The Uptown Music Collective, located at 848 West Fourth Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit school of music that delivers high quality music education programs, and high impact performance experiences to area youth. It currently draws program participants from 7 different counties in central Pennsylvania and in its ten years in existence has developed the reputation as the areas premier source of music education.

The Uptown Music Collective was founded by Dave Brumbaugh, a Berklee College of Music graduate and highly skilled professional musician/educator in May of 2000. In the last ten years the school has grown from a sole proprietorship with twenty students and one teacher, to a nonprofit school of music with over one hundred twenty enrolled students and over twelve teachers and staff.

Known by insiders for quite some time as one of Williamsport's best kept secrets, the Uptown Music Collective has become more widely known in recent years for its successful performance program and the large scale performances they put on at Williamsport's beautiful Community Arts Center.

The Uptown Music Collective Mission and Vision Statements

A Brief History of the Uptown Music Collective

The Uptown Music Collective Organizational Structure

Frequently Asked Questions

 Uptown Music Collective Student Demographics Report Fall 2011

Total Students Enrolled – 125

Gender Breakdown

55% Male/45% Female

Student Ages

7-10 years of age = 15%
11-14 year of age = 35%
15-18 years of age =35%
18 -30 years of age = 6%
35-80 years of age = 7%

Instrument Breakdown

56% Guitar Students
18% Voice Students
14% Piano/Keyboards Students
9% Drums Students
3% Bass Students

Ethnicity