The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
Location
Lomita, CA
Website
Organization Description
The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles is a not-for-profit organization that exists to transform the lives and minds of young people in Inner City Los Angeles through high quality music education. It seeks to expose inner city youth to the great music of the world and to provide opportunities for youth to perform music in the greatest settings and on the most magnificent stages of the world. It aspires to prepare its members for advanced study– musical and otherwise– and high caliber success. It is open to all young people from ages 10-25 with a basic level of competence on orchestral instruments.
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
Affiliated with:
Address:
1985 Rolling Vista Drive
#55
Lomita, CA, 90717
p. 310-344-4805 f.
Primary Contact:
Charles Dickerson
Title: Music Director and Conductor
cedickersoniii@sbcglobal.net
Curriculum
✓ Strings ✓ Woodwind ✓ Percussion ✓
Student Population
| Number of Students | % receiving public subsidy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre K – K | ||
| Grades 1-3 | ||
| Grades 4-5 | ||
| Grades 6-8 |
20
|
0
|
| Grades 9-12 |
20
|
0
|
| Post HS |
5
|
0
|
Hours of Instructions per week
| Instruction | PreK-K | 1-3 | 4-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Music |
2
|
2
|
||||
| Group Lessons | ||||||
| Ensemble/Rehearsals |
2
|
2
|
||||
| Private Lessons | ||||||
| Improv/Composition | ||||||
| Performance | ||||||
Program Structure and Staffing
| Year Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Program duration | 125 weeks |
| Days of instruction | Sundays |
| FT employees | 1 |
| PT employees | 0 |
| Volunteers | 25 |
| Program Fee | $0 |
Program Type
Annual Budget
$100,000
Sources of Income
Private donations 100%
Other %
Partners
Watts Willowbrook Boys and Girls Club
