The CMC Atlanta Performance & Production Workshops provide middle and high school students, and recent grads, a place to make music with peers and faculty.  The diverse P&P Workshop Catalog provides the opportunities to perform or create just about any style of music, including classical, jazz, rock or American roots, hip hop and more.  The P&P Workshop Catalog also includes offerings for instrumentalists, singers, composers and producers.  Some Workshops cater to beginners and others to more experienced or advanced students.  The focus and eligibility criteria are carried for each Catalog entry.     

Summer 2025 Catalog available by

February 15

2024 info

The Performance Workshops are 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.   

In addition to rehearsals and group classes, we encourage students in the Performance Workshop to take private lessons with us.  During the Summer Sessions, private instruction is automatically included, but during the school year, students must opt in or opt out of Studio Lessons.  Time spent one-on-one in Studio Lessons with a private teacher supports workshop participation, but we understand some students are attached to a teacher who is not affiliated with CMC Atlanta, and so lessons with us are not a requirement for Performance Workshop enrollment.     

Performance Workshop training, rehearsals, classes and lessons prepare students for informal performance for peers and parents at our local Centers, but we also prepare and support CMC Atlanta students in public performances at a variety of local professional venues and on stage in high profile festivals.  Our students have performed at Variety Playhouse (pictured above), 7 Stages Theatre, Twains, the Wrecking Bar, the World of Coca-Cola, and they have participated in the L5P Halloween Festival, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, the Inman Park Festival, Tunes from the Tombs, the Decatur Business Association Breakfast with Santa, the Dunwoody Arts Festival, and more.  Of course, not all students are quite ready for the public stage when they first join the Performance Workshop, but we have a step by step approach to supporting our students as they work their way to hitting the big stage, confidently prepared, with faculty and peers.   

We design and run our Performance Workshop using the same values, goals, and principles that have made our programs popular with parents and students alike:

• we group students by age, skill level, and interests 
• we understand discipline as a tool for reaching goals, but emphasize experiential learning and we keep it fun
• we analyze and respond well to differentiated learning styles and different musical goals,
• we limit enrollment so the students receive individual attention, and most importantly,
• we empower students to take control of their own creative output. 

Best of all, our Performance Workshops are staffed by our professional team of expert faculty and camp counselors, and tuition is very reasonably priced. 

More About Our Approach & the Enrollment Logistics

All CMC Atlanta programs emphasize the development of essential foundational musical skills and concepts. This allows beginners and relatively inexperienced players and performers to jump in and to start building skills for self expression right away.  Because of the calibre and dedication of our faculty, and also because year after year we attract very talented students headed to music schools across the country, we are also situated to support students who are at the preprofessional level of musical development.  

Summer 2024 : Student Showcases

• Showcase 1 June 28  @CMC Little 5 Points
• Showcase 2: June 28 @CMC Little 5 Points
• Showcase 3: July 26 - listening sessions and performances @CMC Little 5 Points