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About MacPhail
MacPhail Center for Music transforms lives and strengthens communities through the power of music. As the nation’s largest community music school, MacPhail serves more than 15,000 students each year, spanning all ages, abilities, and backgrounds, through individual lessons, group classes, ensembles, and innovative community partnerships. Guided by extraordinary faculty, programs encompass a wide range of musical genres and traditions, fostering creativity, connection, and lifelong learning in Minnesota and beyond.
Recent Announcements
MinnPost: Encore! Minnesotans find joy in learning music as adults – May 6, 2026
Two years ago, Courtney Remeš restarted violin lessons for the first time since college and joined an adult orchestra at Minneapolis’ MacPhail Center for Music. Time spent learning music provides...
MacPhail Center for Music Joins Berklee City Music® Network
Nation’s Largest Community Music School Expands Contemporary Music Opportunities Through Partnership with Berklee College of Music.
Four Minnesota Musicians Named 2026 McKnight Musician Fellows
MacPhail Center for Music is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 McKnight Fellowship for Musicians: Helen Chang Haertzen, Kyle Motl, Michael Ward-Bergeman, and Room3.
KARE 11: Class connects students with professional orchestra – June 7, 2026
A unique class at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis allows student composers to learn directly from professional orchestra musicians.
MacPhail Students Share the Stage with Sons of Mystro at Flint Hills Family Festival
Students from MacPhail’s Northside Youth Orchestra recently had the opportunity to learn from and perform alongside the internationally acclaimed duo Sons of Mystro as part of the Flint Hills Family...
KARE 11: Teen Starts Non-Profit After Music Helped Her Heal – March 29, 2026
The connection between the mind and music has helped a teen in her recovery. The lasting effects of a brain injury can make clarity a struggle. Samantha Fischer introduces us...
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