Our Mission: Music For All

 

At The SPCM, we do more than teach music — we create community through music.

In addition to a comprehensive, diverse, and impressive offering of private music lessons and ensembles, the Conservatory strives to provide everyone in our community with access to musical education and performance through our Music for All program.

 

Music for All is the embodiment of our commitment to level the playing field for people who would not otherwise have access to music lessons and performing arts opportunities.

 
 

What is included in SPCM’s community connections?

  • The SPCM serves nearly 300 students each year, including over 200 K-8 students in Saint Paul area schools. Without Music for All, these students could not experience the unique joy and discipline that musical study offers.

  • The SPCM offers financial aid on a sliding scale, affording students with the opportunity to study even when finances would otherwise be a barrier. Scholarship recipients have gone on to personal and professional success, including in the Protégé International Competition, which brought one SPCM scholarship student to perform solo in Carnegie Hall.

  • SPCM faculty perform for those otherwise unable to enjoy live musical performances, including residents of nursing homes and senior living facilities, patients and their families in hospitals, and newly-arrived refugees.

  • The SPCM’s locally-renowned Coffee Concert series provides an intellectual and emotional oasis away from rushed and harried daily life.

How does it all happen?

That is where you enter the picture!

Because of your support:

  • The SPCM is able to offer scholarships.

  • The SPCM is able to present moments of inspiration and comfort to the ill, injured, elderly, or displaced.

  • The SPCM is able to provide instruction that supports not just budding performers, but makes all-around better students.

For the sake of appreciative audiences and enthusiastic students who would not otherwise have access to the Conservatory’s programs, we ask you:

Give today, as generously as you can!

Mission & Vision

Mission Statement:
The SPCM provides high-quality, innovative music education and performance experiences to students of all ages, abilities, cultures, backgrounds, and income levels, for the enrichment of our entire community.

Vision Statement:
The SPCM will be a center of excellence for music education, performance, appreciation, innovation, and responsive to the needs and interests of our community, to develop a love of music within every person.

Our Core Values

  • We believe that all people deserve the opportunity to pursue their musical aspirations.

  • We believe in creating a shared sense of community through the universal language of music.

  • We believe that excellence in teaching, disciplined training, and a supportive learning environment should be available to all, regardless of their ability to pay. 

  • We believe that our faculty should feel supported, respected, and proud to be part of the SPCM community.

  • We aim to cultivate citizens who are intellectually curious and culturally aware; who will become valuable contributors to our society.