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We're a fun-loving music school in SF inspiring creativity and cultivating musicianship with music lessons & classes for all! #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEd

As the school year comes to a close, we are proud

As the school year comes to a close, we are proud to recognize and congratulate some of our students at LMS who are graduating from High School and moving on to College! 🎓🥳 We’ll miss them dearly and are excited to see what their futures have in store for them. 🧡 #MakeMoreMusic #music #musicschool #musiced #musiceducation #sf #mission

Save the date for the sequel to last year’s most

Save the date for the sequel to last year’s most popular concert! High Score 2: Level Up on Friday, July 18th, 7 PM at Little Mission Studio. All ages welcome to an evening of film & video game music presented by our talented faculty! #concert #makemoremusic #videogamemusic #filmmusic #sf #mission #music #musiceducation

Composer of the Week: Colin McPhee Canadian compo

Composer of the Week: Colin McPhee Canadian composer and ethnomusicologist Colin McPhee was born on March 15, 1900 in Montreal, Québec. At the age of 18 McPhee enrolled in the Peabody Conservatory at John Hopkins University to study composition and piano. His teachers during his time there include Gustav Strube and Harold Randolph, and eventually went on to study composition with renowned avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse. McPhee surrounded himself with fellow “ultra-modernist” composers such as Henry Cowell, John J. Becker, and Lou Harrision, the latter who was also interested in “world music”. Subsequently McPhee and his wife moved to Bali, Indonesia to support his wife’s anthropological work, while there McPhee learned the tradition of gamelan music. and in 1936 wrote “Tabuh Tabuhan” in the traditional Balinese style. By 1939 McPhee came out as gay and divorced his wife, moving to New York City where he worked with composers such as Benjamin Britten and W. H. Auden. His 1947 book “A House in Bali” is about Balinese culture and music that he discovered while living there in the 1930’s. Other notable pieces he wrote during his career include “Symphony No. 2” and “Concerto for Wind Orchestra”, which won a Juno award in 1999. McPhee died on January 7th, 1964 while living in Los Angeles. What else can you learn about Colin McPhee this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #ColinMcPhee #LGBTQPrideMonth #PrideMonth

Composer of the Week: Rufus Wainwright American s

Composer of the Week: Rufus Wainwright American songwriter Rufus Wainwright was born July 22nd, 1973 in Rhinebeck, New York, however he moved to Montreal, Canada when he was 3 years old. Wainwright began playing the piano at the age of 6, and started touring with his family music group “The McGarrigle Sisters and Family” at the age of 13. His song “I’m a-Runnin”, written for the film “Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller” earned Wainwright a nomination for a Genie Award for Best Original Song. Throughout his career Wainwright has released 12 albums, most recently with 2025’s “Dream Requiem”, the soundtrack album to his 2024 “Dream Requiem” opera. Other notable albums include 2016’s “Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets”, a collection of musical adaptations of sonnets written by Shakespeare and featuring artists such as Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher, and William Shatner. What else can you learn about Rufus Wainwright this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #RufusWainwright #LGBTQPrideMonth #PrideMonth

So much talent in one room! 🎶 Our Spring Recita

So much talent in one room! 🎶 Our Spring Recitals this past weekend at LMS was a huge success, with so many inspiring performances from our students! We are so grateful for this community 🧡🥰 #MakeMoreMusic #musiceducation #sfmusicschool #sfperformances #music

Composer of the Week: Yo-Yo Ma Cellist Yo-Yo Ma w

Composer of the Week: Yo-Yo Ma Cellist Yo-Yo Ma was born October 7th, 1955 in Paris, France. Ma was considered a child prodigy and began studying cello at the age of 4 with his father. By the age of 7 Ma’s family moved to Boston, followed by New York City where Ma enrolled at the Julliard School, later attending Harvard University. At the age of 8 Ma performed on “The Late Show with Johnny Carson” with his sister where they performed the “Sonata of Sammartini”. In addition to a number of orchestral performances Ma has been featured on movie soundtracks such as 1997’s “Seven Years in Tibet”, 2000’s “Crouching TIger, Hidden Dragon”, and 2005’s “Memoirs of a Geisha”. In 1998 Ma formed his “Silk Road Ensemble”, a collaboration among artists and institutions promoting multicultural artistic exchange. The group is a loose collective of as many 59 musicians of Eurasian cultures and often performing on traditional instruments from the region. What else can you learn about Yo-Yo Ma this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #Yo-YoMa #AAPIHeritageMonth

