Grantee Database
Scholarship Audition Performance Preparatory Academy
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
Local Impact
Award Amount
$9,225.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, SAPPA will provide free, year-round, weekly keyboard and music education workshops for very low income African-American and Latino seniors at two sites in partnership with the Watts Labor Community Action Committee: the Theresa Lindsey Senior Center south of downtown Los Angeles and the Estelle Van Meter Multipurpose Center in the Florence community. Arvis Jones, a musician, educator, and music therapy specialist, will be the teaching artist.
Organization Summary
-The Watts Willowbrook Conservatory is a collaboration with multiple organizations in South LA. In sequential group classes taught by professional musicians at each site, students ages 7-18 learn to playing violin, viola, cello and bass. Instruction is offered at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. Performance in the Watts Willowbrook Youth Symphony is an integral part of the educational and developmental experience.
-Weekly Music Workshops bring general musical education to students ages 7-18 after school at community sites. The goal is to develop the children’s understanding and appreciation of music by learning to read music, playing instruments and singing.
-In the Senior Piano Arts program, adults ages 55 and older learn to play piano and read and interpret music in free, weekly, year-round classes provided at senior centers located in very low income communities in South Los Angeles. The program is taught by a professional musician and certified music therapist.
Organization
SAPPA
Address
475 S. Oakland Ave., Suite 2
Pasadena
91101
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(626) 641-3262
Congressional District
California's 27th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 41
State Senate District
District 25
