Ensuring all children can experience the arts through music and performance

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Mission

Mode Music and Performing Arts is a nonprofit arts organization offering innovative arts education programs promoting confidence, social awareness, equity and empathy in our students and community.

Vision

Mode Music and Performing Arts (MMPA) envisions a future where children’s voices lead the way in creating a better community through art and expression. We seek to empower youth to thrive, fearlessly lead, and adapt to an ever-changing world.

What We Do

MMPA brings accessible arts education to Seattle’s kids, through school enrichment programs, group classes and camps at our classroom space in West Seattle, and private lesson scholarships for instruction at Mode Music Studios.

About MMPA

Providing access to music and performing arts education

School
Programs
After-school enrichment programs and in-school partnerships bring the arts into schools, with free and discounted after-school classes provided for Title I schools.

**Classes and Camps**
Pay-what-you-can group classes and camps offer immersive arts experiences for kids. Our offerings include music, theatre, and dance options!

**Music Scholarships**
Private music lesson scholarships are offered to students through our scholarship program, which helps students access instruction at Mode Music Studios in their chosen instrument.

**Tiny Modes**
This program encourages our littlest rockstars in movement, song, dance, play and story time.

Spring Break Camp

Just Announced! Join us for our grades K-5 Spring Break Camp next month! Camp runs 4/14-4/18 from 9 am-3:30 pm with a lunch break at noon. Music in the mornings, Theatre in the afternoons. Half Day and Full Day options available. Read on for Class Descriptions. Click on the button below to sign up today!

MORNINGS: Intro to Music & Songwriting, 9am-12pm

Intro to Songwriting invites students to explore self-expression through music and lyrics! Students will learn song structure, melody, rhythm, and chord progressions to start crafting their own songs.

AFTERNOONS: Play Creation, 12:30pm-3:30pm

Students will explore the art of character development and story-telling by creating original characters, scenes, and songs. In addition to writing and acting out their stories, students will make props, put together costumes, and create set pieces for their original play.

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Tiny Modes

Tiny Musicians is back this March and April! Sign up for classes today, and share the joy of music with your little ones. This class is recommended for tots ages 0-4, and one lucky caretaker who gets to join in on the fun!

In our Tiny Musicians program, we use both original tunes and the music of Caspar Babypants to encourage our littlest rockstars in singing, instrumentation, play and story time — all in one 45 min class!

Classes are offered Fridays and Saturdays at 10am and 11am. Registration is open now!

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MMPA Group Classes

MMPA offers pay-what-you-can after school group classes in fall, winter, and spring at our space in West Seattle! Classes range from Ukulele to Improv to Pop Choir and more. This Spring we are offering classes for kids Grades PreK-12!

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Summer Camps

Registration is now open for 2025 camps! Spring 2025 class registration is also open!

MMPA offer camps all summer, Monday through Friday, for kids aged K-8th grade.

2025 summer camps will run from June 23rd through August 29th. This year we are offering our standard Monday thru Friday week-long camps, with morning and afternoon options. We are also offering new camps for 6-8th graders this year! Middle school campers will meet two days a week in the afternoon for 4 weeks.

Curriculum includes everything from Dungeons and Dragons, to Ukulele 101, to Improv and many more!

*Costs of all classes and camps are Pay-What-You-Can to keep music and theatre accessible to all in our community. Rock Band campers can sign up for the MMPA camp available during the afternoon of their Rock Band Camp week.

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A teaching & mentorship program for high school aged students and their younger peers.

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Donate to support accessible arts education in Seattle!

Your gifts help to make our accessible arts programs possible! We provide school enrichment programs, pay-what-you-can group camps and classes, and private music lesson scholarships with your support.

In 2022, we served over 350 students and provided 83 scholarships through our school programs and pay-what-you-can classes/camps. We want to serve even more students in 2023 with your help!

Check with your employer to see if they have a matching gift program that will match charitable contributions by employees.

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Mode Music and Performing Arts is a U.S. tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

Donations made to MMPA are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our EIN is 82-3082080.

Our Covid-19 Policy

Students are required to stay home if they’ve experienced a known Covid exposure or are experiencing ANY Covid symptoms. Masks in classes are optional.