About
The Front Porch is a music school and concert program that offers private lessons, group classes, kids classes, adult classes, weekly jam programs, workshops, and camps. The program also hosts concerts, including the Riverfront Concert Series, and offers an Exploring Music Narrative Workshop: A Guide for Listening to All Music. Weekly jam programs are free and open to the public and draw players from throughout Central Virginia.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Thursday 10 am–7 pm, and Friday–Sunday 5 pm–10:30 pm when concerts are occurring
• Price: Front Porch students receive a 10% discount for the Exploring Music Narrative Workshop
The Front Porch is a nonprofit dedicated to connecting all of us through music, with a mission to make music inclusive, affordable, and accessible to all. Its focus on music education extends through the Roots & Wings outreach program, which brings free music education and enrichment to children and seniors and includes collaboration with the Piedmont Family YMCA. The program offers scholarships, presents free programming, and prices classes below the national average without compromising the pay scale of teachers. The Front Porch began in the home of local educator Emily Morrison in 2015, and its story began on an actual porch in 2015.
Parents and community members describe Roots & Wings as adding a music and movement curriculum to YMCA programming and note that children, teachers, and parents enjoy it. One Front Porch parent reports being moved by the way music and learning are approached for both young and old students. Audience members describe The Front Porch as an intimate and cozy venue for folk, bluegrass, jazz, and other types of music. Another parent shares that their child enjoyed class, practiced at home, and wrote a song after attending.
Last updated January 18, 2026.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Thursday 10 am–7 pm, and Friday–Sunday 5 pm–10:30 pm when concerts are occurring
• Price: Front Porch students receive a 10% discount for the Exploring Music Narrative Workshop
The Front Porch is a nonprofit dedicated to connecting all of us through music, with a mission to make music inclusive, affordable, and accessible to all. Its focus on music education extends through the Roots & Wings outreach program, which brings free music education and enrichment to children and seniors and includes collaboration with the Piedmont Family YMCA. The program offers scholarships, presents free programming, and prices classes below the national average without compromising the pay scale of teachers. The Front Porch began in the home of local educator Emily Morrison in 2015, and its story began on an actual porch in 2015.
Parents and community members describe Roots & Wings as adding a music and movement curriculum to YMCA programming and note that children, teachers, and parents enjoy it. One Front Porch parent reports being moved by the way music and learning are approached for both young and old students. Audience members describe The Front Porch as an intimate and cozy venue for folk, bluegrass, jazz, and other types of music. Another parent shares that their child enjoyed class, practiced at home, and wrote a song after attending.
Last updated January 18, 2026.
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