Composer of the Week: Chinary Ung Cambodian compo

Composer of the Week: Chinary Ung Cambodian composer Chinary Ung was born November 24, 1942 in Takéo, Cambodia. Ung’s first exposure with music came as a young child living in a village with his grandparents, and hearing a traveling “pinpeat” ensemble. As a teenager Ung enrolled at the L’Ecole Nationale de Musique which was modeled after the European conservatories, where Ung began to learn E-flat clarinet. Ung was a significantly motivated student and applied to study music in New York, beginning in 1964. While studying clarinet performance Ung met Chou Wen-chung, a composer from China who was teaching at Columbia University, and Ung began studying composition privately. A primary characteristic of Ung’s music is his unique blend of traditional Cambodian music within the Western European musical paradigm. Ung took a hiatus from composing from 1974-1985 due in part to the turmoil occuring in Cambodia. Ung released a series of recordings during that time to create an archive of traditional Cambodian music that was being erased by the Khmer Rouge regime. The only piece written during this time is “Khse Buon” in 1980, for solo cello, based on the single stringed Cambodian lute, the “Khse Diev”. Other notable pieces Ung has written include “Inner Voices” for orchestra, “Spiral X” written for the Del Sol Quartet, and “Child Song” for alto flute, viola, and harp. Ung has won numerous awards throughout his career including the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award from the Asian Arts Council, and most recently in 2020 the American Academy of Arts and Letters. What else can you learn about Chinary Ung this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #ChinaryUng #AAPIHeritageMonth

LMS students have been working hard over the last

LMS students have been working hard over the last few weeks as they prepare for our upcoming Spring Recitals! Listen to this little cutie from our most recent Studio Class, singing our favorite song from The Little Mermaid 🧜🏼‍♀️ #MakeMoreMusic #music #musicschool #musiced #musiceducation #sf #mission

Composer of the Week: Siddhartha Khosla American

Composer of the Week: Siddhartha Khosla American film and TV composer Siddhartha Khosla was born January 2nd, 1977 in Tenafly, New Jersey. Khosla’s first film score was in 2009, “The President is Coming”, a satirical mockumentary. By 2012 Khosla expanded their writing to TV scores, writing for shows such as “This is Us”, “Nancy Drew”, and most recently “Only Murders in the Building” which won Khosla an Emmy award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. In addition to his work in film and TV Khosla is the primary member of the band “Goldspot”, named after a popular Indian fizzy drink. The band released their first album “Tally of the Yes Man” in 2005, while the album received moderate success when they re-released the album in 2007 in the UK they found more success. The band performed at Glastonbury in 2007 opening for Travis, Death Cab for Cutie, Franz Ferdinand, and Bon Jovi. What else can you learn about Siddhartha Khosla this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #SiddharthaKhosla #AAPIHeritageMonth

Composer of the Week: Du Yun Chinese composer Du

Composer of the Week: Du Yun Chinese composer Du Yun was born June 18th, 1977 in Shanghai, China. At the age of four she began piano lessons, studying at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and later added composition lessons at the conservatory as well. Yun earned her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory and her Ph.D in music composition from Harvard University. She currently works as a member of the composition faculty at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Yun describes her music as being influenced by classical music as well as pop music, with Pink Floyd, Björk, and Kraftwerk among her musical inspirations. In 2017 Yun won the pulitzer prize for her opera “Angel’s Bone”, which blends traditional choral and vocal writing with electronic sounds, she was the first Asian woman to win the pulitzer prize for music. Yun has used her platform to become an advocate for women in music, gender identity and racial equality and representation in music, founding the Pan Asia Sounding Festival in March 2018. Other notable works she has written include “Kraken”, “Air Glow”, and “Dim Sum Warriors”. What else can you learn about Du Yun this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #DuYun #aapiheritagemonth

