The deadline for submitting this year’s Spotlight applications – October 17 – is getting ever closer, so just in case you haven’t made your application video yet or are working on the final finishing touches, here are …
Category: Arts Education
Our Very Special Arts Festival
The Very Special Arts Festival is one of our absolute favorites events. It’s our annual event celebrating the artistic achievements of students with disabilities and their mainstream peers. This year marks the 37th year of the festival and …
How to Create an Awesome Spotlight Audition Video
Our Spotlight Program – a free scholarship, training program and competition for high school kids in southern California – is back for it’s 28th year and applications are open now. This amazing program has helped to foster …
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School is Better with Music Center On Tour!
It’s hard to believe that most Los Angeles schools have started back already and SoCal kids everywhere are trading their swimsuits for school supplies. But here at The Music Center, we’ve got a solution to sweeten any …
Shining the Spotlight on New Talent!
This past Tuesday, we celebrated the 27th Annual Spotlight Awards with the Grand Finale Performance in Walt Disney Concert Hall! It was a new venue for our Spotlight Awards (usually held in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,) with …
Gone Gamelan
We recently held our first ever Gamelan Workshop here at The Music Center – allowing Angelenos from all walks of life the chance to learn to play this beautifully unique instrument. What’s more, participants learned traditional Balinese …
Spotlight Acting Master Class
As part of the Spotlight Awards, all high school students who make it through the initial round of auditions into the semi-finals are treated to masterclasses with some of the brightest luminaries in the field of their …
