The Music Conservatory of Estepona will start operating in September with all the places covered.

The new center, located in the Mirador del Carmen Cultural Center, will begin offering piano, guitar, saxophone and clarinet classes.

The Estepona Town Hall signed an agreement with the Junta de Andalucía to cede the facilities where this musical training will be given.

Estepona will have its first Elementary Conservatory of Music this coming academic year 2024/2025. Classes will begin on September 15, the date set by the Junta de Andalucía for the start of classes in Elementary Music Education.

The new educational equipment is located in part of the facilities of the Mirador del Carmen Cultural Center, which have been ceded to the autonomous Administration by means of an agreement. This first course there are a total of 48 students who will be able to study elementary music without leaving Estepona, so all the places offered for the first year have been covered.

Specifically, 15 places have been authorized for piano, 12 for guitar, 12 for clarinet and 9 for saxophone. Once it is fully implemented, that is to say, once the students pass the courses up to the 4th year in the different specialties, the center will receive approximately 200 students. The 48 students of this first course have been admitted after the pertinent selective tests carried out by the Department of Educational Development.

The opening of an Elementary Conservatory of Music in Estepona is the result of the interest of the City Council to expand the public educational offer in the city and, mainly, the joint and coordinated work between the Consistory and the Department of Educational Development and Vocational Training of the Andalusian Government, which has made it possible for the municipality to have some teachings that, although not mandatory, are essential for the integral development of society.

The opening of this Conservatory authorized by the Junta de Andalucía will be a qualitative leap in the wide educational offer of Estepona, allowing new generations to enter into musical knowledge and train as future professionals.

The new center responds to a historical demand that existed in the city, since students who wanted to receive formal musical training had to travel to other municipalities.