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As the school year comes to a close, we are proud

As the school year comes to a close, we are proud to recognize and congratulate some of our students at LMS who are graduating from High School and moving on to College! 🎓🥳 We’ll miss them dearly and are excited to see what their futures have in store for them. 🧡 #MakeMoreMusic #music #musicschool #musiced #musiceducation #sf #mission

Save the date for the sequel to last year’s most

Save the date for the sequel to last year’s most popular concert! High Score 2: Level Up on Friday, July 18th, 7 PM at Little Mission Studio. All ages welcome to an evening of film & video game music presented by our talented faculty! #concert #makemoremusic #videogamemusic #filmmusic #sf #mission #music #musiceducation

Composer of the Week: Colin McPhee Canadian compo

Composer of the Week: Colin McPhee Canadian composer and ethnomusicologist Colin McPhee was born on March 15, 1900 in Montreal, Québec. At the age of 18 McPhee enrolled in the Peabody Conservatory at John Hopkins University to study composition and piano. His teachers during his time there include Gustav Strube and Harold Randolph, and eventually went on to study composition with renowned avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse. McPhee surrounded himself with fellow “ultra-modernist” composers such as Henry Cowell, John J. Becker, and Lou Harrision, the latter who was also interested in “world music”. Subsequently McPhee and his wife moved to Bali, Indonesia to support his wife’s anthropological work, while there McPhee learned the tradition of gamelan music. and in 1936 wrote “Tabuh Tabuhan” in the traditional Balinese style. By 1939 McPhee came out as gay and divorced his wife, moving to New York City where he worked with composers such as Benjamin Britten and W. H. Auden. His 1947 book “A House in Bali” is about Balinese culture and music that he discovered while living there in the 1930’s. Other notable pieces he wrote during his career include “Symphony No. 2” and “Concerto for Wind Orchestra”, which won a Juno award in 1999. McPhee died on January 7th, 1964 while living in Los Angeles. What else can you learn about Colin McPhee this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #ColinMcPhee #LGBTQPrideMonth #PrideMonth

Composer of the Week: Rufus Wainwright American s

Composer of the Week: Rufus Wainwright American songwriter Rufus Wainwright was born July 22nd, 1973 in Rhinebeck, New York, however he moved to Montreal, Canada when he was 3 years old. Wainwright began playing the piano at the age of 6, and started touring with his family music group “The McGarrigle Sisters and Family” at the age of 13. His song “I’m a-Runnin”, written for the film “Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller” earned Wainwright a nomination for a Genie Award for Best Original Song. Throughout his career Wainwright has released 12 albums, most recently with 2025’s “Dream Requiem”, the soundtrack album to his 2024 “Dream Requiem” opera. Other notable albums include 2016’s “Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets”, a collection of musical adaptations of sonnets written by Shakespeare and featuring artists such as Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher, and William Shatner. What else can you learn about Rufus Wainwright this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #RufusWainwright #LGBTQPrideMonth #PrideMonth

So much talent in one room! 🎶 Our Spring Recita

So much talent in one room! 🎶 Our Spring Recitals this past weekend at LMS was a huge success, with so many inspiring performances from our students! We are so grateful for this community 🧡🥰 #MakeMoreMusic #musiceducation #sfmusicschool #sfperformances #music

Composer of the Week: Yo-Yo Ma Cellist Yo-Yo Ma w

Composer of the Week: Yo-Yo Ma Cellist Yo-Yo Ma was born October 7th, 1955 in Paris, France. Ma was considered a child prodigy and began studying cello at the age of 4 with his father. By the age of 7 Ma’s family moved to Boston, followed by New York City where Ma enrolled at the Julliard School, later attending Harvard University. At the age of 8 Ma performed on “The Late Show with Johnny Carson” with his sister where they performed the “Sonata of Sammartini”. In addition to a number of orchestral performances Ma has been featured on movie soundtracks such as 1997’s “Seven Years in Tibet”, 2000’s “Crouching TIger, Hidden Dragon”, and 2005’s “Memoirs of a Geisha”. In 1998 Ma formed his “Silk Road Ensemble”, a collaboration among artists and institutions promoting multicultural artistic exchange. The group is a loose collective of as many 59 musicians of Eurasian cultures and often performing on traditional instruments from the region. What else can you learn about Yo-Yo Ma this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #Yo-YoMa #AAPIHeritageMonth

