Want to bring more music to your community?
Our Reach
Community Music Center of Boston works collaboratively with a wide range of partners throughout Greater Boston to create programs that meet the needs of each unique community.
School Partnerships
School Partnerships
CMCB’s school partnerships provide culturally inclusive and accessible music instruction to students in public, private, and other educational settings. Programs vary in length and content, driven by the interests and needs of partners.
Community Partnerships
Community Partnerships
CMCB works with community centers and social services agencies as part of its community partnerships. Participants include children, families, adults, and older adults. Programming includes music instruction, music therapy, events, and workshops.
Music Therapy
Music Therapy
CMCB’s music therapy program works with around 240 individuals per year in collaboration with schools and community partners. Our credentialed music therapists work alongside participants and empower them to address their goals.
“Our partnership with CMCB is a meaningful one that we hope to grow over the years. It’s brought a lot of access and opportunity, opening doors for students that otherwise they didn’t know were there.”
Derrick Ciesla, Principal, William E RussellPrograms in Action
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“…I knew that we served a population that could definitely benefit from CMCB’s programming and from this space [The Record Co] which offers really affordable and accessible music recording to people… It’s been a really great collaboration all around!”
Sadye Bobbette, Access to Arts Manager, Partners for Youth with DisabilitiesCEP In the News
‘Social Prescriptions’ In the News
Over the summer, our faculty and staff took center stage in some recent news features on WBUR’s Radio Boston and on WCVB’s Channel 5 news broadcast!
Music and Mental Health at CMCB
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked important dialogue around self-care and mental health, making the importance of mental wellness an unavoidable conversation.
Thank You To Our Funders!
In recent years, CMCB’s Community Engagement Programs have been funded by supporters including: Alice Willard Dorr Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation, CF Adams Trust, DCU for Kids, EdVestors, George Frederick Jewett Foundation East, Hermann Foundation, John W. Alden Trust, Liberty Mutual Foundation, Mabel Louise Riley Foundation, Oren Campbell McCleary Charitable Trust, Schrafft Trust, TD Bank Foundation, and in-kind donations from Johnson Strings.
This program is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the State of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
CMCB’s partnership with the Boston Public Schools is funded in part by EdVestors BPS Arts Expansion, a multi-year effort focusing on access, equity, and quality arts learning for BPS students. This is supported by the Barr Foundation, The Boston Foundation, Katie and Paul Buttenwieser, Klarman Family Foundation, Linde Family Foundation, and other foundations and individuals.
