Grantee Database
SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY AND CONSERVATORY
Grant Year
2022-23
Grant Program
Creative Youth Development
Award Amount
$38,000.00
Project Description
With support from the CAC, San Diego Youth Symphony & Conservatory, working with area schools, will create and implement after-school music programs for under-resourced youth. Based on SDYS’ Opus Project model, these programs use a holistic, immersive approach that uses music education to better the lives of children and their families.
Organization Summary
Celebrating 80 years in 2024-25, KeyNote/SDYS is San Diego’s comprehensive provider of cradle-to-college music education opportunities through: Our flagship ensemble program, housed in San Diego’s historic Balboa Park, features thirteen orchestras and bands for musicians of all levels and provides additional depth through chamber music, theory, composition, second instrument camps, and summer opportunities. KeyNote’s Community Opus Project has partnered with Chula Vista Elementary School District for more than ten years to restore music education programs to more than forty schools and is a national model for community engagement through music education. Lastly, KeyNote’s early childhood program, Chimes, works with infants, toddlers, and their families to promote creative youth development, pre-literacy, and school readiness through music education and pre-ensemble training.
Organization
KeyNote/SDYS
Address
1650 El Prado 207A
San Diego
92101
County
San Diego
Region
Far South
Phone
(619) 233-3232
Congressional District
California's 53rd congressional district
State Assembly District
District 78
State Senate District
District 39
