPUS. THE IMMEDIATE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AND IMPROVED SPACE FOR CORE ACTIVITES IN EDUCATIONAL AND CREATIVE REALMS, WITH INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY LONG INTO THE FUTURE, OFFERING AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF THE POTENTIAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED, MEASURABLE BENEFITS TO STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.