Programs for the Community

Through our facility, our community programs offer a variety of tuition-free programs to our neighborhood families and community members. Our Community Music Academy (CMA) classes are open to students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 and strives to be a central space in the community for students to learn, explore, and experience making music. Classes include separate beginner and intermediate sessions for brass and woodwinds, orchestral strings and guitar, as well as guitar ensemble, harp ensemble, and combined intermediate orchestra. Instruments are provided to students who are interested in participating and do not currently have access to one. We also offer classes in Music Technology and Production as well as workshops, masterclasses, concerts, and neighborhood events.

Music Technology and Media Arts Classes

3rd-12th Grade

Music Technology and Media Arts are offered to grades 3rd - 12 at our partner schools. After-school, weekend and summer classes are offered at our South Central campus. Classes progressively build skills from the basics of beatmaking and DJing, through mastery of video and audio production software and hardware.

Producing Success: Creative Career Pathways

Digital applications and hardware are ubiquitous and fundamental to the way creative content is produced In addition to providing foundational skills for participation in the creative economy, Creative Career Pathway Programs open doors to self-expression, personal agency, and self-worth, building a platform from which participants can make themselves heard and realize that their voice matters.

Community Music Academy

K-12th Grade

The Community Music Academy is a tuition-free program open to students of any experience level where they can learn, explore, and experience making music. Students receive responsive, culturally relevant small group instruction in an instrument of their choosing, including violin, harp, guitar, flute, clarinet, recorder and trumpet.

Workshops & Concerts

YMF hosts a wide variety of workshops and concerts that are free and open to the community.