My Nonprofit Reviews

I have known Villa Musica since its Executive Director Fiona Chatwin started the non-profit music education non-profit 11 years ago. It has filled a gap in San Diego’s music community by providing scholarships children and families to help with the cost of music education in a beautiful, safe facility with best in class music faculty. Also unique is Villa Musica’s community partnerships outreach and enrichment programs. The outreach program brings Villa Musica music faculty into local schools to teach classes. Villa Musica also provides musical instruments for the students (many at-risk) to those students who cannot afford one. Villa Musica is working with 250 students at the Logan Heights Library, Malcom X Library, Ronald McDonald House and Carson Elementary in addition to other institutions. Villa Musica’s enrichment program serves more than 600 students in the San Diego community, including Kate Sessions Elementary, Albert Einstein Academy, Urban Discovery Academy and several others. The community ensembles bring together musicians of all ages and ability to share the joy of making music. From beginner groups for strings or guitar, to youth rock bands, to more advanced ensembles for flutists, guitarists, vocalists, and the summer community orchestra, which performed Holst’s The Planets in September 2017 for a diverse audience of more than 500 people at St. Paul’s Cathedral in downtown San Diego to standing ovation. I am proud to serve Villa Musica and marvel at the wonderful impact the organization and its teachers have on the youths and adults who participate in the Villa Musica programs.