Best Music Schools San Francisco Near Me

4worldlovers: Blue Bear School of Music is for all ages and skill levels. From rock, blues, jazz, folk, and pop, to DJ and electronic music classes, we have something for everyone:

As a nonprofit organization, Blue Bear partners with schools, shelters, and community centers to bring the transformative power of playing music to underserved populations for FREE. Learn more about our Community Outreach programs.

Little Bears, for kiddos 4 months to 5 years - in the parks plus indoor classes.

Our commitment to social equity through teaching popular music (rock, blues, urban, world) and making it accessible to a greater number of youth in our community, has been part of the Blue Bear culture for almost 50 years. We also offer significant savings and scholarships to assist students from families with financial need.

Your donation to Blue Bear School of Music is an investment in a vibrant, established and legacy non-profit organization that improves lives.

In just the last year, we have proudly served over 500 children and young adults through our Outreach Programs. We’ve seen our students gain confidence, find joy, and create greater community through their classes. We were thrilled to get this message recently from our wonderful Little Bears teacher Michael Chulada: “I thought you’d like to know, last Wednesday Hamilton Families Charity had a volunteer and partner appreciation event and they chose our program to acknowledge! They called me up and gave me a plaque and a tote bag decorated by the kids! It was a very touching experience! They are very grateful for the program, so we are doing some real good work there!” Thank you, Michael, and thank you Hamilton Familes!

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“Thank you so much for being so professional, patient and passionate about music and mentoring our kids.”

“Blue Bear is great all around. I've been doing band workshops there for years, and there is always more to learn.”

“I cannot tell you how helpful it has been to help my kid grow not only as a musician, but as a person.”

“They’ve been teaching kids to rock since 1971! I love Blue Bear…the original school of rock!!!”

Our teachers have many years of experience in the music industry and can provide instruction across a wide variety of instruments and skill levels.

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Our 10-week SPRING 2023 semester begins Saturday, March 25th, and concludes Friday, June 5th, depending on the day and the teacher. __________________________________________________________

A New York Times article on the value of lullaby-singing cited research about how lullabies work to calm babies, to calm parents, and to ease the transition into sleep. Here’s a quote from Dr. Dennie Palmer-Wolf, who heads up the Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project

“Lullabies allow infants to create neural pathways for calming down, soothing, falling asleep…A lullaby is an external routine that becomes an internal pathway for calming down.”

And since both baby and parent are calmer, experts suspect this may be why parents are able to be more present with their children and bond more deeply. Keep singing at bedtime to capitalize on all these lullaby-benefits! Read more here...

Our award-winning, research-based program has been leading the field of early childhood music education for over thirty years. Bring your newborn, baby, infant, toddler, preschooler, or kindergartener to one of our fun-filled classes, and we think you’ll see why thousands of Bay Area families over the years have valued making music with us every week.

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I can’t say enough good things about Music Together! My daughter LOVES her weekly class! - Emme F– MTSF mom

While dancing, singing, and playing instruments with your child is fun, Music Together offers extraordinary benefits for your child:

We teach basic pitch and rhythm, to prepare your child for future music lessons, or to develop a life-long love of music!

4worldlovers: "I’ve been taking my daughters to Music Together since they were tiny babies! They love it and are so engaged. I’ve had great experiences with all of the teachers and couldn’t recommend it more!" - Kate Argawal

San Francisco Music Together offers music classes for infants, babies, toddler and big kids (ages 0 - 5) in San Francisco! Sing, dance & jam! Give your child the gift of a fun, interactive, research based music education.

Build your little one's self-esteem while they develop accurate pitch & rhythm.

4worldlovers: At Little Mission Studio, we believe there’s more to learning music than just a weekly lesson. As a student of Private Music Lessons at Little Mission Studio, your Private Lesson tuition includes access to:

We also encourage musical collaboration with your fellow musicians, & offer ensemble classes & have rehearsal & performance space available.

Lessons are scheduled & purchased monthly. Before the beginning of each month, you will receive an online invoice listing all lesson dates for the coming month, including any exceptions like holidays or planned faculty absences.

You have until your invoice due date (your first lesson day of the month), to respond to your invoice & coordinate any upcoming conflicts or scheduling needs on your end that will affect your lesson time for the coming month.

All LMS Private Lesson Students use our online Student Portal to look for alternate lesson times during a week they might have to miss their regular lesson.

If you cannot attend an alternate lesson time one week and need to skip a lesson entirely, email the LMS office, and your lesson schedule for the month will be adjusted accordingly. Payment for any planned student absences will be credited on the following month’s tuition invoice.

Tuition invoices not responded to before their due date are assumed accurate.

