Free Lessons for First Time Renters
Complimentary online or in-person music lessons are available to first-time customers. You can even purchase your instrument outright with our convenient payment plans.
Cleaning & Covid
Every rental & consignment has gone through our stringent sterilization process. Ultrasonic cleaning uses cavitation bubbles induced by high frequency pressure (sound) waves to agitate a liquid. The agitation produces high forces on contaminants adhering to substrates like metals, plastics,
Santa Monica Music, once hit by looters, now helps build relationships between youth and police
Santa Monica Music Center's Lana Negrete works together with SMPD to continue bringing music and music education to troubled youth, despite having $65,000 of looting damage earlier this year.
Mark Wahlberg Foundation Sweepstakes (Now Closed)
https://youtu.be/TTjPJdYNUmE?list=PLu9PPJFMSFFZRkCdV9E56gbiK9WAeJVP- Mark Wahlberg is donating $50,000 towards rebuilding our store and supporting this campaign! Mark Wahlberg has already donated $40,000 to help restore our music store after the May 31st looting, allowing us to put in new windows and replace stolen instruments.
Support Outreach Through the Arts to Support Music and Music Education for underserved youth! (Sweepstakes now closed)
https://youtu.be/8OcCNH13hY8?list=PLu9PPJFMSFFZRkCdV9E56gbiK9WAeJVP-
Music Scholarships Available through OTTA
Santa Monica Music Center believes that access to music and music education should be made available to as many people as possible. Through their foundation, Outreach through the Arts, SMMC is able to to give private lesson scholarships,
Oral History interview: Access to Music Shouldn’t Be a Luxury
Lana Negrete grew up in her father’s music store and always had a passion for music and the arts, but she wasn’t sure if music retail was for her. Everything changed when she became a mom and saw the need
Despite Looting, Santa Monica Music Center Will Continue On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdkM5gxwA64
