ABOUT US

The folk music tradition

Although our teachers, classes and performers offer a variety of musical genres, we are particularly focused on creating and fostering cultural enrichment through folk music. As a result, many of our classes celebrate the folk music tradition, and we produce concerts and events that bring folk music to the community.

Encouraging the making of music

In an era where people too often allow the “experts” to do it for them, we offer a friendly, encouraging place in which people of all ages and backgrounds can discover, learn and play music themselves—both individually and as a group.

To accomplish our goals, we offer affordable access to music and teachers. We provide teachers comfortable spaces in which to work with students. And we give both non-professional and professional musicians numerous opportunities to play and perform.

We also make instruments available to all by creating an instrument lending library, managing an instrument rental program, and acting as an agency that collects and distributes playable instruments to people who otherwise couldn’t afford them.

Welcoming diversity

We are dedicated to the inclusion of diverse cultures in the students we teach, the communities we serve, the artists we present, and the audiences we attract. We provide a venue in which all people can engage in the universal benefits of music regardless of their age, race, color, gender, ability, religion, education, sexual orientation or gender identity.