Composer of the Week: Chinary Ung Cambodian compo

Composer of the Week: Chinary Ung Cambodian composer Chinary Ung was born November 24, 1942 in Takéo, Cambodia. Ung’s first exposure with music came as a young child living in a village with his grandparents, and hearing a traveling “pinpeat” ensemble. As a teenager Ung enrolled at the L’Ecole Nationale de Musique which was modeled after the European conservatories, where Ung began to learn E-flat clarinet. Ung was a significantly motivated student and applied to study music in New York, beginning in 1964. While studying clarinet performance Ung met Chou Wen-chung, a composer from China who was teaching at Columbia University, and Ung began studying composition privately. A primary characteristic of Ung’s music is his unique blend of traditional Cambodian music within the Western European musical paradigm. Ung took a hiatus from composing from 1974-1985 due in part to the turmoil occuring in Cambodia. Ung released a series of recordings during that time to create an archive of traditional Cambodian music that was being erased by the Khmer Rouge regime. The only piece written during this time is “Khse Buon” in 1980, for solo cello, based on the single stringed Cambodian lute, the “Khse Diev”. Other notable pieces Ung has written include “Inner Voices” for orchestra, “Spiral X” written for the Del Sol Quartet, and “Child Song” for alto flute, viola, and harp. Ung has won numerous awards throughout his career including the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award from the Asian Arts Council, and most recently in 2020 the American Academy of Arts and Letters. What else can you learn about Chinary Ung this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #ChinaryUng #AAPIHeritageMonth

LMS students have been working hard over the last

LMS students have been working hard over the last few weeks as they prepare for our upcoming Spring Recitals! Listen to this little cutie from our most recent Studio Class, singing our favorite song from The Little Mermaid 🧜🏼‍♀️ #MakeMoreMusic #music #musicschool #musiced #musiceducation #sf #mission

Composer of the Week: Siddhartha Khosla American

Composer of the Week: Siddhartha Khosla American film and TV composer Siddhartha Khosla was born January 2nd, 1977 in Tenafly, New Jersey. Khosla’s first film score was in 2009, “The President is Coming”, a satirical mockumentary. By 2012 Khosla expanded their writing to TV scores, writing for shows such as “This is Us”, “Nancy Drew”, and most recently “Only Murders in the Building” which won Khosla an Emmy award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. In addition to his work in film and TV Khosla is the primary member of the band “Goldspot”, named after a popular Indian fizzy drink. The band released their first album “Tally of the Yes Man” in 2005, while the album received moderate success when they re-released the album in 2007 in the UK they found more success. The band performed at Glastonbury in 2007 opening for Travis, Death Cab for Cutie, Franz Ferdinand, and Bon Jovi. What else can you learn about Siddhartha Khosla this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #SiddharthaKhosla #AAPIHeritageMonth

Composer of the Week: Du Yun Chinese composer Du

Composer of the Week: Du Yun Chinese composer Du Yun was born June 18th, 1977 in Shanghai, China. At the age of four she began piano lessons, studying at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and later added composition lessons at the conservatory as well. Yun earned her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory and her Ph.D in music composition from Harvard University. She currently works as a member of the composition faculty at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Yun describes her music as being influenced by classical music as well as pop music, with Pink Floyd, Björk, and Kraftwerk among her musical inspirations. In 2017 Yun won the pulitzer prize for her opera “Angel’s Bone”, which blends traditional choral and vocal writing with electronic sounds, she was the first Asian woman to win the pulitzer prize for music. Yun has used her platform to become an advocate for women in music, gender identity and racial equality and representation in music, founding the Pan Asia Sounding Festival in March 2018. Other notable works she has written include “Kraken”, “Air Glow”, and “Dim Sum Warriors”. What else can you learn about Du Yun this week? #ComposerOfTheWeek #CotW #MakeMoreMusic #MusicEducation #MusicEd #MusicHistory #LittleMissionStudio #DuYun #aapiheritagemonth

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