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Music Resource Center offers rehearsal rooms, practice space, and performance opportunities, along with recording, podcasting, beat making, and recording studio time. The program provides unlimited lessons in voice, instrument, and dance, access to instruments and equipment, and use of a dance studio. It also includes mentorship, summer workshops, summer camps, and training in studio engineering and live sound, including an MRC Certified option with 30+ hours of 1:1 training and a paid internship.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: After-school hours during the year and summer drop-in hours, including options Monday–Friday in the afternoons and early evenings
• Price: Annual fees as low as $1, with membership fees on a sliding scale based on family size and income
Music Resource Center is a nonprofit after-school program that serves 300–400 members per year and is described as accessible to all. The mission of Music Resource Center is to foster the youth of Charlottesville through music as a safe, diverse, and creative community where teens learn, grow, and make music together, guided by core values of creativity, access, and community. Membership is described as affordable to all, with additional scholarships available on a case-by-case basis. The organization lists Alice Fox as Executive Director, and the program is described as a safe haven for adolescents with programs after school that run into the evening hours. The program is identified as MRC Certified, and a statement from Executive Director Alice Fox says, “We are here to inspire and empower each student to achieve their musical dreams and full potential.”
Last updated January 18, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: After-school hours during the year and summer drop-in hours, including options Monday–Friday in the afternoons and early evenings
• Price: Annual fees as low as $1, with membership fees on a sliding scale based on family size and income
Music Resource Center is a nonprofit after-school program that serves 300–400 members per year and is described as accessible to all. The mission of Music Resource Center is to foster the youth of Charlottesville through music as a safe, diverse, and creative community where teens learn, grow, and make music together, guided by core values of creativity, access, and community. Membership is described as affordable to all, with additional scholarships available on a case-by-case basis. The organization lists Alice Fox as Executive Director, and the program is described as a safe haven for adolescents with programs after school that run into the evening hours. The program is identified as MRC Certified, and a statement from Executive Director Alice Fox says, “We are here to inspire and empower each student to achieve their musical dreams and full potential.”
Last updated January 18, 2026.
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