Welcome to CMC Atlanta 
Decatur, Dunwoody, Little 5 Points & Brookhaven

Our four neighborhood community music schools offer an array of historically-informed, innovative music education programs for students age 4 and up.  The opportunities run the gamut from Studio Lessons, which entail a standing appointment for a weekly private lesson, to immersion in after school programs, gap programs, and even apprenticeship and artist residency programs for emerging professional musicians and teachers who are working toward or have already earned undergraduate or graduate degrees in music.  We have something for everyone, ages 4 and up, from beginner to pre professional levels.

Atlanta Music High School

Opened August 2017, Atlanta Music High School (AMHS) provides a unique educational opportunity for passionate music students grades 6-8 (Prep) and grades 9-12. AMHS offers the courses, faculty, and other resources, including designated time, for younger dedicated music students to develop a strong foundation, and for older students to cultivate advanced technical skills, musical insights and artistic expression, regardless of stylistic interests.


Whether you are just starting out or well on your way to developing a gratifying and authentic personal musical practice, we encourage you to compare our programs to find one that harmonizes well with your interests, goals and resources.  We've organized our program catalogue by age groups so you can hone in on opportunities for you or your student.  

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Looking for Camp? 
Piano Camp, String Camp, Drum Camp, Guitar Camp, Rock, Music Theater Workshop, Country/Folk, Schoolhouse Rock Music Video, Jedi Music Academy, Hogwarts Music Academy,   

We offer Day Camps for students in rising grades K-5 at all our locations whenever schools close.  Camp themes allow us to focus on projects that are beneficial and fun, and themes help parents to pick weeks that cater to their student's interests.  Doors open at 8 am and close at 6:00 pm (with both full and half day options available), and we're providing these musical adventures at very reasonable rates.      

Information on all camps

QUICK LINK to Registration 


We also offer a Summer Performance Workshop for students grade 6-8, 9-12 and recent grads.  Students meet for week long sessions to build their skills and understanding  and best of all, to prep for showcase performances 

Info on and registration for our Summer Performance Workshops 

 

CMC Atlanta rock students just before their performance on the Main Stage at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park

Featured Popular CMC Atlanta Programs

  • Afterschool Music Program (AMP) +


    AfterSchool Music Program (AMP) 
    for students K-8th grade

    AMP is our intensive music education and enrichment program for students that provides comprehensive training to beginners and more advanced students alike in Classical, Jazz, Rock, and/or American Folk music on weekday afternoons during the traditional latch-key hours.

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  • Studio Lessons +

    Piano lessons include performance opportunities
    Studio Lessons  
    private lessons for students of all ages and skill levels

    We offer private Studio Lessons for students age 4 and up at all locations on weekdays and weekends.  Options include:

    • piano lessons
    • singing lessons
    • guitar and bass lessons
    • drum lessons
    • lessons on a string instrument, including violin, viola, cello, and upright bass lessons
    • lessons on a wind instruments, including flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, and trombone lessons
    • composition lessons 

    Whether your interests are Classical, Jazz, Blues, Rock, or American Folk & Roots music, traditional or experimental approaches, lessons with our faculty

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  • Atlanta Music High School +

    Atlanta Music High School 
    for students grades 6-8 (prep), 9-12

    In 2017, CMC Atlanta teamed up with AdvancEd/SACS accredited Capstone Academy to create Atlanta Music High School. Prior to AMHS, there simply was not a private conservatory option for Atlanta teens to pursue rigorous academic and deep immersion in pre-professional musical training. Many students had to compromise either their academic pursuits or passionate pursuit of musical creativity, or they’d leave Atlanta to board at expensive out of state high schools like Interlochen Arts Academy or the North Carolina School of the Arts.

    At the core of meeting the AMHS mission are musical studies that fall into three categories. First, AMHS students enroll in private lessons, usually called applied music in

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  • Day Camps for Kids +

    Day Camps for Kids
    Themed music day camps for for students grades K-5

    Our popular Day Camps for Kids strike the perfect balance between a creative, effective music curriculum and some good, old-fashioned fun.  In our day camp catalog, there's something for each an every young musician-- beginners or more advanced, instrumentalists and vocalists-- ages 5 and up...

    Read more about Day Camps for Kids and see the 2023 schedule by location

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  • Performance Workshops +

    Performance Workshops
    for students grades 6-8, 9-12 (recent grads welcome)

    The CMC Atlanta Performance Workshop provides middle and high school students and recent graduates the opportunity to dig into music making with peers and faculty.  Students can perform just about any style of music, including classical, jazz, rock or American roots, hip hop and more.  The Workshop is open to both singers and instrumentalists, and individual students have the opportunity to rotate between different roles in the ad hoc and standing ensembles we create in the Performance Workshop.  

