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The Mount Diablo Music Education Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) public charity established in 2009. We are an independent Foundation tha

10/31/2026

Wishing everyone a Halloween filled with treats, tricks, and a little music magic! 🎶

From all of us at the Mount Diablo Music Education Foundation (MDMEF)! 🎶

10/29/2026

09/26/2026

To the band director who wonders if any of this is actually making a difference…
It is.
Even if they never become a professional musician.
Even if the instrument ends up in a closet after graduation.
Even if they never play another concert after they leave your room.
Because what you are teaching was never just music.
You are teaching them how to keep going when they get frustrated.
How to listen when someone else has the melody.
How to practice something over and over until what once felt impossible becomes possible.
How to show up when they are tired.
How to fail in front of people, take a breath, and try again.
How to be part of something bigger than themselves.
Years from now, they may forget the name of the piece you spent months rehearsing.
They may forget the fingerings.
They may forget the scales.
They may even forget the score from that one festival you thought meant everything.
But they will remember how it felt to finally get it right.
They will remember the first time someone believed they could do something they were convinced they could not.
They will remember the bus rides.
The laughter.
The nerves before walking onstage.
The friends who became family.
And somewhere in the middle of all of that…
you planted seeds.
Maybe one becomes a musician.
Maybe one becomes a teacher.
Maybe one becomes a doctor, a parent, an entrepreneur, a mechanic, a nurse, a leader.
And one day, life will put something difficult in front of them.
They will want to quit.
And without even realizing where they learned it, they will take a breath, start again, and KEEP ON GOING.
That is music education.
Not just creating better musicians.
Creating stronger humans.
So band director, on the days when the room is loud, the rehearsals are rough, and you wonder whether they are listening…
Keep planting.
Some of the seeds you sow today will not bloom until long after they leave your classroom.
But they will bloom.
And that is why what you do matters.

09/24/2026

Brazilian Jazz Duo, Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini, Join Us Sunday, Oct 11

Join the Muse Jazz Collective Sunday October 11 for Bossa & Beyond, an exploration of the extraordinary sounds of Brazilian Jazz. From the understated beauty of bossa nova to the driving pulse of samba and the freedom of Jazz improvisation, this concert celebrates music that transformed the sound of both Brazil and America. Tickets available at eventbrite.

09/21/2026

A Choir in Every School!

09/12/2026

Over 200 MDUSD Choir members singing the National Anthem at Giants vs Cardinals 9/9/26.

MDMEF PROUD!

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Pleasant Hill, CA
94521

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+19252858407

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http://www.mdmef.org/

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