Running late? Sick? Stuck in meeting? Use our online Student Portal to cancel and reschedule lessons. Your instructor does not handle scheduling in any way, but is notified if you cancel and/or reschedule using the Student Portal. You may also always email the LMS office directly with any scheduling issues or concerns.

Once enrolled, you will have a regular weekly lesson time. Learning music is incredibly exciting & rewarding, but also requires hard work & consistency. To ensure the best learning experience, students are expected to attend their regular weekly lesson time. Your teacher has set aside your regular lesson time each week & expects to see you on a weekly basis at the same time consistently.

Students unable to consistently attend their regular weekly lesson time more than three lessons per month may be asked to forfeit their lesson time.

Students are enrolled in auto-pay billing and your payment for the coming month’s lessons will be run when you receive your next invoice, which will be your last lesson day of the month (ex. last Monday of every month if you have lessons on Mondays).

Lesson tuition payments not received by their due date will be subject to a 5% late fee.

Little Mission Studio accepts payment online only via Stripe & Square (most major US credit/debit cards).

Student Cancellations: Of course emergencies or occasional illness happen. If you need to cancel a scheduled lesson, let us know as soon as possible, by using our online Student Portal to cancel your lesson. You may then use the Student Portal to try to reschedule your lesson within the same week, pending the availability of your instructor. Our faculty maintain very full schedules, & student-cancelled lessons are not guaranteed a make-up time. Student-cancelled lessons that cannot be rescheduled or made-up within one week of the original lesson time remain charged in full. Late student-cancellations, less than 6-hours before the lesson start time, will not be granted a make-up lesson.

Faculty Cancellations: In the rare event your instructor needs to cancel a scheduled lesson due to illness or emergency, you will receive lesson credit in the following month.

Stopping Lessons: Once you’re enrolled, your lessons are ongoing & you remain a Private Lesson Student unless Little Mission Studio hears from you otherwise. If you need to stop your lessons for whatever reason (moving, changing jobs, etc.), you must notify the office before the 1st of the coming month.

We accept enrollment for Group Music Classes & Workshops on a rolling basis. Enrollment for most classes closes one week prior to the class start date; check each class description for further details.

Space in classes is limited & students will be enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. Often, Group Music Classes will fill up, so early enrollment is encouraged.

We list the full class schedule with each class description. Be sure to read over each class schedule carefully to be sure you can attend all class sessions.

In order to help ensure the best class experience for you & your fellow musicians, we ask that you commit to attending all class sessions. Missed or skipped class sessions are non-refundable & unable to be made up.

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We are always looking for incredible teachers to join our already amazing team of teachers. Positions available immediately!

“More than ever during these crazy times I'm thankful for the gift that is McAllister Music Studio. My weekly lessons have given routine and stability to an unstable time and I'm so grateful for the continued sense of community! Thank you all so much! “

“We've been sending our boys here to work with Lizzie for around 9 years, and MMS has been nothing but warm, talented, flexible, and inspiring. We've witnessed over time our boys' authentic appreciation and passion for music deepen, and for this we're so grateful. They seem engaged with the online classes as well and with practicing throughout the week. We highly recommend enrolling in this course, as they also do a fantastic job linking the kids' musical interests with their learning. Well worth the investment.”

MMS offers both In-Person and Online lessons in piano, voice, songwriting, guitar, and music production to children and adults, from beginners to advanced musicians.

Through motivating (and challenging) private lessons, and consistent performances opportunities, our students gain confidence in themselves and in their musical skills. They receive the immeasurable reward of being proud of themselves, which creates a passion for life, instills in them a sense of contentment and confidence and in turn allows them to be inspiring for others around them. Their MMS teachers believe deeply in them, endlessly supporting their goals and dreams.

Ciara and the MMS teachers believe that music changes lives and changes the world, and we would love to work with you!

“Taking lessons here has kept me motivated to practice almost every day since I started a year and a half ago! Every time I leave my lesson I am filled with excitement and enthusiasm to practice what I learned that week. Before joining MMS I had tried similarly priced lessons elsewhere in SF and there was no comparison at all. I cannot recommend MMS enough.”

“MMS is amazing! We adore the teachers, staff, the program, studio environment, and the special events that they host, to build community with their students. My husband is a professional musician so we were very thorough when selecting a music school for our daughter.

4worldlovers: Our DJ and music production lessons focus on the software and techniques that are used by the top industry professionals. We offer a wide range of courses to cover all levels; whether you are just starting out or are an expert looking for a deeper dive, we will tailor the course to best help you achieve your short and long term goals!

Get a guided tour through the equipment and software being used by the worlds top DJs. Learn the fundamentals and basic techniques that every DJ must know to be successful in the industry.

Learn how to take your ideas from conception to commercial ready production. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of music production and by the end have created your own unique beat from scratch using audio samples and MIDI programming.