    The Performance Workshops is 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

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  • GAP: Gap Year & Apprenticeship Program +

    Piano lessons include performance opportunities
    GAP  
    Gap Year and Apprenticeship Programs for young adults

    It's no secret, college is very expensive.  it's also obvious to clear thinking folks that not every high school graduate is ready to enroll in college immediately. Sometimes a year spent doing something valuable or personally meaningful is the ideal last step in college prep.  Some college graduates or undergraduates also need a year off before continuing studies or moving on to grad school or into the work force.  And frankly, many creative and talented people are better off not going to college at all.  The latter statement is a bold, maybe even radical proposition, but it's one worth considering.  

    We developed our Gap and Apprenticeship Program (GAP) for young adults who

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About CMC Atlanta

Since 2007

 

CMC Atlanta opened in the fall of 2007 as the L5P Music Center.  Since our founding, we've grown from providing music lessons, after school and performance programs at a single site to a network of four local community music schools that offer an array of innovative and historically-informed music education programs to students of all ages and skill levels.  You'll find us in Little 5 Points/Inman Park, Decatur, Dunwoody, and Brookhaven/N Druid Hills.

With our professional faculty working in collaboration with with Capstone Academy, a private school, we're pleased to offer an accredited middle and high school conservatory educational option for passionate young musicians:

Atlanta Music High School

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15
Jul
2024
Drum Camp

July 15, 2024 8:00 am - July 19, 2024 6:00 pm

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA

altRhythm is an essential component of most kinds of music and drummers are invaluable to many kinds of musical groups. Not only do drummers set the timing and pacing of a song (and help other musicians keep with the beat), they also contribute to its feeling, movement and formal composition.

The CMC Atlanta Drum Camp immerses students in a week long program focused on drum technique and musical expression. Students start by getting to know the drum set itself, and they learn how to identify its components, properly assemble, disassemble and set up a kit. The camp curriculum also focuses on stick technique, because whether just beginning or playing for years, stick technique can always be improved upon. Kick pedal technique and basic coordination are included in our studies, too.

While we emphasize by rote learning and feeling rhythmic flow on the drum kit, notation is also a key area of concentration because basic to more advanced rhythmic reading and application is crucial for any drummer, whether they are playing a single surface, pad or snare drum, or splitting rhythms and reading them over an entire drum set with all four limbs.

Finally, Drum Camp also introduces students to a variety of drum styles. To be a versatile musician on the drum set is to learn, listen and investigate many styles of music and the grooves and patterns specific to those styles. Rock, funk, shuffle, swing, reggae, Afro-cuban, blues, second line, drum corps, among many others, all incorporate different musical approaches. Through listening to, learning about, and playing great music, we ourselves can learn from our heroes and keep pushing to create, innovate, and strive to hone our craft as music makers.

Since we group by age and skill level, beginners and more experienced students alike are welcome.

Please note: no camp July 4








15
Jul
2024
Video Game Music Camp 1

July 15, 2024 8:00 am - July 19, 2024 6:00 pm

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA

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Calling all young adventurers in grades K-5! Get ready to embark on an epic musical journey at Video Game Music Camp. Discover the captivating melodies and rhythms that have enchanted gamers for over 30 years on a variety of platforms, from Atari and Nintendo to PlayStation and iPad. Unleash your creativity as you explore composers, identify common themes, and learn about the revolutionary games that pushed video game music and sound to new limits.

Our Video Game Music Camp is a fun-filled week of music-making inspired by popular video game themes, melodies and sound effects. Students will sing, drum, and play games that promote musical skills and concepts. While we won't spend the week playing video games, the musical themes and sound scapes from video games will be our focus repertoire for group projects and private lessons alike. Learn themes from the Legends of Zelda, use acoustic and digital sound banks to create sound effects for character action, write Simlish poetry, create original bumper music with peers and faculty. 

Join us for an immersive experience where you'll dive deep into the world of video game music. Interactive challenges and age-appropriate content and daily schedule ensure a perfect blend of learning and fun. Become a musical hero in the world of video games!  Camp includes private lesson on the instrument of choice.  Beginners and more experienced students welcome.








