Music for Minors

Music for Minors Transforming children's lives through music education since 1976 Our mission is to nurture in children a lifelong love of music.

Music for Minors is a nonprofit with 45 years of expertise in elementary school music education. Operating in the San Francisco Bay Area, our staff provides students in transitional kindergarten through fifth grade with a program of diverse, high-quality musical experiences. The Music for Minors curriculum is sequential and varied, including visual aids, props, and instruments. Lessons include sin

ging, listening, reading, theory, movement, dancing, and playing rhythm instruments and recorders. Our volunteer and professional educators are trained in general music, recorders, and classroom management.

๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™ŒMr. B took the lead during one of our Fall Training master classes, sharing a classroom ...
09/04/2026

๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™Œ

Mr. B took the lead during one of our Fall Training master classes, sharing a classroom activity with the group and giving everyone a chance to participate, reflect, and learn from one another.

Weโ€™re hiring! ๐ŸŽถ Music for Minors is looking for a General Music Teacher to bring joyful, engaging music education to pre...
09/02/2026

Weโ€™re hiring! ๐ŸŽถ Music for Minors is looking for a General Music Teacher to bring joyful, engaging music education to preschool and elementary students in San Mateo County.

This is a part-time opportunity for the 2026โ€“27 school year, with curriculum, teaching materials, training, and ongoing support provided.

Learn more and apply: mfm.org/teach

08/28/2026

Sing it, move it, teach it! ๐ŸŽถ

Anne, Director of Curriculum & Associated Technology, led our educators through an echo song and movement activity, modeling one of the many ways music learning comes to life in the classroom.

๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ! ๐ŸŽถOur MFM educators are spending the week learning, collaborating, sharing ideas, and...
08/26/2026

๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ! ๐ŸŽถ

Our MFM educators are spending the week learning, collaborating, sharing ideas, and getting ready for another year of music-making in classrooms across the Bay Area.

Two days down, two to go! ๐Ÿ’™

๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ! ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸชˆHere, Mr. Darren leads...
08/22/2026

๐€ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿชˆ

Here, Mr. Darren leads fifth grade students at Beach Park through a warm-up, building technique, listening skills, and confidence along the way.

Our instrumental program returns August 31, and we canโ€™t wait to get students making music again!

๐ŸŽผ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ !๐ŸŽค This past spring, second graders at Laurel Elementary built their music lit...
08/19/2026

๐ŸŽผ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ !๐ŸŽค

This past spring, second graders at Laurel Elementary built their music literacy through concepts like dynamics, musical vocabulary and audiation, learning not only how to sing and make music, but how to understand it. ๐ŸŽต

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™ŒWeโ€™re getting ready to welcome our MFM educators back later th...
08/14/2026

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™Œ

Weโ€™re getting ready to welcome our MFM educators back later this month for four days of training, collaboration, and music-making as we prepare for another school year. We canโ€™t wait!

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž & ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ณ๐ข๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŽถTheir partnership helps us brin...
08/12/2026

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž & ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ณ๐ข๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŽถ

Their partnership helps us bring high-quality music education directly into Bay Area classrooms and keep programs accessible for schools and students.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŽถThis sweet note to Ms. Ariel celebr...
08/07/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŽถ

This sweet note to Ms. Ariel celebrates the music, instruments, and moments that made class special.

๐ƒ๐จ, ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฆ๐ข ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŽถMiss Nancy leads third graders at North Shoreview through a solfรจge activity that strength...
08/06/2026

๐ƒ๐จ, ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฆ๐ข ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŽถ

Miss Nancy leads third graders at North Shoreview through a solfรจge activity that strengthens pitch recognition, listening skills, and musical confidence.

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