for students grades 9-12
CMC Atlanta offers several different program options to meet diverse family educational interests, varied commuting and activity schedules, and variable family budgets.
We offer private Studio Lessons for students age 4 and up at all locations on weekdays and weekends. Options include:
- piano lessons
- singing lessons
- guitar and bass lessons
- drum lessons
- lessons on a string instrument, including violin, viola, cello, and upright bass lessons
- lessons on a wind instruments, including flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, and trombone lessons
- composition lessons
Whether your interests are Classical, Jazz, Blues, Rock, or American Folk & Roots music, traditional or experimental approaches, lessons with our faculty provide the means and the motivation for developing musical skills and understanding.
for students grades 6-8 (prep), 9-12
In 2017, CMC Atlanta teamed up with AdvancEd/SACS accredited Capstone Academy to create Atlanta Music High School. Prior to AMHS, there simply was not a private conservatory option for Atlanta teens to pursue rigorous academic and deep immersion in pre-professional musical training. Many students had to compromise either their academic pursuits or passionate pursuit of musical creativity, or they’d leave Atlanta to board at expensive out of state high schools like Interlochen Arts Academy or the North Carolina School of the Arts.
At the core of meeting the AMHS mission are musical studies that fall into three categories. First, AMHS students enroll in private lessons, usually called applied music in academic settings.
for students grades 6-8, 9-12 (recent grads welcome)
The CMC Atlanta Performance Workshop provides middle and high school students and recent graduates the opportunity to dig into music making with peers and faculty. Students can perform just about any style of music, including classical, jazz, rock or American roots, hip hop and more. The Workshop is open to both singers and instrumentalists, and individual students have the opportunity to rotate between different roles in the ad hoc and standing ensembles we create in the Performance Workshop.
The Performance Workshops is open to students grades 6-8 and 9-12 year round. During the school year, the Performance Workshop students attend weekly small ensemble rehearsals and group classes; during the months of June and July, when school is out, we offer week-long Performance Workshop Summer Sessions at CMC Little 5 Points and at our Druid Hills/Brookhaven Atlanta Music High campus. Middle and high school students can attend full or half days, depending on family needs and student interest.
- Session 1, CMC L5P: June 03-07
- Session 2, CMC L5P: June 10-14
SHOWCASE 1: June 14 - Session 3, CMC L5P: June 17-21
- Session 4, CMC L5P: June 24-28
SHOWCASE 2: June 28 - Session 5, CMC L5P: July 8-12
- Session 6, CMC L5P: July 15-19
- Session 7, CMC L5P: July 22-26
SHOWCASE 3: July 26 - listening sessions and performances
During the month of June only, we also offer another option-- we continue the Saturday sessions that go on year round in Little 5 Points, with the goal of prepping all students for the July 11 SHOWCASE.
The CMC Atlanta Strings Now Summer Workshop with Jenn Cornell will be held at our CMC Decatur location from Friday, July 26 through Sunday July 28, 2024. Violinists, violists, cellists, and upright bassists, grades 7 and up, intermediate to advanced levels, are welcome to attend.
The Strings Now Summer Workshop immerses student players in both solo and ensemble music making with peers and a faculty comprised of professional performers and educators. What makes the Strings Now Workshop unique locally is our emphasis of current styles of string performance.