BANDS

Join a band this school year! Youth (ages 8-18) take the individual skills and techniques learned in private lessons to the next level. Want to rock out on the big stage? Students are matched together into bands based on musical preferences, instrumentation, scheduling availability, and age. Let us know if you'd like to be in the same band as a friend! Bands choose what songs to learn (or write!) and have performance opportunities throughout the year at local venues, events, & festivals, including our Resurgam Festival in June. Playing in a band is an incredible opportunity to rock out with other students and grow through music.

WHEN

  • Your band will be scheduled on a day and time that works for you and your bandmates.

  • Weekly 75m rehearsals are held afterschool & evenings M-F during the school year. Click here for the 2025-26 Rehearsal Calendar!

WHERE

  • Rehearsals are held at our 144 Fore St. location in Portland.

TUITION

  • Monthly tuition for our Portland bands is $150.

  • Need-based scholarships available - please email registrar@mamm.rocks to inquire!

  • The annual registration fee is $60. This fee covers registration for all MAMM programs for anyone in your household during the 2025-26 school year.

PERFORMANCES: Click here for Performance FAQs!

Band showcases and open stages occur at local venues throughout the year. Here’s what we have booked so far for 2025-26!

  • Sunday 9/7/25: Porch Fest Open Stage (all ages) in Deering Center

  • Friday 10/10/25: Kids & Teens Open Stage @Portland Media Center

  • Saturday 10/25/25: Ghoul of Rock @Bayside Bowl

  • Friday 11/14/25: Kids & Teens Open Stage @Portland Media Center

  • Friday 12/12/25: Kids & Teens Open Stage @Portland Media Center

  • Friday 1/16/26: Rock of (All) Ages @SPACE Gallery

  • Girls Rock - date & venue TBD

  • Saturday 5/9/26: Spring showcase @Aura

  • Sunday 6/14/26: Resurgam Festival @Ocean Gateway

Additional opportunities may arise!

BANGOR STUDENTS, Click here for Bangor band info!

ADULT STUDENTS, you can join a band too! Click here for adult band info.

Bangor MAMM band on stage at the Bangor Arts Exchange

MAMM matches students of similar interests into bands and teaches them how to work together to make music as a group.

A drummer under pink stage lights with futuristic glasses

Give the gift of music instruction! MAMM gift certificates can be purchased here in any amount and used towards tuition for any MAMM program.