for students grades 9-12
CMC Atlanta offers several different program options to meet diverse family educational interests, varied commuting and activity schedules, and variable family budgets.
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 provide the means and the motivation for developing musical skills and understanding.
for students grades 6-8, 9-12 (recent grads welcome)
The CMC Atlanta Performance & Production Workshops and Camps provide middle and high school students, and recent grads, a place to make music with peers and faculty. The diverse P&P Workshop Catalog provides the opportunities to perform or create just about any style of music, including classical, jazz, rock or American roots, hip hop and more. The P&P Workshop Catalog also includes offerings for instrumentalists, singers, composers and producers. Some Workshops cater to beginners and others to more experienced or advanced students. The focus and eligibility criteria are carried for each Catalog entry.
Summer 2026 Catalog here
for students grades 6-8 (prep), 9-12
Our Vision & History
In 2017, CMC Atlanta founded Atlanta Music High School (AMHS) to fill a critical gap in local education. Before AMHS, Atlanta lacked a private conservatory option where teenagers could pursue both rigorous academics and deep, pre-professional musical training. For years, dedicated local students faced a difficult choice: compromise their academic goals, sacrifice their musical passion, or leave Georgia entirely to board at expensive out-of-state institutions like the Interlochen Arts Academy.
Today, AMHS changes that narrative. To deliver an elite, globally recognized education alongside world-class musical training, AMHS proudly names Atlanta International School (AIS) as our preferred dual-enrollment academic partner.
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 love music, who want to explore musical creativity and performance deeply, who would like to be part of a musical community, and who may be interested in community service, but for whatever reason, are not enrolled in college or university degree-granting studies, musical or otherwise. For young adult musicians, outside of expensive college programs or often under resourced and limited home studios or music stores, there aren't many exciting options.