Staying Current
Flexible support for MacPhail’s Contemporary Music Program helps accelerate innovation. After learning about MacPhail’s emerging Contemporary Music Program, representatives of the Clouser and Keller families were eager to broaden their impact at MacPhail. For the...
A home for musicians of every age and stage
At MacPhail, music education goes beyond lessons to build confidence, connection, and community. Serving 15,000 students annually, MacPhail is the nation’s largest nonprofit community music school—a unique identity that comes with specific responsibilities to...
Footprints: A jazz giant’s dedication to music education at MacPhail
By Mikalia Bradberry Coffee cup in one hand, sheet music in the other, and a whistled tune of jazz in perfect pitch. If you’ve spent any considerable amount of time at MacPhail, odds are you’ve run into the institution that is Greg Keel. It’s very rare, if you know...
Celebrating 30 Years of Rock Week at 7th St Entry
For 30 summers, young musicians from MacPhail Center for Music have ended an unforgettable week by stepping onto one of Minnesota’s most iconic stages: First Avenue’s 7th St Entry. This year marked a special milestone as Rock Week celebrated its 30th...