Funds will cover Program Director and Creative Director expenses for Angel City Youth Chorale, which is composed of children from marginalized communities who otherwise lack access to music.
ACC hosts two formal concerts for more than 1,200 fans per year, in the Spring and during the holidays, plus smaller performances throughout the year in Los Angeles. Creative Director Sue Fink works with a team of contract musicians, conductors, directors, arrangers and producers to create and produce the concerts, overseeing both the children’s and adult choirs. Each of the two formal concerts are themed, e.g. “Home for the Holidays”, “Roots – Telling Our Stories” and songs chosen within that theme but primarily to feature under-represented composers and perform eclectic music. Artistic Director Sue Fink is very strict that all music must be sung in its original language authentically. The DEI team researches the origins of each song, costume, and choreography to ensure no negative or discriminatory connotations. To date, ACC has sung more than 500 songs in 20 different languages on four continents and in six different countries, having toured globally four times in collaboration with local choirs.
During the holidays, ACC creates smaller choir groups that host holiday sing-alongs at homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, soup kitchens, and senior centers, called the “Holiday Tour of Hope”. All Holiday Tour of Hope sing-alongs and performances were streamed free online. ACC recently hosted a street concert on Skid Row where homeless performed.
In 2018, ACC created the Angel City Youth Chorale (ACYC) in partnership with urban housing, Title I schools and Boys & Girls clubs. 100 youth learn theory and singing skills and perform alone and with the adult choir during the Holiday and Spring concerts. ACC is expanding the ACYC in partnership with additionalTitle I schools, housing developments and Boys & Girls clubs.
ACC partners throughout Los Angeles for free to support other nonprofits, including at Homeboy Industries Carnival, Inner City Youth Orchestra’s California Festival concert and many others.

