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Sounds Like LA is Here to Stay


Sounds Like LA (SLLA), formerly Santa Monica Youth Orchestra (SMYO), recently underwent a name change and launched a new website to better represent their mission and current offerings in the community. The new name change represents the wider scope of work offered and students being served.

SMYO was founded in 2012, and began offering an orchestra program at Virginia Avenue Park in the Pico Neighborhood. The program has since expanded to include multiple programs across Santa Monica and Los Angeles. Their range of programs offered spans many genres, disciplines, and cultures.

SLLA has their sights set on expanding their offerings to include new locations and school sites. They will do this by allowing their mission statement, “Sounds Like LA offers tuition-free music education and public concerts to diverse communities in the L.A. area, harnessing the power of music to bridge economic and cultural differences, and to foster personal and social change,” to propel them forward into new territories.

SLLA will perform in the third Annual Westside Mariachi Festival which will be held on Sunday, February 16 from 1 p.m.-7 p.m. at the Moss Theatre, 3131 Olympic Blvd., in Santa Monica.

This festival merges communities and cultures, celebrates the rich tradition of Mariachi and Folklorico, and introduces kids who wouldn’t normally meet, but have this tradition in common. SLLA will perform alongside other L.A. area youth groups at a grand finale by Mariachi Sol de Mexico.

Visit Sounds Like LA to donate and learn more about this organization. All contributions received help maintain tuition-free participation for every student, regardless of background.

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