With support from the California Arts Council, Santa Cecilia Arts & Learning Center will present Building Bridges through Music, a performance series that will feature music from different cultures in an effort to unite multicultural communities and create new intercultural understanding among residents.
The Santa Cecilia Arts & Learning Center is located in the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles. It is a beautiful original mid-century architectural gem that consists of two buildings with a courtyard, a backyard, a carport and a parking lot. The buildings include a small concert hall for chamber music concerts and other programs; a full kitchen; dining room, two large program areas; five smaller program areas, thirteen flexible office/art/music spaces; a large gated outdoor garden in the back and a treed courtyard between the two buildings that function as program space and as a protected place for respite and play that has been described as an oasis in Northeast Los Angeles.
Center programs include
• A Summer Art Camp that provides a well-rounded full time summer camp over 10 weeks for children ages 6 -12, reaching more than 400 participants each summer
• A Teddy Bear concert series that introduces toddlers to music
• A music mentorship program for high school students to study specific instruments
• A music mentorship program for seniors
• A visual arts class taught to children at summer camp and also through our Discovering Art series where children and adults paint together led by professional
• A chamber music series performed by Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Many of our activities are provided free of charge or at special rates and through scholarships to allow everyone in the community to participate.
The Center also provides rehearsal, performance and activity space for community arts groups that do not have their own venues. These include an improv/theater group; the Los Angeles Virtuosi; mixers for the Uptown Gay & Lesbian Alliance and for the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce; youth music recitals for music teachers in the community; yoga classes; and a movie series with guest lecturers for college youth.