We offer corporate group DJ classes for businesses of all sizes as a way for teams to bond and do an interesting activity together. We provide equipment, some light beverages and snacks, and structure the class to be extra fun and interactive. Contact us if you want to schedule or learn more!

4worldlovers: Notes Music Academy is Oakland's premier music school featuring eleven (11) fully equipped teaching studios, instructors, instruments and educational tools designed to help students reach their highest and best potential as musicians.

We offer music lessons in, piano, guitar, violin, bass guitar, drums, saxophone, and more! Lessons are available for infants, K-12, and through adult based on individual levels of proficiency. NMA provides one-on-one training and follow-up from credentialed, university and college level instructors as well as working professional musicians and peers. NMA instructors are passionate about giving their students a well-rounded musical education. They focus on student needs from various backgrounds and educational learning styles. At NMA there is a heavy emphasis placed on music theory (sight reading, notation, chord construction, history, comprehension, improvisation and transcription) which gives our students the crucial foundation to be a successful musician.

Our mission is to bring out the musician in you! Everyone has a heartbeat and it's our heartbeat that is the center piece to all music. Music can bring out the confidence in a child and the child out of the more mature.

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SFCM changed global music education in 2020 by acquiring management company Opus3 Artists, home to over 250 top musicians. Masterclasses, recording sessions, and side-by-sides with members of the Opus 3 roster are only the beginning of our work together to invent the future of performances.

Part of your journey at SFCM is to discover new ideas and explore them through projects of your own imagination and design. Winter Term provides the ideal laboratory to challenge yourself, to engage your strengths, to know and improve your weaknesses, and to practice the art and science of taking risks. You are unique. The possibilities are limitless.

Mia Pixley connects to diverse audiences and fellow musicians, collaborating on multiple levels and platforms.

Hear from SFCM alumna Ani Bukujian ’18 about taking on the role of Principal Second Violin of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and how SFCM helped her achieve her artistic and professional goals.

4worldlovers: A whole new class roster with new awesome ways to learn and enjoy music

I’m excited to provide guidance, structure, and an encouraging environment to support your guitar dreams and to make them happen! I truly believe that everyone has what it takes to find joy in playing guitar!

4worldlovers: I.R. Guitar Lessons is an Oakland Music School Dedicated to the Guitar.

We provide students of all ages the opportunity to create life-long passion.

We are conservatory-trained teachers with years of experience on the stage and in the classroom. More than instructors, we are role models and mentors dedicated to making sure that every student reaches their full potential.

Our curriculum creates the complete musician, so that students can be any type of player. Students build musical literacy, technique and musical fluency while learning a variety of styles so that they can play Bach today and rock tomorrow.

Our faculty represent some of the most experienced and well-educated players and teachers in the Bay Area. They specialize in rock, metal, classical, and jazz, just to name a few! Each student will have their curriculum tailor-made by their teacher to fit their interests, goals and learning styles.

We’re glad to be able offer in-person lessons at our Oakland studio, as well as to students around the world via Zoom. Take your lessons with you on vacation or your next work trip and never miss a beat. This is learning guitar in the 21st century!

Beyond music, we teach life lessons. Students make goal-setting and accomplishing routine, reinforce self-discipline and learn to work with others. In addition to becoming great musicians, our members have gone on to be great students at Stanford, UC Berkeley and USC.

Our students are part of an encouraging network of like-minded people who are passionate about music and learning. The I.R. Guitar community provides a supportive environment where we can share, socialize and collaborate.

4worldlovers: San Francisco’s premier vocal coaching studio, fostering a diverse community of singers of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Online courses designed to enlighten, enhance & ENRICH your vocal journey. Whether you’re a beginner singer, or a seasoned pro… The Empowered Voice Series is an excellent supplement to your routine practice!

Songbird’s new offering of online lessons has been SO helpful for me – I’m so thrilled that I can just hop online and learn! My teacher, Riley, has seamlessly transitioned from my in-person lessons to our online lessons, and it is such a JOY to get to work with her. I was originally curious/skeptical if online singing lessons were possible….. but I’ve been learning new things in EVERY online lesson, just like my in-person lessons, and having so much fun. I’m a believer!

I’m so grateful that Songbird Studios offers online lessons. I travel a lot and with recording and touring, online lessons help me keep my voice in shape even when I’m on the road. Plus, they are a great way to incorporate vocal rehab techniques while you’re recovering from a cold or flu so you don’t have to miss a lesson. I get a great deal of value from the online lessons and they work great for my needs. A+ for Songbird!

4worldlovers: Interested in music classes at Inspire Music? Sign up for your trial lesson today!

Trial lessons are introductory, 30-minute lessons where students get to "try out" new instruments, teachers, and tutors.