With support from the California Arts Council, Noe Valley Chamber Music (DBA Noe Music) will connect Black and Latinx expecting mothers with world-class musicians to compose and record original lullabies for their babies, fostering community through music, strengthening maternal health, healing, and parent and child bonding.
We will partner with Alameda Health System and their successful Beloved Birth Black centering and Spanish Centering (Latinx) programs—a unique care model that enables midwives to provide perinatal care in a group setting, breaking down hierarchies and building trust in the wisdom of the group. Expecting mothers learn together, and support each other throughout their pregnancies.
The Lullaby Project harnesses creative expression through music-making and storytelling to empower women and families, especially those who are most vulnerable and experiencing challenging life circumstances.
Noe Music presents diverse artists in multi-day residencies. Our artists immerse themselves in our community by presenting public concerts for adults, interactive family concerts, and free public school workshops. The range of artists we present includes world, jazz, folk and experimental styles, as well as classical music, with a guiding emphasis on diversity and inclusion.
Another core offering is the Lullaby Project—connecting pregnant women experiencing homelessness with professional Bay Area artists to compose original lullabies for their newborns. The project began as a partnership with the Homeless Prenatal Program in San Francisco and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. We now expand our collaborations to include Alameda Health System’s Spanish Centering and Beloved Birth Black Centering programs, running eight programs to date.
Our intended audience is families of all ages. We create offerings for every stage of life, starting with the Lullaby Project in which we encourage mothers’ musical messages to reach their babies in utero. Our Noe Music Kids series offers interactive concerts tailored to young ears, for kids ages 3 to 12. We also offer free workshops to public schools in SF. At our mainstage offerings for adults, we offer discounted student tickets and complimentary childcare for those parents who would otherwise struggle to attend. All of our public offerings are wheelchair accessible.

