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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 Cajon, Banjo private lessons, acoustic and electric bass private lessons, Beginning Group Guitar for Adults, and Beginning Voice. Additional offerings include Brazilian Candomblé Drumming, Pianolympics, and the CMC Open House: Free Classes for Adults.
• Ages: 14–18 years old
• Schedule: Classes and activities are available during Community Music Center branch office hours throughout the week, with some events on specific dates such as the CMC Open House: Free Classes for Adults on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
• Price: CMC Open House: Free Classes for Adults – Cost: Free.
Community Music Center was founded in 1921 and is a nonprofit music school and performance space. Community Music Center states that it makes high quality music accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, regardless of financial means, and that it believes in the power of music to connect people, celebrate cultures and transform lives. Community Music Center partners with many organizations across San Francisco to provide music programming for all ages and offers a generous tuition assistance program. Students enrolled in private lessons at Community Music Center receive a discount on class tuition, and online signup for Advanced Jazz Ensemble, Beginning Jazz Ensemble, and Blues Workshop is unavailable and requires submitting a Prerequisite Form. Community Music Center states that it is dedicated to creating and maintaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where students, staff, and faculty feel a sense of belonging. Afro-Peruvian Cajon classes provide cajons during class sessions, and students who have their own cajon are welcome to bring it.
Last updated March 17, 2026.
• Ages: 14–18 years old
• Schedule: Classes and activities are available during Community Music Center branch office hours throughout the week, with some events on specific dates such as the CMC Open House: Free Classes for Adults on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
• Price: CMC Open House: Free Classes for Adults – Cost: Free.
Community Music Center was founded in 1921 and is a nonprofit music school and performance space. Community Music Center states that it makes high quality music accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, regardless of financial means, and that it believes in the power of music to connect people, celebrate cultures and transform lives. Community Music Center partners with many organizations across San Francisco to provide music programming for all ages and offers a generous tuition assistance program. Students enrolled in private lessons at Community Music Center receive a discount on class tuition, and online signup for Advanced Jazz Ensemble, Beginning Jazz Ensemble, and Blues Workshop is unavailable and requires submitting a Prerequisite Form. Community Music Center states that it is dedicated to creating and maintaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where students, staff, and faculty feel a sense of belonging. Afro-Peruvian Cajon classes provide cajons during class sessions, and students who have their own cajon are welcome to bring it.
Last updated March 17, 2026.
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