The Eastman Community Music School offers music lessons, ensembles, classes, and workshops to community members of all ages and backgrounds. With 150 teachers – including a topnotch mix of artist-educators, collegiate faculty, and Eastman students – ECMS serves approximately 1,700 community members during the school year and hundreds more each summer. From pre-school and early childhood programs to college prep and diploma programs to adult ensembles and classes, ECMS nurtures and inspires music students at all levels.

The George Walker Center (GWC) at the Eastman School of Music provides a space for building community among faculty, staff, and students. The George Walker Center facilitates discussions, hosts enlightening programs and events, and provides opportunities for engagement for everyone at the Eastman School of Music and larger community. Founded in 2022, the Center is named for the Pulitizer Prize-winning composer and Eastman Alumnus George Walker ’56 (DMA, ’12 (Honorary)).

The Institute for Music Leadership provides resources and opportunities for students and professionals to envision, create and sustain successful careers in music, and to be leaders in the greater musical community of tomorrow.

The Sibley Music Library of the Eastman School of Music is the largest music library affiliated with any college or university in the United States. With holdings of nearly three-quarters of a million items, the Library offers vast resources for performance and research.