Young Musicians Foundation

YMF brings tuition-free, weekly music and media arts classes to 5,226 students, grades K-12, at 27 schools in underserved communities. Our new facility in South Central LA houses our Creative Career Pathways programs that foster creative expression while providing skills for participation in the creative economy. All programming is healing-focused, student-centered, and built upon culturally responsive pedagogies that uplift life experiences, cultural knowledge of the communities we serve.

With support from the LA2050 Grants Challenge YMF will create a branded multi-media platform for student created music, video content, and podcasts. Content is created in tuition-free media arts classes at our facility in Historic South Central LA., offering access to state-of-the-art video and audio recording technology and facilities. Students are taught and mentored by industry professionals, receiving foundational technical, structural and entrepreneurial skills valued in the creative economy as well as career readiness and guidance.

YMF brings tuition-free, weekly music and media arts classes to 5,226 students, grades K-12, at 27 schools in underserved communities. Our new facility in South Central LA houses our Creative Career Pathways programs that foster creative expression while providing skills for participation in the creative economy. All programming is healing-focused, student-centered, and built upon culturally responsive pedagogies that uplift life experiences, cultural knowledge of the communities we serve.