CFA ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY
PERFORMING FOR GOOD
P ERFO RMI NG FOR G O OD
Annual Children’s Concert In collaboration with the LMU Family of Schools, CFA’s Department of Music brings students and families on campus each year for the Annual LMU Children’s Concerts, which are free and open to the community. The Family of Schools is a university program dedicated to developing partnerships between the university and schools in the Westchester area. Children of all ages are invited to enjoy and participate in the performances presented by LMU students from the Chamber Ensembles, Sinatra Opera Workshop and other ensembles. The performances include music, stories, puppets, costumes, dancers, and integrate participation from elementary school performers, utilizing them as narrators, actors, artists and musicians. These children work closely with LMU faculty, students and professional artists in creating exciting, accessible concerts of classical music for all ages.
YOLA at HOLA In 2017, LMU Department of Music began a collaboration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to benefit under-served music students. In the first visit of what promises to be an expanding level of involvement, Music faculty members took string and percussion Music students over to the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) participants at HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles), one of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s celebrated after school music education programs. Located in the Rampart District, YOLA at HOLA serves hundreds of students with intensive afterschool orchestral instruction five days a week. The LA Phil and its community partners provide free instruments, intensive music training, and academic support to students from under-served neighborhoods, empowering them to become vital citizens, leaders, and agents of change.
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The partnership both gives our music students with an additional performance opportunity in an alternative setting, and provides those who are interested in pursuing music education with a valuable and professionalizing experience. Going forward, LMU Music students plan to regularly visit YOLA at HOLA as volunteer instructors and teachers’ assistants, working in small group settings to offer more individualized instruction to struggling students as well as to those that may need an additional challenge.
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