Austin
Minnesota Afterschool Advance in Austin
Interested in saving up to 75% off on music lessons and more in Austin, MN?
Receive up to $1,500 off per year, per child at MacPhail Center for Music in Austin, MN. Thanks to a special partnership between MN Afterschool Advance (MAA) and MacPhail Center for Music in Austin, MN, families in the Austin area can now get help paying for music lessons and instrument rental. This special opportunity is provided with generous support from The Hormel Foundation.
Learn more about the financial aid & scholarships MacPhail offers here.
MacPhail CommUNITY Choir – Austin
This collaborative adult choir was brought to Austin by MacPhail Center for Music and Riverland Community College. Our mission is to reach the community through song while providing a friendly, flexible, fun environment to continue learning and enjoying music.
Upcoming Events
About This Location
MacPhail Center for Music – Austin, opened in the fall of 2015 offering Sing Play Learn with MacPhail® classes and Individual Lessons on 15 instruments and voice.
In September 2020, MacPhail Center for Music in partnership with Austin Public Schools and with support from the Hormel Foundation, opened their new state-of-the-art music education center (pictured above).
The annex includes both individual and shared spaces for MacPhail community music students and Austin Public School students.
Spaces include: six teaching studios, eight practice rooms, a percussion studio, Sing, Play, Learn! with MacPhail® studio, suites for band and choir and an orchestra space. A Music Therapy Studio provides a new resource for the Austin community. A Midi Lab allows for the use of electric music keyboards to play and create. A beautiful recital hall and the Learning Stairs—a feature at the building’s center modeled after MacPhail’s Minneapolis location connecting the MacPhail and Austin Public School spaces—offer a community place to share music and learning with one another.
Learn more about the building and its October 2019 grand opening: press release.
Learn more about the process and the beautiful result via this documentary. Videography provided by and with thanks to journalist/filmmaker Patrick Gavin.
Important Dates
Fall Session 2024
August 31 – September 2
Closed Labor Day Weekend
September 3
Fall Semester begins for Individual Instruction and Suzuki
Fall Semester tuition due for continuing students
Deadline to claim financial aid for fall semester
November 27
Minneapolis Building Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
All Suburban Sites Closed
November 28 – December 1
Closed Thanksgiving Weekend
December 23 – January 1
Closed Winter Break
January 20, 2025
Closed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Spring Session 2025
January 27
Spring Semester begins for all programs
Spring Semester tuition due
Deadline to claim financial aid for spring semester
April 20
Closed Easter Holiday
May 24-26
Closed Memorial Day Weekend
June 9
Last day of Spring Semester
Summer Session 2025
Closed Saturdays in August and Sundays through Summer
June 9
Summer Session begins for all programs
June 19
Closed Juneteenth
July 4-5
Closed Independence Day
August 31, September 1-2
Closed Labor Day Weekend/Last Days of Summer Semester
MacPhail Center for Music – Austin
205 4th Street NW, Suite B
Austin, MN 55912
Directions
September – May
Mon-Thurs: 12pm – 8pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed
Summer Hours
Monday 9am-5pm
Tuesday 12-8pm
Wednesday 9am-5pm
Thursday 12-8pm
Info and Parking
Student Services is available at 612-321-0100, via email, or in-person to assist you.
PARKING: Free, on-site parking. Accessible parking available.