Welcome to our community music school; I hope that you’ll have a long and enjoyable musical experience here! I believe that music is transformative: I see it all the time in the light on
a child’s face, the spring in an adult’s step, and the tears in an audience member’s eyes.
Besides the inherent value of music as an art and other intrinsic benefits such as emotional
engagement, self-expression/self-esteem and the connection to others that music provides, much is known about the extrinsic benefits of enhanced ability in cognitive areas such as math and language, and help with memory loss. And now research tells us that education in the arts—and in music, specifically—is excellent preparation for gaining these 21st century skills: critical thinking/reasoning, collaboration, flexibility, adaptability, multi-tasking, invention, and self-knowledge/self-direction. Just in case you needed more reasons to make music! Please check out our many offerings for the 2011-2012 school year, and if there’s something you’d like to do that you don’t see in this catalog, let us know. I look forward to meeting you.

In Music,

Peggy Bruns
Education Director
Colorado Music Festival & Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts

Why Study at the RMCMA?
• 40 skilled professional teaching artists are employed; 80% with advanced degrees in music or national/international performing and teaching experience. National background checks and formal performance reviews are conducted for all faculty and staff.
• Dedicated staff committed to outstanding service to our students and the community
• Award-winning Heartstrings program of tuition assistance and Musical Instrument Bank for families in need. We turn no one away!
• Welcoming, safe environment within our 10,000 sq. ft. former church building, including 12 teaching studios, two performance spaces, 21 pianos [featuring a 9-ft Steinway concert grand and a digital piano lab], free Wi-Fi enabled waiting area, computers with music software, a library of music, books, and recordings, and lots of shops and restaurants nearby
• Our six-week summer music festival (CMF) connects students with world-class musicians and performances. RMCMA students get discounted (and free!) tickets to CMF concerts, workshops and masterclass opportunities

Placement for New Students
First, take a look at our offering on this website.  Students enrolling for a group or ensemble can accomplish that online, and those interested in individual or small group instruction may begin enrollment through an information request here.  However, especially for individual and small group lesson students or parents, it really begins by having a conversation/consultation with our Registrar, Nancy Brace.  She can give you detailed information and take you on a tour of our community music school, and also work to provide the best match between student and teacher.  If your student has special needs or learning challenges, please let Nancy know . And we appreciate your understanding that during peak registration periods, it may take 7-14 business days to process the placement of a new student.

Click here to begin the enrollment process.

Beginning in the Fall of 2011, all RMCMA students receive a Student ID Card.  Student ID cards can be used to take advantage of the following student benefits:

• $1 admission to all Kaleidoscope concerts plus 50% discount for accompanying adult
• Free use of practice rooms (based on availability)
• Student discounts for enrolling in multiple programs, for recording fees and space rental
• Borrowing privileges form the Music Library

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For information about the 2011-2012 Kaleidoscope Series, click here.

As a full member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education we are committed to quality, accessibility and accountability.  Visit the Guild website at www.nationalguild.org. Click here for a pdf of the Guild Code for Best Practices.

Phase I of the construction at RMCMA is compete!  During the month of August, 2010, construction crews worked to replace the roof, install a new HVAC system and to add sound mitigation to four teaching studios.  Students and faculty are thrilled with the changes!  We are very thankful for the donors and construction crews who worked so hard to make this dream a reality.  Please click here for a full list of acknowledgments.

For non-returning students

In an effort to improve our programs and procedures, we are seeking input from our former students who have discontinued lessons, classes, or ensembles. Please click on "rmcma exit survey" above in orange and answer the short survey, and return via e-mail (bruns@COmusic.org) or mail (200 E. Baseline Rd., Lafayette, CO 80026). Thank you; we appreciate your feedback!