15
Jul
2024
Summer Performance Workshops

July 15, 2024 9:00 am - July 19, 2024 4:00 pm

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA

Contemporary Music Performance Workshop (CMP Workshop) and Studio 5 Production Workshop  

  • Session 1, CMP Workshop all day, CMC L5P: June 03-07 
  • Session 2,CMP Workshop all day, CMC L5P:  June 10-14

    SHOWCASE 1: June 14

  • Session 3, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: June 17-21
  • Session 4, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: June 24-28

    SHOWCASE 2: June 28 

  • Session 5, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: July 8-12
  • Session 6, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: July 15-19
  • Session 7, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: July 22-26

    SHOWCASE 3: July 26 - listening sessions and performances







22
Jul
2024
Piano Camp 3

July 22, 2024 8:00 am - July 26, 2024 6:00 pm

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA

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All things piano. Classical, jazz, pop, rock, blues, the piano has occupied a central role in many styles of music since its invention by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Italy around the year 1700. It’s also been a focal point of musical education for American children since the mid 1800s.

CMC Atlanta Piano Camp provides beginners and more experienced players alike the opportunity to develop both playing skills and musical understanding and awareness. Through a mix of private lessons and group activities (singing, drumming, arts and crafts, theory games and projects), students will learn good technique, build their knowledge of the fundamentals of music, and tackle a couple of age and skill appropriate compositions. Piano Camp also includes introduction of historical repertoire (from virtuosic to famous pieces, like Fur Elise, that most piano students learn along the way), lessons in how the piano works, projects that introduce important composers for the instrument (from Muzio Clementi to Mozart, Chopin, to Thelonious Monk and Elton John), and live performances by CMC Atlanta Artist Resident Teachers.

For beginners, we gear the curriculum to laying a firm foundation to support playing and continued study after camp. For more experienced players, we introduce new solo and collaborative pieces, more advanced concepts, and teach improvisation, a skill overlooked in many piano studios. When it comes to improvisation, even experienced students mostly start from scratch when they come to our camp, and most students enjoy having this world of artistic expression opened for them in an encouraging setting. 

Students divided by age and skill level. Beginners and more experienced students welcome.








22
Jul
2024
Summer Performance Workshops

July 22, 2024 9:00 am - July 26, 2024 4:00 pm

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA

Contemporary Music Performance Workshop (CMP Workshop) and Studio 5 Production Workshop  

  • Session 1, CMP Workshop all day, CMC L5P: June 03-07 
  • Session 2,CMP Workshop all day, CMC L5P:  June 10-14

    SHOWCASE 1: June 14

  • Session 3, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: June 17-21
  • Session 4, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: June 24-28

    SHOWCASE 2: June 28 

  • Session 5, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: July 8-12
  • Session 6, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: July 15-19
  • Session 7, CMP Workshop mornings, Studio 5 afternoons, CMC L5P: July 22-26

    SHOWCASE 3: July 26 - listening sessions and performances







29
Jul
2024
Music Theory Boot Camp

July 29, 2024 12:00 am - August 02, 2024 6:00 am

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA

More information coming soon!








14
Oct
2024
Video Game Music Camp 2

October 14, 2024 8:00 am - October 18, 2024 6:00 pm

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA

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Calling all young adventurers in grades K-5! Get ready to embark on an epic musical journey at Video Game Music Camp. Discover the captivating melodies and rhythms that have enchanted gamers for over 30 years on a variety of platforms, from Atari and Nintendo to PlayStation and iPad. Unleash your creativity as you explore composers, identify common themes, and learn about the revolutionary games that pushed video game music and sound to new limits.

Our Video Game Music Camp is a fun-filled week of music-making inspired by popular video game themes, melodies and sound effects. Students will sing, drum, and play games that promote musical skills and concepts. While we won't spend the week playing video games, the musical themes and sound scapes from video games will be our focus repertoire for group projects and private lessons alike. Learn themes from the Legends of Zelda, use acoustic and digital sound banks to create sound effects for character action, write Simlish poetry, create original bumper music with peers and faculty. 

Join us for an immersive experience where you'll dive deep into the world of video game music. Interactive challenges and age-appropriate content and daily schedule ensure a perfect blend of learning and fun. Become a musical hero in the world of video games!  Camp includes private lesson on the instrument of choice.  Beginners and more experienced students welcome.








25
Nov
2024
Thanksgiving Break Wizard's Music Academy

November 25, 2024 8:00 am - November 26, 2024 6:00 pm

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA








20
Dec
2024
Polar Express Camp

December 20, 2024 12:00 am - 6:00 am

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA








23
Dec
2024
Polar Express Camp

December 23, 2024 12:00 am - 6:00 am

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CMC Little 5 Points 1127 Colquitt Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA








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