The Camerata Singers provides high-quality cultural and educational opportunities for a multi-generational audience through the production of choral music recognized for its imaginative programming and performance excellence.
Youth Classes: http://camerata-singers.org/cms%7Ceducationoutserach-3.html
CBF's mission is to celebrate the works, inspiration & ongoing influence of J.S. Bach worldwide by immersing audiences in experiences that integrate music, education & ideas, and by meaningful engagement supportive of our diverse communities. We aim to inspire a younger, more diverse, and generally broader population to experience our programs, whether as audience members or students participating in our training programs.
Youth Programs: http://www.bachfestival.org/community-engagement.htm
The Carmel Classic Guitar Society (CCGS) promotes the classical guitar through education, workshops, recitals, lectures, and gatherings for the public. The CCGS serves the youth and underserved elderly and ailing residents of Monterey County through its two arts programs The Guitar in Schools and the Healing Guitar.
See Calendar for Classes: http://www.carmelguitarsociety.org/Calendar.html
The primary objective and purpose of Carmel Music Society is to present classical music performances on the Monterey Peninsula and foster the appreciation of classical music among area students.
Chamber Music Monterey Bay enriches the cultural life of the community by promoting high-quality chamber music through a world-class concert series and community education programs.
Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra enriches the cultural life of the California Central Coast by performing adventurous, exciting, innovative music not otherwise available to our community.
Our mission is to transform the lives of youth and communities through inspiration, dedication, discipline, and performance of classical orchestral music.
Our mission is to promote the performance, understanding, and enjoyment of choral music by members of the community.
Check upcoming events for classes.
JazzAge Monterey exists to facilitate the live performance of early jazz and other historically related music of the 1920s and '30s as part of the American musical heritage, and to educate and encourage young people to learn, appreciate, and perform this music.
The mission of Monterey Jazz Festival is to celebrate the legacy of jazz, expand its boundaries, and provide opportunities to experience jazz through performances and education programs.
Programs and Classes: http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/jazz-education
Monterey County Pops! is an orchestra dedicated to bringing pops and patriotic music performed by professional musicians free-of-charge to the families and visitors of Monterey County while identifying, engaging, and educating under-served youth of Monterey County.
It is our mission to provide a pleasurable choral singing experience for our members and audiences, and to offer opportunities for our members to grow musically.
Youth Music Monterey's mission is to inspire excellence in individual students and enrich our community by providing young people with opportunities to participate in, and gain greater understanding of, music and its performance.
Our mission is to foster, manage, and support live productions of diverse forms of the performing arts at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey with particular attention to operatic arias presented in concert form.
Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir strives to expose the Monterey Bay Area community to a wide variety of unforgettable free gospel music experiences. To achieve this goal, we aim to educate in the art and history of gospel music with choral training and gospel music education.
The mission of the Monterey Symphony is to engage, educate, and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.
Acknowledged as one of the finest, young quartets in the country, the Baumer String Quartet was founded in 2003 by a group of young musicians at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The members of the quartet pursue parallel careers as international soloists, leaders and principal players of world-class orchestras, as members of eminent chamber groups, and as tutors and professors of music. The Baumer String Quartet comes together for a limited touring schedule on a project-by-project basis inspired by the success of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra and the New Orford String Quartet.
Orchestra in the Schools, Inc. provides students throughout Monterey County an opportunity to learn an instrument, be a part of an orchestra, and perform with students from other schools. Orchestra in the Schools, Inc. (OITS) is known for its outstanding small group instrumental instruction, and students, parents, and lovers of music always look forward to the concerts performed annually in the winter and spring.
The mission of the Monterey County Composers' Forum is to provide quality opportunities for local composers from a variety of backgrounds to have their works presented in a supportive and non-judgmental environment.
The mission of Opera-Essence Performances is to provide school children and other audiences with an opportunity to create art by encouraging interactive participation in staged musical events.
Wendi Kirby is a classically trained pianist, composer, and educator. She has been teaching music for over 30 years and is excited to announce that she is opening a new music studio in Monterey and will be offering excellence in creative music education for all ages:
Royal Conservatory of Music Smart Start (Newborn - Age 4)
Little Musicians Class (Ages 4 - 6)
Group Piano Class (Ages 5 - 18)
Adult Group Piano Class (Beginner - Advanced)
Instrumental and Vocal Instruction
Music Workshops
Creativity Retreats
Concerts
Mission
Chamber Music Monterey Bay enriches the cultural life of the community by promoting high-quality chamber music through a world-class concert series and community education programs.
Programs
• Annual Concert Series of five programs at the Sunset Center.
• Visiting Artist Outreach Program
• Kids Up Front & Free! Program
• Pre-concert Lecture Series