Community Music School-Detroit (CMS-D)
CMS-D is the largest provider of sequential music education outside of the regular school day for Detroit children. CMS-D provides a wide range of music courses to meet the needs and interests of their student population, including instrumental and voice lessons in the Aspiring Musicians Program, concert band, jazz, and Verses, a literacy-based songwriting and music technology program. CMS-D’s more unique course offerings include free youth theory classes, composition, music history, ear training, and production. The jazz and summer camp programs have been extremely popular subsets of youth programming, with enrollment increasing by an average of 10 percent every year since 2014. CMS-D supports the Detroit Public School Community District (DPSCD) by offering Teaching Artist masterclasses and sectionals in schools, free tuition for DPSCD students, a free music library, free supplies to DPSCD music teachers, and coordinated instrument donations for the district. CMS-D’s early childhood programs—including the free Early Music, Early Learning series, and Hip Hop Tots—rely on strong partnerships with community organizations throughout Detroit. CMS-D provides music therapy to families in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation.
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- Detroit Public School District
- Children's Hospital of Michigan
- Coalition On Temporary Shelter
- Brilliant Detroit
- Matrix Human Services
- Dozens of partnerships with the Detroit Public School Community District, community service organizations, and the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. The school works with partner agencies, including the Coalition on Temporary Shelter, Brilliant Detroit, and Matrix Human Services, with grant support from the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation and the PNC Foundation to implement early childhood programming throughout the city.