The People's Music School

Join The People’s Music School’s Associate board on Saturday, July 11 at for Play It Forward 2026! 🎉🎵🍻Enjoy an afternoon of food, drinks, live music by , games, and fun - all supporting high-quality, tuition-free music education at The People’s Music School!

🎟️ Your $50 ticket gets you access to the event, plus 2 drinks and a buffet - plus the chance to bid in our silent auction!

Get tickets at our link in bio, or visit give.peoplesmusicschool.org/playitforward2026.

Thank you to our sponsors:
The People’s Music School Associate Board
The Rubin Family

Catering Sponsor:

🎓 Congratulations to The People's Music School's Class of 2026! These students have embodied our core values - Excellence, Creativity, Community, Hard Work, and Opportunity - throughout their time at People's. They've spent a combined 147 years here, with some having been students with us for a decade. It's safe to say this is an especially bittersweet farewell 🥲 We are so proud of all that these students have accomplished, and we wish them the best on their post-secondary journeys.

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We can't wait to see the People’s community at Uptown Academy / SLAM’s Performapaloozathon at North Park University tomorrow! 🎼☀️

Parking: Guests may park in North Park University lots along W Kedzie Ave up to N Foster Ave. Guests may also park in the lot on Kimball and Foster (south of the Shell gas station).

Performances: Concerts will take place in Hamming Hall. Please enter Hamming Hall via the entrance on Foster Ave.

See you there!

Interested in enrolling your child in 100% tuition-free music classes at The People’s Music School? Tomorrow's open house is your last chance to register this spring - don't miss it!

🎼 Wednesday, May 27 @ 6:30pm: Back of the Yards Open House (In-Person)

The People’s Music School offers high quality, after-school tuition-free music education to school aged children in Chicago who would otherwise would face financial barriers to access.

Attending an open house is REQUIRED in order to register for the fall semester! No registration is necessary to attend an open house. Learn more at peoplesmusicschool.org/registration.

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¿Le interesa inscribir a su hijo/a en clases de música 100% gratuitas en The People’s Music School? La jornada de puertas abiertas de mañana es la última oportunidad para inscribirse durante esta primavera. ¡No se la pierda!

🎼 Miércoles, 27 de mayo, 6:30pm: Jornada de puertas abiertas de Back of the Yards

People’s Music School ofrece educación musical gratuita extraescolar de alta calidad a niños en edad escolar en Chicago que de otro modo no podrían pagarla.

Es necesario asistir a una jornada de puertas abiertas para poder registrarse en el otoño. No es necesario registrarse para asistir a estas jornadas de puertas abiertas. Para más información, visita peoplesmusicschool.org/registration.

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📣 Catch The People's Music School students and alumni performing at Blues Fest this year! Don't miss our performance on Friday, June 5 as part of the Next Generation of Blues lineup. Stop by the Wrigley Square performance space at 3pm to hear some blues favorites and support our students! 🎷 🥁 🎵

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Introducing our 2026 Summer Ambassadors! 🌎 🎶 ☀️ These star students have earned over $30,000 in scholarships that will provide them the opportunity to enrich their musical skills at intensive summer music programs. Congratulations, students - we're so proud of the way you're representing The People's Music School! 🎼

We extend our deepest gratitude to John W. Rogers Jr. for making our Summer Ambassador program possible.

Berklee College of Music Berklee Summer Programs Birch Creek Music Performance Center Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Lawrence University GRAMMYS GRAMMY Museum Madeline Island Chamber Music, a Program of MacPhail Merit School of Music