Pre-Show on The Plaza

Founded in 2007, SOL-LA Music Academy is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit performing arts community school, in Santa Monica, California, whose mission is to provide high quality music education to students from all backgrounds and economic circumstances, in an engaging and encouraging environment, fostering achievement and community. SOL-LA is proud to have become a collaborative resource in the community, helping to build strong partnerships among schools, teachers, leaders in the community, and organizations like the BroadStage. Additionally, SOL-LA provides sustained free music education and instruments to Saint Anne School, the only non-public title 1 school in the Santa Monica-Malibu district. 

Since 2001, the Applied Music Program has provided music students with affordable private instruction in preparation for transfer as music majors to four-year universities or conservatories. Program participants receive instruction in various stylistic/historical musical traditions in voice, an instrument, or composition. This program is in high demand and by audition. Santa Monica College is one of the most successful transfer institutions to the University of California, California State University, Loyola Marymount University, and many other four-year schools, universities, and music conservatories.

The Santa Monica High School (Samohi) Jazz Combo is an award-winning group of accomplished high school musicians that play a range of jazz standards, blues, Latin and funk music. The Combo showcases the talents of these young players and allows them to get real life experience by performing at a wide range of concerts and special events.