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- EIN 45-1990766
- (914) 391-4922
- 1001 Wilshire Blvd Pmb 2258 Los Angeles CA 90017-2415 USA
- http://streetsymphony.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Symphony Orchestras
Mission: Street symphony places social justice at the heart of music making by creating authentic, powerful engagements between professional and emerging artists and communities disenfranchised by homelessness and incarceration in los angeles county. Street symphony operates with the core principle that all people deserve access to a creative and expressive life. The purpose of street symphony programs is twofold: (1) to create platforms for historically and presently oppressed communities to find and share their artistic, human voices; and (2) to create the environment for professional and emerging artists to move into vital, powerful roles as agents of cultural change through community engagement.
Programs: Music with a mission: held at the downtown los angeles 12-step recovery program, this monthly program is dedicated to participants of midnight mission's programs as well as members of the homeless community-at-large in skid row. Take what you need (twyn): take what you need is more than just a piece of music. It is a warm, safe, equitable space, where musicians and community can connect with one another, where stories can come forward, and where the foundations of a relationship can be built and nurtured. Project messiah: initiated by a california arts council grant in 2015, the messiah project is an annual community sing-along celebration held at the midnight mission in skid row. This culminating yearly event is presented after a series of free community workshops held throughout skid row. The messiah project presents excerpts of handel's beloved messiah alongside works commissioned for and created by members of the skid row community, with community members as soloists, choristers and participants alongside street symphony musicians from the la philharmonic, la master chorale and colburn school. Fellows: the street symphony fellows is a new initiative of street symphony, dedicated to exploring "citizen-artistry" in los angeles and beyond. Street symphony fellows receive a year of intensive instruction musical performance and the intersection of arts and social justice. Fellows can be members of the skid row community, as well as emerging artists graduating from university and conservatory. Education-based incarceration: street symphony ensembles engage male, female, gay and transgender populations in monthly education-based incarceration programs at 5 los angeles county jail facilities, including men's central, twin towers, lynwood and pitchess detention facilities. People assisting the homeless (path): path provides permanent supportive housing to formerly homeless individuals in los angeles. Street symphony ensembles deliver intimate, monthly events at a variety of path facilities for residents and staff.