Clarence Smith is the full time Music Instructor at Penn Valley.

For current information on music courses and opportunities, please contact the Music Department at 816-759-4456.

The Penn Valley Music Department offers courses for everyone from beginners to music majors. You can take day, evening, and online courses that fulfill a degree and general education requirements. All performing groups are open to all PVCC students. Take a beginning instrument or voice class, learn to read music, discover or join the enriching history classes.

Performing Ensembles include:
PVCC Jazz Ensemble
PVCC Singers

Classes Offered:
Music Theory
Jazz Improvisation
Jazz History
World Music
Composition
Piano and Guitar

Private lessons in:
Voice, Piano, Woodwinds, Brass,
Strings and Percussion

We offer classes in music theory, music appreciation, and music education as well as applied lessons with our artist faculty. Since we offer a two-year program, all of our courses are designed with transferability in mind.

Send error reports and comments to Darlene Town at darlene.town@mcckc.edu.