FOUNDED MARCH 2000
Two Pillars. 
One Vision.
Founded in March 2000 by Walnut Creek native and music educator Robert Konkle, Village is the East Bay’s unparallelled leader in Music & Arts Education.
Village Music School & Village Center for the Arts dedication to fostering creative voice and experiential understanding of the arts is evident in its 25-year history of thriving students, community and award-winning music lessons, theatre programs and Creative Arts Camps.
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Village Music School
A friendly place for learning
With locations in Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek, Village provides families 5,000 square feet. of state-of-the-art private studios, group classrooms and a Performing Arts Theatre.
Each location is defined by its welcoming, friendly staff, and modern aesthetic. The school’s mission is easily recognized in the enthusiastic students and family members engaged in private lessons, group classes, open rehearsals, recitals, and theatre performances.
Village greets over 500 students every week with the kindness and encouragement its team is known for. Village instructors champion student discovery of all genres of music, encouraging all skill and interest levels equally.
Village Center for the Arts
Education with ovation and applause
In 2004, recognizing the shortcomings of failed state budgets and the necessity of arts education in schools, Village began providing a wide range of creative arts programming to public and private schools.
Village Center for the Arts, Partner Schools (all partner school logos here)
When schools closed in March 2020, Village continued teaching these programs live online. Following this period, and after 16 years of in-school service, Village thoughtfully evolved Village Center for the Arts and expanded the student approved programs into an immersive portfolio of Creative Arts Camps.
Now in addition to hosting camps every summer at Village Music School’s Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek locations, Village partners with City leaders throughout the Bay area to bring a legacy of success in the classroom to over 1000 summer camp attendees every year.
Founder’s Note
Music and the Arts are the languages of both precision and dream.
The benefits of creative education show up in all areas of a person’s life. Having fun, making friends, process, practice, teamwork, public speaking, performance, confidence building and goal setting – to name just a few.
What’s always been most important, what’s always come first at Village is the well-being, spirit and happiness of our students.
Robert Konkle
Founder and CEO
Village Music School & Village Center for the Arts
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