Music for Minors

Music for Minors Transforming children's lives through music education since 1976 Our mission is to nurture in children a lifelong love of music.

Music for Minors is a nonprofit with 45 years of expertise in elementary school music education. Operating in the San Francisco Bay Area, our staff provides students in transitional kindergarten through fifth grade with a program of diverse, high-quality musical experiences. The Music for Minors curriculum is sequential and varied, including visual aids, props, and instruments. Lessons include sin

ging, listening, reading, theory, movement, dancing, and playing rhythm instruments and recorders. Our volunteer and professional educators are trained in general music, recorders, and classroom management.

๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ! ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸชˆHere, Mr. Darren leads...
08/22/2026

๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿชˆ

Here, Mr. Darren leads fifth grade students at Beach Park through a warm-up, building technique, listening skills, and confidence along the way.

Our instrumental program returns August 31, and we canโ€™t wait to get students making music again!

๐ŸŽผ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ !๐ŸŽค This past spring, second graders at Laurel Elementary built their music lit...
08/19/2026

๐ŸŽผ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ !๐ŸŽค

This past spring, second graders at Laurel Elementary built their music literacy through concepts like dynamics, musical vocabulary and audiation, learning not only how to sing and make music, but how to understand it. ๐ŸŽต

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™ŒWeโ€™re getting ready to welcome our MFM educators back later th...
08/14/2026

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™Œ

Weโ€™re getting ready to welcome our MFM educators back later this month for four days of training, collaboration, and music-making as we prepare for another school year. We canโ€™t wait!

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž & ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ณ๐ข๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŽถTheir partnership helps us brin...
08/12/2026

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž & ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ณ๐ข๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŽถ

Their partnership helps us bring high-quality music education directly into Bay Area classrooms and keep programs accessible for schools and students.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŽถThis sweet note to Ms. Ariel celebr...
08/07/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŽถ

This sweet note to Ms. Ariel celebrates the music, instruments, and moments that made class special.

๐ƒ๐จ, ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฆ๐ข ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŽถMiss Nancy leads third graders at North Shoreview through a solfรจge activity that strength...
08/06/2026

๐ƒ๐จ, ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฆ๐ข ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŽถ

Miss Nancy leads third graders at North Shoreview through a solfรจge activity that strengthens pitch recognition, listening skills, and musical confidence.

A little team bonding at the ballpark! โšพ๏ธ Some of the MFM office team enjoyed a beautiful afternoon at Oracle Park this ...
08/01/2026

A little team bonding at the ballpark! โšพ๏ธ Some of the MFM office team enjoyed a beautiful afternoon at Oracle Park this past Wednesday, complete with a Giants win! ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ–ค

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐Ÿ’™Their continued partnership helps bring consi...
07/29/2026

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐Ÿ’™

Their continued partnership helps bring consistent, high-quality music education into classrooms across San Jose. ๐ŸŽถ

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŽถInside this issue:โ€ข Highlights from our 50th Celebration Luncheonโ€ข Behind-the-scene...
07/23/2026

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŽถ

Inside this issue:
โ€ข Highlights from our 50th Celebration Luncheon
โ€ข Behind-the-scenes preparation for the new school year
โ€ข Workplace giving & employer matching
โ€ข Recent foundation support
โ€ข Now hiring

Click the link to read the full issue: https://mailchi.mp/mfm/musicnotes-summer2026

07/17/2026

๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ“ฆ

While classrooms are quiet for the summer, weโ€™re busy refurbishing and organizing our curriculum kits so theyโ€™re ready for another year of joyful music-making.

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