Make Your Own Music

Welcome to Marin Community Music School, where community members of all ages enjoy opportunities to study, play, and perform music in a wide range of styles. Our school began in 2009 as String Letter Music School, a teaching lab where Acoustic Guitar magazine developed new method books and materials. In 2011, we became a non-profit … Continue reading Make Your Own Music

About Us

Welcome to Marin Community Music School, where community members of all ages enjoy opportunities to study, play, and perform music in a wide range of styles. Our school began in 2009 as String Letter Music School, a teaching lab where Acoustic Guitar magazine developed new method books and materials. In 2011, our founders re-established the … Continue reading About Us

Four Questions for Sean Nelson, Drum Instructor, Marin Community Music School

What’s gotten you excited about music recently and how has that impacted your teaching?   Two things.  One is going back to the fundamentals of snare drumming and working on the techniques I first studied as a freshman at Berklee [College of Music] in Boston back in 1990 with books like Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Snare Drum … Continue reading Four Questions for Sean Nelson, Drum Instructor, Marin Community Music School

Support Our Scholarship Students

Everyone can make and share their own music. We provide instruction, coaching, ensemble, and performance opportunities for community members of all ages and musical interests on a first-come, first-served basis, without regard to means, income, or any otherwise limiting factor. To do so, we rely on your generosity. Please use the form below to make … Continue reading Support Our Scholarship Students

Make Music at the Marin Community Music School ♩ ♫ ♫ ♩ ♫

Welcome to MCMS Welcome to Marin Community Music School, your Marin County  community resource for private lesson instruction and chamber music coaching for students of all ages.  We offer private lessons in guitar, drums, bass, violin, viola, cello, ukulele, music theory and composition, and piano.  New students are welcome to enroll throughout the year.  Arrange … Continue reading Make Music at the Marin Community Music School ♩ ♫ ♫ ♩ ♫