Meet Beatrice—alumna, Super Bowl performer, and future MBA grad
It was like putting on the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter. Except, instead of learning the name of her Hogwarts House, Beatrice was about to discover which instrument would become her focus for the next few years. She held her breath as the paper slid her way across the table.
Meet Karla—alumna, mom, student, and future nonprofit founder
Even talking over Zoom, you can feel Karla's passion. She just got home from working one of her two part- time jobs, and she's already strategizing an evening of piano homework from Los Angeles City College. Her daughter, 4, chirps happily just off screen. School, work, dreams, family, the future—she has a rare, deep energy for all of it.
Meet Skyler—alumnus, student, musician, and proud Angeleno
As was the case for so many of us, the COVID-19 pandemic threw Skyler a huge curveball. Instead of heading out of state like he planned for the traditional university experience, he's here at home, attending online classes at his local community college.
Meet Dalanie—alumna, musician, podcaster, and Black music advocate
Harmony Project alumna Dalanie Harris is already effecting change in the classical music world. The double bassist, podcaster, and Black music advocate is passionate about centering Black voices while interrogating longstanding perceptions and biases in the field. And her podcast, Classically Black, may just become one of your favorite weekly traditions.
Meet ARKAI—genre-bending violin/cello duo and big fans of Harmony Project
If you've ever felt a wave of optimism for the future of music crest over you, then interacting with Jonathan Miron and Philip Sheegog of the violin/cello duo ARKAI will feel familiar. Both of them have a passion for, in their own words, "stretching the possibilities of what violin and cello can do together" in harmony with a vision for "music education that builds students as whole people." And they're putting that passion to work.