Grantee Database
INNER CITY YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF LOS ANGELES INCORPORATED
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$12,600.00
Project Description
The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles requests funding to sustain our mission of transforming young lives through music education. As the largest majority Black orchestra in the country, ICYOLA serves 150 inner-city youth through orchestra and education programs. CAC grant funds will support operational expenses including instructor salaries, instrument maintenance, venue rental, transportation, and administrative support. Founded in 2009, ICYOLA teaches orchestral literature while developing critical life skills including problem-solving, self-discipline, and academic excellence. Our programs prepare predominantly Black and Latino youth for advanced study and professional auditions, addressing diversity gaps in classical music.This funding enables ICYOLA to maintain programming, retain faculty, and provide barrier-free access to music education. Students perform in prestigious Los Angeles venues while developing skills and confidence for higher education and music careers, cultivating musical expression as personal development.
Organization Summary
ICYOLA offers five programs: the ICYOLA Orchestra Program; the ICYOLA Academy; the South Los Angeles Music Project; the Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship; and the ICYOLA Drum Corps. Through the ICYOLA Orchestra Program, we present an annual Concert Season that features both the standard orchestral repertoire and contemporary music that resounds within the community that ICYOLA serves. Through the South Los Angeles Music Project, we offer introductory and diversionary music programs to young people who are at risk of entry into the juvenile justice system. Through the Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship, we train emerging professionals to take and win auditions with American orchestras. The ICYOLA Drum Corps trains young musicians how to play drums and march in step. All ICYOLA programs instill the ancillary values of music into their members. Those values include self-respect, respect for others and property, chain of command, and the pursuit of excellence in all things.
Organization
ICYOLA
Address
6820 S La Tijera Blvd Suite 106
Los Angeles
90045
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(213) 788-4260
Congressional District
California's 43rd congressional district
State Assembly District
District 61
State Senate District
District 35
