CMS offers individual lessons (one teacher to one student) in piano/ keyboard (including jazz piano), voice, violin, viola, cello, mandolin, fiddling, guitar, electric bass, flute, piccolo, clarinet, saxophone, recorder, trumpet, trombone, horn, drums, marimba, composition, jazz improvisation and theory. Youngsters and adults (including seniors) are welcome!
Highlights and features
- Strings, Horn, Trombone, Bass, Trumpet, Mandolin, Cello, Music Theory, Viola, Clarinet, Violin, Drums, Voice, Fiddle, Flute, Piano, Guitar, Saxophone
People
Hassan Al-mufti
Hassan Al-Mufti is an accomplished performer, teacher and composer, who joined the CMS faculty in December 2001. Mr. Al-Mufti came here as a refugee from Iraq in September of 2001, where he found a new beginning in Buffalo. Prior to leaving his native country, he studied piano at the Music and Ballet School of Baghdad under Igor Chernyavsky and Agnes Bashir, and earned his Bachelors in Music at the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad.
Leslie J. Bahler
Audrey Shafer
Audrey Shafer is an accomplished soprano; having performed solo works and operas nationally and internationally. She has performed in Carnegie Hall multiple times over a fifteen year span between 1981 and 1996, as well as across the greater Tri-State area. Ms. Shafer also performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC in 1983.
Reviews (3) C. M.
Jun 15, 2021
A great school where talented & dedicated CMS staff do what they love and do best -- create music with their students. They offer a variety of individual and group lessons and also a non-auditioned community chorus. Their campus just recently moved (upgraded) to a larger location with large off-street parking and grassy knolls for social-distanced rehearsing/congregating outside.
Large front porch overlooks Buffalo neighborhood, and large back deck and green multi-use space. Touchscreen security system for building entry. Multiple spacious lobby/waiting areas, big restrooms, staircases, and elevator access. Many indoor offices, classrooms, and rehearsal rooms.
Large front porch overlooks Buffalo neighborhood, and large back deck and green multi-use space. Touchscreen security system for building entry. Multiple spacious lobby/waiting areas, big restrooms, staircases, and elevator access. Many indoor offices, classrooms, and rehearsal rooms.
Colleen Wellsby
Jan 19, 2020
Update: Since my initial review, we have been able to rectify "getting off on the wrong foot. CMS was apologetic and lessons are underway. First recital coming soon. I will update with a review of our first concert! Thank you CMS for "making it right". So far, Community Music School does NOT reach my expectations. Registered my daughter with Community Music School 3 weeks ago.
Not a phone call, pamphlet nor a receipt for my registration fee. Sent an E-mail week two, only to receive a response with an excuse there had been an "emergency" and someone would contact me soon. Made a phone call week 3 with another "pass the buck" excuse. I will impatiently await the phone call I was promised. Stay tuned.
Not a phone call, pamphlet nor a receipt for my registration fee. Sent an E-mail week two, only to receive a response with an excuse there had been an "emergency" and someone would contact me soon. Made a phone call week 3 with another "pass the buck" excuse. I will impatiently await the phone call I was promised. Stay tuned.
Sean Crawford
Jun 16, 2019
