About Music for Minors
Transforming Children’s Lives Through Music Education Since 1976
Founded in 1976, Music for Minors (MFM) is a nonprofit dedicated to nurturing in children a lifelong love of music. For nearly five decades, we’ve partnered with Bay Area schools to ensure that all children — regardless of resources — have access to high-quality, sequential music education.
What we do
We partner with elementary schools throughout the San Francisco Bay Area to bring engaging, standards-based programs led by skilled educators. Our curriculum inspires creativity, confidence, and community, fostering a lifelong love of music.
Our Mission
To nurture in children a lifelong love of music by providing access to high-quality, equitable music education. By opening doors to music, we also strengthen academic performance, social-emotional growth, and a sense of belonging that lasts well beyond the classroom.
This is the best outside program I have experienced at my school in the last 32 years!
– 2nd grade teacher, George Washington Elementary
By the Numbers
~700
Classrooms weekly
~20K
Preschool to 6th Graders
~50%
Schools with Limited Funding
~40
Active Educators