FALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR! YOU CAN FIND THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE: CITY VOICES 2026-27 REGISTRATION

Lessons will begin Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The fall semester will end on Friday, December 4, 2026. The spring semester will begin Monday, January 11, 2027, and end Friday, April 30, 2027. (No lessons Spring Break week, March 22-26!) Lessons will be held at Plymouth Church, 4126 Ingersoll Ave. (corner of 42nd and Ingersoll – close to our old studios.)

Questions? Email maryanne@cityvoicesdesmoines.org

WELCOME!  City Voices is a progressive, community-centered, after-school, tuition-free music program providing vocal and related music instruction to urban students with financial need. Since 2013, we have reached students at 48 different schools in the metro. City Voices students have learned skills that have helped them earn more than 30 musical leads city-wide, 7 leads at the Des Moines Playhouse, 7 spots in the prestigious Iowa All-State Choir (25% of the city total during that time), and over $250,000 in arts scholarships to 20 different universities to study music. Read about these success stories here! https://wordpress.com/page/cityvoicesdesmoines.org/149385
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YOU CAN HELP OUR MISSION TO HELP SUPPORT YOUNG MUSICIANS IN OUR CITY!

CITY VOICES is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.
​All  contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

You may donate by PayPal here, or send your contribution to:

City Voices, 924 45th Street, Des Moines, IA 50312

Thank you!

Please tune in for our video series “Celebrating Marginalized Composers,” released on our Facebook and Instagram pages. This series will feature students performing songs by composers of all different genres of music from marginalized communities. We hope to shine a light on these often overlooked works and lift them up!

“For You There Is No Song,” by Leslie H. Adams, sung by Damaris Nelson

THANK YOU BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES

for awarding City Voices the 2020 Spotlight Award! Read about it here: 

Bravo Spotlight Award 2020

 

Ellie Muñoz (Urbandale, 11) sings “Defying Gravity” from “Wicked” at the Spring 2025 City Voices recital.

Shaddai Johnson (Roosevelt, 11) sings “Chain of Love” at the Summer 2019 City Voices recital.

Moria Long (JW Reed, 9) sings “Too Beautiful for Words” from “The Color Purple” at the Summer 2025 City Voices recital.

ALERT: WHEN DMPS CANCELS CLASSES, THERE WILL BE NO LESSONS AT CITY VOICES EXCEPT BY MUTUAL CONSENT OF TEACHER AND STUDENT. STAY SAFE!

We are members of the Berklee City Music Network.    https://www.berklee.edu/city-music-network/meet-network   

OUR MISSION: City Voices is a nonprofit organization that provides high quality, individualized voice instruction to underprivileged students in the Des Moines area. Helping students build these skills allows them to more effectively participate in vocal music opportunities around them, including their school and community programs. We also believe that, in doing so, we are mitigating inequalities, facilitating student access to experiences that are frequently out of reach due to a lack of financial resources.

Look around our site – we have lots going on!

Check out our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cityvoicesdsm. See some of our great singers sing greatly!

Throwback Alert! Teaching Artist Mayte Gomez-Cruz sings “Stars and the Moon” at the City Voices Winter Recital as a Junior at North High School!