The Community Music Center is a nonprofit music venue and education center located in San Francisco's Mission District, offering performances, classes, and community programming. Founded in 1921, it serves as a cultural hub providing accessible music education and live music events for the local community.
Wood/Wind/Wet Ink: New Music by Joshua Saulle
Join CMC Piano and Composition Faculty member Joshua Saulle and some of his favorite musician friends and colleagues for a program of brand-new compositions for saxophone, viola, percussion, and voices. This multi-instrument grab bag of recent work features a wide range of sounds, colors, moods and textures.
Mission Music Night with Mission Arts Performance Project
Listen, play, connect with neighborhood community, and don't forget to wear your dancing shoes! CMC joins the bimonthly neighborhood favorite Mission Arts Performance Project (MAPP) for an energetic night of music featuring jazz jam sessions and Cuban dance party with live ensembles.
CMC Open Mic Night
The free, all-ages, all-genres Open Mic Night returns to CMC! If you're working out a tune, want to give it a try on stage, meet some other musicians in the community, you're invited to join the fun. Whether you've got an original piece or a cover, are practicing for a recital, workshopping something that's half-complete—the mic is yours! Come hang, encourage one another, and step into the spotlight.
The Retraction
A dramatic song cycle for soprano, three-voice choir, and mixed ensemble about Isobel Gowdie, a peasant woman tried for witchcraft in Scotland in 1662. Serves as a warning of the perils of irrational thought and unchecked power while giving voice to a young woman destroyed by a brutal society.
The Retraction
A dramatic song cycle for soprano, three-voice choir, and mixed ensemble about Isobel Gowdie, a peasant woman tried for witchcraft in Scotland in 1662. Features Amy Foote (soprano), Emilio Peña (tenor), Tim Selva (tenor), Sideny Chen (bass), Michael Long (violin), Jessie Nucho (flute), Vicky Ehrlich (cello), Keisuke Nakagoshi (piano). Music and text by Davide Verotta.
Juliet McComas Keyboard Marathon: Gather Together
CMC faculty members and special guest performers will take the stage to celebrate the joy of making music side-by-side. The program features piano duets, two-piano works, and collaborative pieces that bring performers into conversation through shared themes, reflection, and creativity.