Grantee Database
Long Beach Youth Chorus
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Local Impact
Award Amount
$2,700.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Long Beach Youth Chorus will set out to create partnerships that will help us realize our vision: to be a diverse multi-chorus organization that provides every child in the region the opportunity to perform in a choir. Partnering with the United Cambodian Community, DAYS Youth Services and the LB Immigrants Rights Coalition, our goal is to make our choruses available to those groups via shuttles, continuing our policy of charging little or tuition.
Organization Summary
The Long Beach Youth Chorus was started in 2017 under the guidance of Executive Director Stan DeWitt and Artistic Director Steven Clausen to serve the children and youth of Long Beach and surrounding communities (Carson, Bellflower, Lakewood, Cerritos, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, etc.), an area of over half a million residents. Although Long Beach is the 7th largest city by population in California and the 39th largest in the country, it has never had a significant civic children or youth chorus, and the local school districts do not have choirs in all of their schools. The Long Beach Youth Chorus was founded to fill that gap. In addition, we have kept our tuition at exceedingly low levels with the sole goal that no child should ever be dissuaded from singing due to financial reasons. Our goal is to make it possible for every child to have a chance to sing. Our current Artistic Director is Harlee Balajadia.
Organization
Long Beach Youth Chorus
Address
2902 Petaluma Ave.
Long Beach
90815
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(562) 972-3324
Congressional District
California's 42nd congressional district
State Assembly District
District 69
State Senate District
District 34
