931 W. Eastwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640, (773) 784-7032

Welcome! The People’s Music School is the only tuition-free community music school of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1976 by Dr. Rita Simo, the School was created to offer private music instruction to anyone, regardless of their financial resources. Today, the School offers classical music instruction to hundreds of children each year at our facility in Uptown, Chicago and through our outreach program, the YOURS Project.

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New Student Registration for the 2010-2011 School year will take place on Saturday, August 28th at 12:00pm. Available openings are limited. Below is a listing of the exact number of available spaces, and here is the Fall 2010 Class Schedule. As always, registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

MGMT Benefit Concert: Thank You!

Thank you everyone who attented or donated a silent auction item to the Dare 2 Dream benefit concert featuring MGMT. We'd especially like to thank Platform One, Lollapalooza, House of Blues Chicago, Spin & WXRT. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The People's Music School so that we can enroll more students this Fall.

How You Can Help Us Reach More Children

In addition to making a donation, join us at an upcoming performance or check out WeGiveToGet.com: it's like Groupon with 50-90% discounts on food, drink, spas, etc. and 10% of purchases are donated to People's Music School.

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