Elizabeth Stern's Contact Details

Elizabeth Stern's Company Details

McAllister Music Studio

San Francisco, CA, US • 5 - 9 Employees
Music

Ciara McAllister started teaching piano lessons to the kids in her neighborhood when she was 12 years old. She has been teaching ever since. She moved to San Francisco in 2005 to pursue music. She began teaching adult students out of her two bedroom apartment in the lower haight in 2008. By 2011, she had more students than she could handle and endless requests for more, so she brought on Lizzie Clapper to begin growing the Children's program. For 3 years, Lizzie and Ciara taught side by side in Ciara's apartment until finally they were bursting at the seems, reaching a total of 70 students each week in and out of that apartment.In 2014, Ciara opened our first commercial space, The Lower Haight branch of MMS at the iconic corner of Haight & Fillmore. This move expanded MMS from 2 studios to 3 studios. The school continued to grow and grow.In 2017, the Lower Haight branch was full as well and Ciara opened the 3rd branch, the Mission Studio, in the vibrant Mission district of SF. MMS now encompasses 6 teaching studios total, a recording studio, a small performance space, and serves approximately 250 students of all ages. We are so grateful that MMS continues to grow and is now a cherished part of the lives of so many. As San Francisco continues to change, MMS holds strong, believing that our purpose is to the serve this beloved city by offering the absolutely best and most heartfelt music education in the bay area. MMS is a small business, built by one person and held up by a team of less than 10. MMS is about community, passion, heart, and changing lives.