Community Music Center

Award-winning SF contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times is excited to announce that thanks to a generous grant from the Ross McKee Foundation, the group’s upcoming piano recital, “Call for Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 2” will now receive TWO performances—one on each side of the Bay. This fantastic program, to be performed by E4TT […]

The CMC Strings Department presents For the Love of Strings, the 4th annual Strings Department recital. CMC faculty will step into the spotlight as performers, collaborating to highlight repertoire from across the eras with a delightful concert of solo and chamber works for violin, viola, cello—from Bach to Piazzolla and more! Sunday, February 23, 2025 […]

Join CMC ViolinViola Faculty Michael Long and guest artists for an introspective afternoon of Bartók and Mozart. The Cecilia Ensemble is a string quartet of musicians from SF Opera, SF Ballet, and Bay Area Rainbow Symphony. The four came together during the pandemic, to play many outdoor concerts for the community and have continued. Program: […]

Join us for our annual Friends and Family celebration! As a cherished friend of Community Music Center, we are thrilled to invite you to an evening filled with delightful food, refreshing drinks, and lively music! Bring along your loved ones for a night celebrating our community. Enjoy a vibrant atmosphere with music, light bites and […]

Enjoy some great music, connect with neighborhood community, and don’t forget to wear your dancing shoes! CMC joins the bimonthly neighborhood favorite Mission Arts Performance Project (MAPP) to present a series of free performances from group class ensembles—curated by CMC’s Cultural Traditions department—as part of the MAPP events, featuring our talented faculty and student ensembles—from […]

CMC faculty member Shirley Wong-Frentzel hosts the Annual Winter Celebration Concert, a selection of music and poetry from the early Renaissance to European classics to folk and classical repertoire performed on voice, winds, strings and keyboard. Program features CMC faculty, advanced students, and special guests. Music by Brahms, DuFay, Haydn, Handel, Rachmanninoff, Khahaturian, Vivaldi and […]

We are happy to announce that Afro-Peruvian Fest is back! On Saturday, December 14 let’s celebrate Afro-Peruvian Culture at Community Music Center in San Francisco. Join us to experience this Afro-Peruvian Fest with workshops, dance performances and a concert. This project is made possible with the support of Zellerbach Family Foundation and Constellations Network. For […]

Join students from our tuition-free Young Musicians Program (YMP) and Mission District Young Musicians Program (MDYMP) for combined ensemble concerts highlighting the progress they’ve made this Fall Quarter. Featuring a wide variety of music including classical, jazz, Latin, and other traditions from around the world. 10–11am Recital Hall: YMP High School School performances featuring chamber […]

An evening of live jazz with the Tsvietinskyi-Chupakhin Quartet to mark 10 years of Leleka Foundation’s work Leleka Foundation‘s mission began in 2014, at the start of russia’s war against Ukraine: we decided to do all we could to help save the lives of wounded Ukrainian defenders by supplying first aid supplies. Since the full-scale […]

Students enrolled in the Beginning Jazz Ensemble led by David Steinberg invite friends and family for a lively concert of jazz music in the CMC Recital Hall to conclude their Fall Quarter studies.

Enjoy some great music, connect with neighborhood community, and don’t forget to wear your dancing shoes! CMC joins the bimonthly neighborhood favorite Mission Arts Performance Project (MAPP) to present a series of free performances from group class ensembles—curated by CMC’s Cultural Traditions department—as part of the MAPP events, featuring our talented faculty and student ensembles—from […]

Please join us for an exciting art and music event showcasing power of art, creativity, and community to enrich the journey of aging in San Francisco! Artwork by Art With Elders (AWE) participants will be on display at the Community Music Center. Directed by Martha Rodríguez-Salazar, CMC Solera Singers of Mission Neighborhood Center (Neighborhood Choir […]