In June 2014, YOLA’s first class of graduating seniors said goodbye to the program that had been their musical home for the past four years. From learning to play in an orchestra, to trips to London, to meeting Gustavo Dudamel, their lives have been forever...
Announcement for The Fender Music Foundation! Give Music Life today by contributing to music education nationwide! We’ve reached almost 200,000 music students through the donation of just shy of a million dollars worth of instruments and equipment to qualified...
Katrina and John of Major Chords for Minors share the pleasure of knowing they are making a difference within their community. A perfect example of their positive influence is seen in a 16-year-old boy by the name of Emilio Saenz. Only four months ago he had just...
On a sunny spring evening, nearly 1,500 children from South LA and Rampart District gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to celebrate music and family as performers in the YOLA Neighborhood Project Day concert. After an introduction by LAUSD...
On September 29, 2013, the LA Phil played a side-by-side concert with YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) at Walt Disney Concert Hall, conducted by LA Phil Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. In this video, get a behind the scenes look at the work that went into that...
