The Music Center: Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County believes the arts enhance the lives of all people and are crucial to the development of every child. The arts are a powerful tool to communicate our own ideas and to understand the perspectives and experiences of others. Accordingly, outstanding arts experiences and learning opportunities should be available throughout our community and in all schools.

Quality arts education requires a comprehensive and rigorous approach to teaching and learning in and through music, theatre, dance, and visual arts, as well as interdisciplinary and multi-media work. With such programs in place, schools can serve the whole child and give students access to a central part of the human experience, to the core ideas and concepts which have shaped our past, defined our present, and will help determine our future. Such programs foster ways of seeing, knowing, and thinking which can enhance creativity, innovation and appreciation for all cultures. As students gain skills and knowledge in the arts, they also gain new ways to approach other school subjects.

Our Mission

The Music Center's educational mission is two-fold:

• To make quality arts education part of the core curriculum for all schools in Los Angeles County.
• To establish the Music Center as a welcoming and inclusive venue for children, families, and the larger community where they come to develop deeper appreciation and understanding of the arts.