Meet the Music
Meet the Music
Meet the Music (MTM) delivers high-quality, standards-based music education to thousands of students each year. Our teaching artists are trained, working musicians committed to providing students with access to consistent and engaging music instruction.
Information for Principals & Teachers
MTM offers a variety of in-school and after-school programs for grades TK through 8th that meet the requirements for Partners for Student Success (PFSS), Cultural Arts Passport (CAP) and Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP). We are an approved arts partner of LAUSD (Arts Education Branch, PFSS, and STEAM benches). Programs can be tailored to meet your school’s needs. Please contact Education Manager Sukari Reid-Glenn for a quote. Click the button below for a printable version of the Meet the Music Program Menu PDF.
Music Education That Inspires Students and Supports Schools
Since 2009, Grand Vision Foundation’s Meet the Music program has partnered with schools to provide engaging, standards-aligned arts education experiences that inspire creativity, strengthen academic learning and build school community.
Meet the Music proudly serves schools throughout Southern California and has been a trusted education partner with LAUSD for more than 15 years.
Why Schools Choose Meet the Music
- Proven results for thousands of students annually
- Professional teaching artists
- Standards-based music education programs
- STEAM Integration
- Guided student performances
- SEL connections
- ELA / Math / Science connections
- LAUSD approved vendor
- Standards-aligned enrichment experiences
- Customized school partnerships
Sequential Music Education Programs
Roots of Music (RoMP)
Bringing the world of music to students!
A semester-long course that teaches anchor concepts like rhythm, melody and dynamics through the exploration of music and cultures of West Africa, the United States and Mexico.
RoMP on the Road & 3-Week Taste of RoMP options also available
Recorders in Schools
Building musical and creative skills in school!
A year-long program targeted at fifth graders. Recorders in Schools provides students with 24 sequential weekly classes in recorder playing technique, reading music notation, and ensemble performance, culminating in a student performance.
The Percussion Program
Building teamwork and music knowledge through percussion!
Percussion Program is uniquely customized for younger or older elementary students – a flexible program with a culturally relevant curriculum that allows schools to meet music education goals through the accessible medium of percussion.
Strings in Schools: Violins
Inspiring our next generation through music!
Strings in Schools is a specialized program targeted to our youngest elementary students, starting them on an advanced track that can lead to instrumental mastery.
Keys of Inspiration: Keyboards
This keyboard-centered program, delivered in partnership with the Lang Lang Foundation, is for 2nd-5th grade students. The program provides structured piano instruction in dedicated in-school keyboard labs, using the Lang Lang’s Foundation’s teaching methodology to develop music literacy, technical skills and expressive performance.
Flexible Enrichment Opportunities
After School Instrument Support
Get support for your school’s instrumental programs: band, orchestra, ukulele and more.Students build vital instrumental skills in a teaching artist-led, supportive after-school setting.
After School Vocal Support
Teaching artists support classroom singing, choir development and vocal performance preparation. Designed to complement existing music programs or stand alone as vocal enrichment.
The Sound of STEAM
An engaging after-school enrichment program that combines music, science, engineering and creativity through hands-on, project-based learning. Students explore how sound works by building instruments, experimenting with materials, solving design challenges and making music while developing critical thinking, collaboration and problem solving skills.
LA Opera Connects
For over ten years, Meet the Music, in collaboration with LA Opera and LA Opera Connects, has been offering a field trip experience to introduce students to the world of Opera. This youth-tailored performance by LA Opera engages young minds with opera and its rich history, building their cultural literacy and appreciation for the arts.
Cultural Arts Concerts
CAP/ELOP Concerts
Experience the Music of Many Cultures
Live concerts that meet Cultural Arts Passport (CAP) and Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) guidelines. Held at the Grand Annex or your school, these performances expose students to dynamic, professional musicians.
More Ways to Engage
Assemblies
Community Events
Drum Club
Family Nights
Literacy Through Music
Music Shop Masterclass
In one day, students learn and perform customized arrangements with professional musicians. Includes a masterclass, rehearsals, a sound check and final concert.
PTA Nights
Customizable Music Programs
Don’t see what you’re looking for? Let’s collaborate to design a custom program tailored to your school’s unique goals and student needs.
“I loved going [to RoMP] because I learned about music like pitch, rhythm, tempo, melody, steady beat and about dynamics. I am now confident enough to perform in front of many people. I learned about other cultures and their history. I learned many songs and how people make some instruments.”
“I enjoyed playing recorders because I now know that I can do anything I want to do if I set my mind to it which is called ‘Growth Mindset.’ When I get called on it makes me happy because I can show others, and I feel comfortable because I have supportive classmates and teachers!”
Whether you’re looking for a semester-long music program, an after-school enrichment opportunity, a STEAM event, or a year-long cultural arts partnership,
we’re ready to help.
Contact Grand Vision's Education Staff
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