Applications for performance slots at this years Squirrel Hill Night Markets are now open! This is a paid performance opportunity for both bands and solo artists. This year's dates are: Saturday June 29, 2024 Saturday August 31, 2024 Saturday September 28, 2024  Please complete the form below by May 15th for consideration ..read more

Sign ups are officially open for our Summer Recitals!  As a reminder, each teacher is assigned to one or two 45 minute sessions during the first two weeks of June. Students can sign up by using the link below, or let us know here and we can help get you signed up.  A few more reminders about recitals: Participation is free but we also collect donations to our Scholarship Fund . You can add a donation to your check out, or we take cash at the door, thank you for your contributions! Each session is about 45 minutes, will feature 12–15 students and we expect between 40–60 people in ..read more

Our Sunburst Plays staff band doing a little warm up for 80's Night with a cover of Madonna's Like a Prayer! Don't miss the show on May 25th... Get tickets here ..read more

It’s time for Spring Cleaning! Join Squirrel Hill Litter Patrol and Sunburst School of Music as we Clean Sweep our beautiful neighborhood! The official community event is on Sunday, April 21st, but you can gather a group to clean anytime between April 14th - 22nd! Be sure to snap a flick of your cleaning in action and send it to info@shuc.org or tag @squirrelhillurbancoalition on insta to be entered for a chance to win prizes from local businesses including a Sunburst gift card for free lessons!  Register here: http://forms.gle/QeyqmF67rayNoRBh6 ..read more

Mixed-Age Class Theme - Triangle This spring we'll sing, dance, and "Skip to My Lou," engage in a little dramatic play with "Meow!" and create jazzy rounds with "Hey, Ho, Nobody Home," just to name a few of the 25 songs and chants in the Triangle Song Collection. In addition to your weekly classes, your tuition includes materials for you to use at home, access to the online Family Music Zone, a family newsletter full of resources and music-making ideas, and a family line dance! For information, check out our Music Together page . Rhythm Kids Class Theme - Jaguar The Jaguar Rhythm is based ..read more

The first Quest Labs session with the Environmental Charter School was a success! Last month, we launched an intersession music production workshop with a cohort of ECS 8th graders. The Quest Labs program at ECS aims to provide students with opportunities to develop industry-level skills in their areas of interest and collaborate with individuals in their community who have experience working in those fields. Our dedicated instructors, Charlie Scott and Daniel Hayashi, are doing just that! They spent the first day guiding the group through the fundamental aspects of production, covering drums ..read more

Mixed-Age Class Theme - Bells In the upcoming song collection, families will play with their voices by mimicking the sounds of instruments in the “French Folk Song,” and Spanish-speaking animals in “De Colores.” (Did you know that in Spanish, roosters say “Quiri-quiri quiri” to wake people up?) Making funny animal sounds, lip-burring, and other tonal play helps children explore their vocal register, discover their singing voices and distinguish them from their speaking voices. And since children learn from contrasts and by expressing music with their full bodies, you’ll be hopping lightly lik ..read more

Halloween was a blast this year, and we couldn't have done it without you! We want to give a big shout-out to everyone who attended the Little Monsters Mash and Night of the Living Bands Halloween parties. We also can't forget those who fully embraced the Halloween spirit by wearing their costumes to lessons. There were so many fantastic costumes, and we were genuinely impressed by the creativity displayed this year. To wrap up this year's spooky season, we'd like to share our  2023 Halloween Album , allowing us to relive the fun once more before the winter holiday buzz begins ..read more

Sign ups are now open for Sunburst's 2023 Winter recitals! Our recitals will take place in 16 sessions over the course of two weekends in December. Sessions are about 45 minutes long and have 10–15 performers. Each teacher is assigned to 1–2 sessions. If the sessions assigned to your teacher don't work for you, get in touch with us here , you can still perform in another session or we may add sessions as needed. Students are welcome to perform anything they like, and can play solo, with their instructor, with a friend or family member, or to a backing track, anything goes! Talk to your inst ..read more

Join the Mixed-Age Class for the Bongos Song Collection this Fall! The songs include lots of upbeat, active songs like "See How I'm Jumping," our take on the timeless nursery rhyme "Hey, Diddle, Diddle," and beautiful new melodies such as the Japanese song "Hotaru Koi" and "Walking through the Woods." In addition to your weekly classes, your tuition includes recordings and materials for you to use at home, a family newsletter with more at-home music-making ideas, and online access to the songs through the Music Together app. Join us for our fall session and bring music into your family's life ..read more