Community Music Center Celebrates Eighty-Eighth Birthday at Annual Fundraiser

April 2, 2009 - PRLog -- On Monday, May 4, 2009, Community Music Center (CMC) will celebrate its 88th birthday at San Francisco’s newest cabaret, the dazzling Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko. A Salute to the Joy of Making Music, CMC’s annual fundraiser, supports scholarships for low-income youth.

The Music Center’s honored guest is a violinist in the CMC String Orchestra, Remo Del Tredici, who started the school year at 88 years old. Longtime CMC supporters and patrons of the arts Nelson and Diana Wild head the Event Committee.

The year Community Music Center first opened its doors was 1921: a time of prohibition, speakeasies, F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Harlem Renaissance. The war to end all wars had just been won and the Great Depression was still nearly a decade away. In the 88 years since then, CMC has made music possible for everybody in its ever-changing community who has wanted to learn.

Community Music Center’s 88th birthday will be celebrated with fine wines, an array of appetizers, and a birthday cake. Auction prizes will feature exciting travel packages, food and wine, and, of course, music!  Cabaret and jazz vocalist Wesla Whitfield will headline along with her husband, pianist Mike Greensill, who has promised to play all 88 keys that evening. CMC students will give a special performance and KPIX reporter Mike Sugerman will emcee the event.

Event Information:
A Salute to the Joy of Making Music, Celebrating CMC’s 88th Year
Monday May 4, 2009 from 6 to 9pm
The Rrazz Room of San Francisco’s Hotel Nikko
For more information and to purchase tickets, call (415) 647-6015, x78.

About Community Music Center:
With branches in the Mission and Richmond Districts of San Francisco and programs throughout the city, CMC is the Bay Area’s oldest community arts organization and San Francisco's largest provider of low-cost, high quality music education. Throughout its 88 years, Community Music Center (CMC) has never turned anyone away for lack of funds. In 2008, 2,300 students of all ages, ethnicities and income levels enrolled in Music Center programs and over 16,000 people enjoyed musical performances at no or low cost.

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With branches in the Mission and Richmond Districts of San Francisco and programs throughout the city, CMC is the Bay Area’s oldest community arts organization and San Francisco's largest provider of low-cost, high quality music education. Throughout its 88 years, Community Music Center (CMC) has never turned anyone away for lack of funds. In 2008, 2,300 students of all ages, ethnicities and income levels enrolled in Music Center programs and over 16,000 people enjoyed musical performances at no or low cost.