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Education Through Music-Los Angeles
Founded on the belief that every child deserves a well-rounded education: one that includes music; Education Through Music- Los Angeles is an independent 501(c)3 organization, created in 2006, that "provides and promotes music integration into the curricula of disadvantaged schools in the Los Angeles and surrounding areas in order to enhance students’ academic performance and creative and general development".

Education Through Music-Los Angeles works with inner-city elementary schools that are not able to develop or sustain school-wide music programs. ETM-LA provides underserved Los Angeles youth with weekly, yearlong music classes with no cost to the school. The goal is to combine music with all other academic subjects in order to reinforce learning and development in all areas, as well as encourage the school to embrace music as a core subject by involving all members of the school community. Currently, ETM-LA serves approximately 3,000 Los Angeles school children, including students with special needs, with weekly, yearlong music instruction in disciples such as violin, cello, guitar, flute, chorus, and general music.

ETM-LA headquarters are located in Burbank, California and since its creation has been led by Executive Director Victoria Lanier. Education Through Music-Los Angeles is an affiliate music education program based on the ETM-New York model, which has had over 20 years of success in New York City.

2010-11

 * Reggie Andrew
 * Michael Giacchino

2009-10

 * Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
 * Vincent Houser

Celebrities who have performed for Education Through Music-LA’s Benefit Events:

 * Johnny Mathis
 * Patti Austin
 * Ben Vereen
 * Justin Guarini
 * Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
 * Lalah Hathaway
 * Patrice Rushen
 * Kate Flannery
 * The Lampshades'

Leadership
Education Through Music-Los Angeles is under the leadership of Executive Director Victoria Y. Lanier. Victoria studied violin at Juilliard, graduated with honors from Princeton University, and received her Master of Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. While living in New York, she became passionate about working with youth, specifically the issue of equal opportunity for music education for children. Ms. Lanier worked with Education Through Music-New York (1999-2003) where she held the position as Program Coordinator; she also taught violin, mentored teaching artists, and designed an integrated strings curriculum. In 2006 she founded ETM-LA and has worked endlessly to bring music education to the underserved and providing excellent music education to the Los Angeles youth.

Lanier’s other education work includes: coordinating and teaching high school music for Carnegie Hall’s Weill Institute Seminar; Mannes College of Music Pre-College; the New Jersey Symphony Outreach Program; the Henry Mancini Community Outreach Initiative; Music Education Manager for the Da Camera Society of Houston. As a professional violinist Lanier’s work extends to studio film and television recordings including Fox's The Simpsons and Spiderman III; performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall, Hollywood Bowl, and Walt Disney Concert Hall; with Ahn Trio, Pacific Symphony, Il Divo, John Williams, Long Beach Opera, Kanye West, Misha Dichter, Josh Groban, Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera.

History of ETM-LA
''Time Line of ETM-LA and the ETM Model: 1991-2010" . 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000 1999 1994 1994
 * ETM-LA expands to serve a 10th partner school.
 * ETM-LA presents on Musical Outcomes at the LA Philharmonic Youth Orchestra LA National Conference.
 * ETM-LA hosts 1st Annual Principal's Luncheon.
 * Grammy-winning Joshua Bell visits and performs for ETM-LA students in a televised news segment.
 * City District 1 Council member Ed Reyes & Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gives ETM-LA honor at City Hall and recognizes "achievement in bringing quality music education to the underserved Los Angeles communities and youth as part of the core curriculum."
 * ETM-LA becomes a provider for the Los Angeles Unified School District Art's Community Partnership Network.
 * ETM-LA forms partnership with LA's Best of the Mayor's Office.
 * ETM-LA becomes a member of the Arts for All: LA County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education.
 * ETM-New York partners with 17th school to serve over 8,000 children.
 * Education Through Music-Los Angeles, Inc. is founded as the first affiliate music education program based on the Education Through Music-New York model to partner with schools in Los Angeles.
 * ETM teams up with the Stamford Symphony Orchestra to create materials and train musicians for a music appreciation collaboration between the Symphony and a Boys and Girls Club.
 * ETM is awarded a multi-year grant by the U.S Department of Education under the Arts in Education Model Develpment and Dissemination Grants Program. ETM is one of 14 recipients nationwide.
 * Ford Foundation gives ETM funding to do an external evaluation of its programs by Philliber Research Associates.
 * ETM beings implementation of its model in seven schools in the California Bay Area.
 * ETM presents on professional development model at the Kennedy Center Partners in Education Annual Meeting.
 * By invitation from Macmillan McGraw-Hill, ETM participates in the Urban Music Leadership Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.
 * ETM begins to consult on projects in Philadelphia and New Haven.
 * New York State School of Excellence Award is won by an ETM public partner school.
 * ETM expands to advise schools throughout the U.S. The first of which is located in St. Louis.
 * Pilot partner school wins the Blue Ribbon of Excellence Award given by the U.S Department of Education.
 * Education Through Music, Inc. (ETM) is founded in New York.

Expenses
Expenses from 2008-2009.