City Heights Music School
City Heights Music School, 3770 Altadena Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105
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City Heights Music School offers classes and ensembles in guitar, piano, voice, mariachi, percussion, ballet folklorico, art, Afro-Cuban Ensemble (ACE), Afro-Caribbean Ensemble, BeatVox, ukulele, Music123, singing, electro music, drums, keyboard, and trumpet. The program also offers after-school mariachi, special needs music, summer music and arts camps for kids, and community music classes in City Heights.
• Schedule: Monday - Sunday. Class and rehearsal times vary by program.
• Price: Affordable music classes in San Diego!
City Heights Music School is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization, and donations support student scholarships, instructors, and instrument purchases. The program offers Music123 at San Diego school sites and after-school mariachi in South Bay, and it provides community music classes in City Heights. The website is available in Tiếng Việt, Tagalog, and Español, and families can text or call for enrollment and information.
Founder and Artistic Director Victoria Eicher began playing violin at age 4 in the Suzuki program at MacPhail Center for the Arts and has performed with the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, Orquestra de Baja California, Mariachi Champaña Nevin, Caprice Strings, and in chamber ensemble programs throughout San Diego. Assistant Director Lorelei Isidro-Garner studied Voice Performance at SDSU, has taught music enrichment programs for over 20 years, directs the Swing Choir and Concert Choir at Mission Bay High, and teaches private voice, piano, and ukulele. Director of Las Voces de San Diego Tomás Acosta is a choral conductor, piano teacher, and vocal coach with over 20 years of experience and holds a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting from the Universidad Veracruzana. Mariachi Director Erica Ochoa is listed as part of the leadership team, and Program Coordinator Isaac Lewis works as a music educator and professional musician, studied samba music in Brazil, and has toured extensively in Mexico and the United States with his band, The B-Side Players. Instructor Charlie Chávez studied music at the Conservatory of Music, University of Xalapa in Veracruz, performs extensively in Tijuana and San Diego, leads his salsa group Afrotruko at major venues in Southern California, and teaches percussion in Tijuana and San Diego. Cheyenne Brown is a Special Education Preschool teacher who uses music to support children in learning, social interactions, joint attention, participation in activities, and individuals with special needs. Natalie Diaz has taught ballet folklorico and joined the City Heights Music School faculty in Spring 2023 after teaching for more than three years in community and school programs. In the community of Barrio Logan, German Corrales is known as the Butterfly Man and as a Chicano arts visionary, and Auburn Williams is a Special Education Paraprofessional Educator who brings music into special education classrooms through the Music123 program.
From 2000–2006, the work that led to City Heights Music School began as occasional coaching in school music outreach programs, which became the Latin American Music Project with two all-age ensembles. In 2010, the Latin American Music Project became City Heights Music School, and in the same year, Victoria Eicher founded City Heights Music School and opened her home studio for private violin and piano lessons. In 2016, City Heights Music School was adopted by the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.
Last updated April 8, 2026.
• Schedule: Monday - Sunday. Class and rehearsal times vary by program.
• Price: Affordable music classes in San Diego!
City Heights Music School is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization, and donations support student scholarships, instructors, and instrument purchases. The program offers Music123 at San Diego school sites and after-school mariachi in South Bay, and it provides community music classes in City Heights. The website is available in Tiếng Việt, Tagalog, and Español, and families can text or call for enrollment and information.
Founder and Artistic Director Victoria Eicher began playing violin at age 4 in the Suzuki program at MacPhail Center for the Arts and has performed with the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, Orquestra de Baja California, Mariachi Champaña Nevin, Caprice Strings, and in chamber ensemble programs throughout San Diego. Assistant Director Lorelei Isidro-Garner studied Voice Performance at SDSU, has taught music enrichment programs for over 20 years, directs the Swing Choir and Concert Choir at Mission Bay High, and teaches private voice, piano, and ukulele. Director of Las Voces de San Diego Tomás Acosta is a choral conductor, piano teacher, and vocal coach with over 20 years of experience and holds a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting from the Universidad Veracruzana. Mariachi Director Erica Ochoa is listed as part of the leadership team, and Program Coordinator Isaac Lewis works as a music educator and professional musician, studied samba music in Brazil, and has toured extensively in Mexico and the United States with his band, The B-Side Players. Instructor Charlie Chávez studied music at the Conservatory of Music, University of Xalapa in Veracruz, performs extensively in Tijuana and San Diego, leads his salsa group Afrotruko at major venues in Southern California, and teaches percussion in Tijuana and San Diego. Cheyenne Brown is a Special Education Preschool teacher who uses music to support children in learning, social interactions, joint attention, participation in activities, and individuals with special needs. Natalie Diaz has taught ballet folklorico and joined the City Heights Music School faculty in Spring 2023 after teaching for more than three years in community and school programs. In the community of Barrio Logan, German Corrales is known as the Butterfly Man and as a Chicano arts visionary, and Auburn Williams is a Special Education Paraprofessional Educator who brings music into special education classrooms through the Music123 program.
From 2000–2006, the work that led to City Heights Music School began as occasional coaching in school music outreach programs, which became the Latin American Music Project with two all-age ensembles. In 2010, the Latin American Music Project became City Heights Music School, and in the same year, Victoria Eicher founded City Heights Music School and opened her home studio for private violin and piano lessons. In 2016, City Heights Music School was adopted by the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.
Last updated April 8, 2026.
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