Joy of Music Program

The early bird gets the worm… ➡️🐛

We have some hungry baby birds nesting (and camouflaging) in our drainpipe this spring! They get to listen to beautiful music from the studios while they eat 😊

Be like our baby robins and register for summer lessons - last day for priority placement for current students is this Monday, June 1 🗓️🎶

☔ JOMPfest is moving indoors! Join us THIS SATURDAY for a cozy afternoon of family-friendly music and activities, including:

🎻 Live music from Deux Amis + Marty Ayotte
🎸 Instrument exploration
🎨 Crafts & box violins
🧸 Sensory play
🎵 Music Bingo & movement
🧁 Bake sale treats

➡️ Stay for a jazz jam with JOMP faculty members at 5 PM and our 6 PM ensemble showcase featuring JOMP students in concert!

📍 1 Gorham Street, Worcester

🎻 We’re excited to welcome Deux Amis to JOMPfest on May 30!

Featuring multi-instrumentalists (and life partners!) Sam Politz and retired JOMP faculty member Betsy Bronstein, joined by Marty Ayotte, Deux Amis performs folk and jazz traditions from around the world including New Orleans, Cajun, Irish/Celtic, and Klezmer music.

With accordion, fiddle, and hand percussion, their joyful and welcoming performances will be part of JOMPfest’s family-friendly afternoon activities from 2–5 pm. Then stay for our 6 pm concert featuring JOMP student jazz and string ensembles, chamber groups, and more 💛

We can’t wait to celebrate music and community with you!

🎶 Music starts with connection.

From babies shaking a tambourine for the first time to children singing, dancing, clapping, and learning rhythms together, JOMP Start classes provide a pathway for families with infants through age 7, with each step building on a child’s innate musicality.

These moments from our spring Saturday classes capture what we celebrate at JOMP every day: joyful learning shared together ❤️

Want to experience it for yourself? Join us at JOMPfest on May 30 for an afternoon of family-friendly music-making, activities, and performances throughout the school.

We can’t wait to welcome the community into our space 🌻

From their holiday concert in December to working with Midori in March, this year’s JYO musicians have grown not just as performers, but as friends.

Last week’s spring concert here at home was a celebration of that community: laid-back swing from our high school jazz combo, beautiful ensemble playing from the orchestra, and a virtuosic performance of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto by concertmaster .

We also celebrated our 10 graduating seniors 🥹 with a sunflower cake and plenty of JYO family spirit - including a few younger family members who joined the fun, too ➡️

So proud of these students and the memories and music they’ve created together this season. Shoutout to JOMP faculty members , , , and especially for guiding them through it all ❤️

What a wonderful way to celebrate Mother’s Day and conclude this year’s Faculty Concert Series.

Thank you to violinist Aaron Packard and cellist Sara Wilkins for an engaging and expressive performance in the Joseph & Jordan Shapiro Concert Hall featuring works by A.R. Thomas, Villa-Lobos, Benjamin Godard, and Erwin Schulhoff.

We’re grateful to everyone who joined us for this special afternoon of music and community, and we thank all of this year’s faculty and guest performers, patrons, families, students, and sponsors for a wonderful concert season. We look forward to sharing more music with you next year! 🌻🎶

🎉 Join us for JOMPFest! 🎶

An afternoon of family fun, music, and community 💛

📅 May 30
⏰ 2–5 PM followed by more music inside
📍 1 Gorham Street, Worcester

🎻 Live music
🎨 Kids activities
🍦 Ice cream truck

Bring your friends, bring your family—everyone’s welcome!

🔗 Learn more: jomp.org

Come join us at BLOOMFEST The Burncoat Center for Arts and Wellness today until 5pm. Vendors, food, music, and JOMP instrument play.

Students of Nancy Ackerman lit up their 12th annual Spring Spree 🌷🎶

From duets to full ensemble (with a few parents joining in!), this growing tradition brought together music, community, and joy—ending, as always, with their favorite grand finale. Bravi tutti! 👏🏼

📸 by Caroline Reiner-Williams