Local music programs in San Francisco, CA

RHYTHM (Reaching Youth Through Music) is a workshop series that brings members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus into schools to lead interactive dialogue, storytelling, dancing, and songs. The program includes activities such as a 45-minute...

Friday Night Kids (K-5) is a program where children meet, play games, eat some pizza, sing songs, and have a lesson. The program takes place on a Friday evening and brings kids together for these planned activities. • Ages: 5–11 years old •...

Sky Music offers violin, clarinet, flute, piano, and guitar lessons. The program includes both one-on-one and group lessons, with options for in-person and online instruction. Students may also participate in ABRSM England piano examinations through...

Voices of Music Outreach & Education Programs include the Emerging Artist Program, the Junior Recorder Society, after-school recorder classes, and the Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra. The programs are connected to a Concert Series in the San...

Little Mission Studio Music Lessons, Classes & Camps offers private music lessons, group music classes, workshops, and summer music camps. Students can take lessons in cello, flute, trumpet, saxophone, violin, viola, acoustic and electric guitar,...

Bird School of Music Summer Camps focus on band-based music and media projects. Campers start a band, write a song, create a professional recording, make a music video, and put on a show. Activities include rehearsal skills, reading music charts,...

Cantare Youth Programs offers in-school music education classes, after-school choirs, a multi-lingual after-school program, and a tuition-free summer camp that includes choir rehearsals, musicianship classes, electives, and a field trip to an East...

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp offers instrument instruction, band formation, and collaborative songwriting, along with Music Herstory, Image & Identity, self-defense, zine-making, and screenprinting workshops. Campers take part in performances, and each...

Youth Music Programs offers activities that include the Summer Music Academy, Music Classes for Girls, Afterschool Jazz, Afterschool Jazz for Girls, Black Girls Play, and the Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellowship. The program also includes Adult Music...

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra offers a rigorous program that includes weekly rehearsals, extensive coaching with leading Bay Area professionals, and performance opportunities throughout the region and the world. The program is part of the Oakland...

The Oakland Interfaith Youth Choir focuses on performing Black gospel and spirituals. Participants perform at public, artistic, faith, and commercial events, and take part in special projects such as the Biennial Music Workshop, recordings, and...

Oakland Taiko offers taiko drumming that combines Japanese drumming, dance, theatrics, and physical training. Participants learn taiko history, practice drum building and drum maintenance, and take part in performances such as cultural celebrations,...

Handful Players offers musical theater and performing arts activities where kids take part in acting, singing, dance, puppetry, clowning, spoken word, set painting, jazz, and live performance. The program includes theater classes, musical theater,...

Hummingbird Music School offers private lessons, year-round music classes, after school classes, and music camps that include performance opportunities. Students can study piano, guitar, electric bass, bass, ukulele, group piano, group ukulele,...

Summer@SFCM offers residential summer programs where students take part in activities such as music technology, media composition, state-of-the-art production techniques, orchestral and keyboard percussion, chamber ensemble, global percussion,...

Melodies For Life Music and Coaching Services offers guitar, drum, bass, piano, and voice lessons, along with group lessons, interactive online music lessons, and loaner and rental instruments. The program also offers Music Discovery Sessions, Music...

San Francisco Rock Project offers 1:1 lessons and group sessions in music, including guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboard, drums, percussion, vocals, and ukulele. The program also includes music theory, notation, audio production, and songwriting...

Music with Toby offers Suzuki violin lessons, voice and singing lessons, early childhood music lessons, private violin lessons, private voice lessons, and family music lessons. Family music lessons include singing, dancing, playing percussion...

Amabile School of Music offers piano, voice, guitar, ukulele, violin, trumpet, drum, viola, cello, saxophone, French horn, mandolin, clarinet, and bugle lessons, along with Little Mozart Keyboard Group Classes and other music group classes. The...

Community Music Center Classes and Ensembles offers options such as Advanced Jazz Ensemble, Beginning Jazz Ensemble, Summer Jazz Workshop, Blues Workshop, and Camp CMC. Students can also take instrument and voice options including Afro-Peruvian...