Neighborhood Music School
The Neighborhood Music School inspires minds and enriches our community through music education. We have served as a bellwether for arts equity and community engagement in eastern Los Angeles for 106 years.
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LEARN ·2023 Grants ChallengeStudent Scholarship Program
Neighborhood Music School offers low-cost, high quality private music instruction on a variety of instruments, and while our tuition is designed to be affordable, over one third of our families require additional financial assistance to participate in our programs. An LA2050 grant will support our Student Scholarship Program, which includes both financial aid (41%-75% tuition support) and COVID-19 relief (25%-95% tuition support).
- LEARN ·2021 Grants Challenge
Music in My Neighborhood
With support from LA2050, Neighborhood Music School (NMS) will help students access the transformative power of arts education through high quality, low-cost music lessons on a wide variety of instruments led by caring mentors and over 107 years of community enrichment. Together we will remove financial barriers, place violins in hands, pianos in homes and create vibrant communities filled with music, self-expression, and connection.
CONNECT ·2020 Grants ChallengeNeighborhood Music School Community Performance Series
With the support of the LA2050 Grant Challenge, the Neighborhood Music School Community Performance Series will provide the underserved neighborhoods of eastern Los Angeles with equitable access to free, high quality, public performances. The performances will serve as a connection point for our students and neighbors, resulting in increased social capital spheres and reinforcement of the community driven arts ecosystem of Boyle Heights.