Music Academy Foundation

Music Academy Foundation offers music lessons, student bands and ensembles, rock bands, mixed ensembles, a comprehensive musical theatre program, and a pre-college jazz program. The program also includes Music Therapy for clients of all ages, a Saturday jazz program, concert series, educational outreaches, and master classes.

• Ages: 3–18 years old

The Music Academy Foundation (MAF) was founded by educator and double bassist Dr. Peter Coco in 2017. Its mission is to make the community a performing arts and cultural hub on Long Island by providing music lessons, student bands and ensembles, music therapy, and a musical theatre program; providing instruments to under-served schools; funding educational outreach, including scholarships and a pre-college jazz program; spearheading concert series; and connecting students with world-class musicians and educators. The faculty and guest artists include college professors, private and public school teachers, as well as performers who have toured and recorded extensively, and all music educators hold music degrees from some of the country’s finest institutions. The organization states that every day, throughout the year, it is “Changing Lives Through Music.”

Last updated February 8, 2026.