Harmony Project
Harmony Project sites across Los Angeles (Compton, Exposition Park, Glendale, Hawthorne, Hollywood, La Habra, Lawndale, Leimert Park, Lynwood, Lennox, Paramount, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley), 2410 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057
About
Harmony Project offers a wide range of music activities, including musicianship classes, music production courses, instrumental classes, choirs, bands, and orchestras. Students can take part in beginning band, intermediate band, wind ensembles, string ensembles, beginning winds, violin classes, intro to violin, drumline group classes, mariachi group classes, and weekly rehearsals for Mariachi Ensembles and Latin Rock Ensembles. The program also includes percussion lessons, guitar lessons, piano classes, and beginner-level training in flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, and trombone, along with mentorship opportunities and workshops for parents.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Harmony Project’s mission is to use the transformative power of music to open up life-changing experiences to students in under-resourced communities and to seek to maximize their opportunities for success. The program offers tuition-free music education programming and a full orchestral program that includes beginning, intermediate, and advanced instruction on string, woodwind, and brass instruments. It also includes Summer Festival Orchestras, the Hollywood Youth Orchestra, and participation in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s EXPO Center Youth Orchestra as part of Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA), and it is expanding its mariachi band and introducing popular music to its repertoire.
The program’s group classes and ensembles are led by professional musicians who are described as equally passionate about music education and their performance careers, and they use a culturally responsive pedagogy. Harmony Project has a program specifically designed for kindergarten students, the first Harmony Project choir at Lawndale Elementary School District, the Lennox Regional Youth Orchestra offering orchestral lessons to communities in the South Bay, and the La Habra Music Community as its only site in Orange County. The EXPO Park program serves students ages 6 to 18, the Hollywood Youth Orchestra serves children aged 5–18, the La Habra program serves children aged 7–18, and the Pasadena Youth Orchestra program serves children aged 5–18.
Harmony Project began in 2001 and has grown from 250 students to over 4,103 students served across Los Angeles over 24 years. Over this time, it has become Los Angeles’ largest music education organization dedicated exclusively to youth from low-income families and under-resourced communities and has 56 partnerships with schools and community organizations. The organization is described as one of the most effective arts-based, youth development programs in the nation and has developed cost-sharing partnerships with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Unified School District, LA City College, the Sheriff’s Foundation, and many other community organizations and school districts.
The leadership history includes co-founder Margaret Martin serving as the first executive director in 2001, followed by Phoenix Delgado in 2002, and Myka Miller in 2006, with Natalie Jackson serving as executive director since 2021. Phoenix Delgado founded Harmony Project’s Summer Festival Orchestras and the Hollywood Youth Orchestra and helped form the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s EXPO Center Youth Orchestra as part of Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA). Myka Miller launched new initiatives and nurtured cost-sharing partnerships with major institutions and school districts.
Students and families have shared experiences such as a 12-year-old named Luis saying he feels lucky because it is a free program and he gets to experience music, a 16-year-old named Kevin saying Harmony Project believed he could achieve anything, a 17-year-old named Jennifer saying she learned how to be a mentor and leader for other kids in the program and to be confident in herself, and a 14-year-old named Sophia saying she wants to experience making beautiful music with instruments from different backgrounds and cultures.
Last updated April 6, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Harmony Project’s mission is to use the transformative power of music to open up life-changing experiences to students in under-resourced communities and to seek to maximize their opportunities for success. The program offers tuition-free music education programming and a full orchestral program that includes beginning, intermediate, and advanced instruction on string, woodwind, and brass instruments. It also includes Summer Festival Orchestras, the Hollywood Youth Orchestra, and participation in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s EXPO Center Youth Orchestra as part of Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA), and it is expanding its mariachi band and introducing popular music to its repertoire.
The program’s group classes and ensembles are led by professional musicians who are described as equally passionate about music education and their performance careers, and they use a culturally responsive pedagogy. Harmony Project has a program specifically designed for kindergarten students, the first Harmony Project choir at Lawndale Elementary School District, the Lennox Regional Youth Orchestra offering orchestral lessons to communities in the South Bay, and the La Habra Music Community as its only site in Orange County. The EXPO Park program serves students ages 6 to 18, the Hollywood Youth Orchestra serves children aged 5–18, the La Habra program serves children aged 7–18, and the Pasadena Youth Orchestra program serves children aged 5–18.
Harmony Project began in 2001 and has grown from 250 students to over 4,103 students served across Los Angeles over 24 years. Over this time, it has become Los Angeles’ largest music education organization dedicated exclusively to youth from low-income families and under-resourced communities and has 56 partnerships with schools and community organizations. The organization is described as one of the most effective arts-based, youth development programs in the nation and has developed cost-sharing partnerships with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Unified School District, LA City College, the Sheriff’s Foundation, and many other community organizations and school districts.
The leadership history includes co-founder Margaret Martin serving as the first executive director in 2001, followed by Phoenix Delgado in 2002, and Myka Miller in 2006, with Natalie Jackson serving as executive director since 2021. Phoenix Delgado founded Harmony Project’s Summer Festival Orchestras and the Hollywood Youth Orchestra and helped form the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s EXPO Center Youth Orchestra as part of Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA). Myka Miller launched new initiatives and nurtured cost-sharing partnerships with major institutions and school districts.
Students and families have shared experiences such as a 12-year-old named Luis saying he feels lucky because it is a free program and he gets to experience music, a 16-year-old named Kevin saying Harmony Project believed he could achieve anything, a 17-year-old named Jennifer saying she learned how to be a mentor and leader for other kids in the program and to be confident in herself, and a 14-year-old named Sophia saying she wants to experience making beautiful music with instruments from different backgrounds and cultures.
Last updated April 6, 2026.
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