San Francisco Community Music Center

[2] The school's stated mission is to make "high quality music accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, regardless of financial means.

[4] In 2012, the CMC purchased the property next door to the school's main building in the Mission District, in order to provide ADA-compliant accessibility and double the number of students.

[4][6] In December 2019, the CMC was added to the city's Legacy Business Registry, in recognition of the school's decades of service to the community.

[4] Private lessons and group classes in voice, instruments, composition, and music theory are offered, with tuition assistance available on a sliding scale.

[15] Notable guest performers and instructors at the school have included Emanuel Ax, Jascha Heifetz, Max Roach, and Marcus Shelby.

Two buildings, blue with white trim, on a sunny day. They are separated by a courtyard. The right building bears a sign with the name and logo of the Community Music Center.
The CMC on the day of the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new expansion building, February 2024.
The New Voices Bay Area TIGQ chorus performs at the National AIDS Memorial on World AIDS Day 2019.
A group of teens play and hold various jazz band instruments while Marcus Shelby plays upright bass. They are standing outdoors next to a blue building with white trim.
Marcus Shelby performs with the CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra in the school courtyard.