Quality Elementary Music Education for Bay Area Students

Music for Minors brings nearly 50 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading provider of elementary music education. We currently serve over 21,000 students in 4 Bay Area counties, in 827 classrooms at 61 schools.

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Music Programs

"It is especially comforting to have such an engaging program during such a difficult time for students. Music helps to provide some level of normalcy and gives students a way to connect to school."
2nd grade classroom teacher, Daly City

Live classroom instruction is Music for Minors' primary mode of program delivery. At this time we are maintaining social distancing and students do not share instruments. In the event of changes in school districts' policies and procedures over the course of the year, we have the proven capability of shifting to online delivery and will adapt as needed -- in close communication with school partners. Student and teacher safety remain our top concern.

"We LOVE our weekly music classes with our amazingly talented music teacher. From the very moment the class begins, my students are immersed in the lesson. The children actively participate--listening, singing and moving--while developing a love of music and learning about music theory, vocabulary,  instruments, and songs from around the world."
1st grade classroom teacher, Foster City

Engaging and participatory

Based on comprehensive and sequential music standards

Foundation for secondary choral and instrumental music education

Cost-effective (regardless of district/school resources)


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Quality

• Exclusive focus on elementary music
• Engaging experiences
• Curriculum based on comprehensive music standards; see our Scope and Sequence here.
• Students sing, listen, read, move, dance, learn theory, and play rhythm instruments and recorders
• Yearly student achievement assessment
• Classroom teacher satisfaction surveys
• Music teachers trained in general music, recorders, and classroom management
• Music teachers led by credentialed staff with graduate degrees in Music Education and Music Performance, as well as extensive experience teaching general and secondary school music programs

Access

• Serving 21,000 students – over half in under-resourced schools
• 827 classrooms a week experience our music sessions
• Financial support based on socioeconomic profile
• Consistency across school and district
• Flexible number of program weeks and class duration

Partnership  Community

• Partnerships with school districts, PTAs/PTOs, and education foundations
• Collective partnerships with foundations, corporations, and individuals to support program costs
• Curriculum provides a foundation for secondary choral and instrumental music education
• Spring “Sharing Events” enable parents to experience their children’s music classes

Mission History

The mission of Music for Minors is to nurture in children a lifelong love of music. We are a nonprofit with nearly 50 years of expertise in elementary school music education. Our goals include developing music sensitivity and literacy in children, enhancing children’s enjoyment and appreciation of music, and helping schools fulfill music education requirements. Music for Minors was created in the 1970s as a stopgap solution to prevent music from disappearing altogether from local elementary schools. Today Music for Minors is a leading provider of comprehensive, sequential standards-based music education. Demand for our program continues to increase, and in response we continue to evolve to meet new challenges faced by Bay Area elementary schools.
“The teachers supplied by Music for Minors are critical. It’s the MFM teachers that really make the program work and work so well.”–Oak Grove School District