We are excited to invite you to support Palm Strings: A Ukulele Fundraiser — a special event to explore the ukulele while enjoying tiki-themed food and drinks and learning about our newest initiative! This event takes place on Sunday, May 18th – 3-5 PM at Vinya (6185 Balboa Avenue, San Diego). This event will raise funds for our Ukulele Scholarship Program, which places skilled music instructors directly into classrooms to provide hands-on ukulele lessons. This experience will ignite passion, build confidence, and nurture a lifelong love of music. Our goal is to raise $7,500 for our scholarships to support underserved [...]

We are delighted to extend an invitation to support the 2025 Classics 4 Kids Gala, to be held at The Country Club of Rancho Bernardo on October 5, 2025 from 2-5 PM. This event will raise funds to support our critical programs that bring live music programming to elementary schools in underserved communities through professional orchestra concerts, assemblies and music-teacher-residencies. Moreover, it is an opportunity to help ensure the continuation of our mission to transform children's lives through innovative educational concerts and music programs that inspire learning, creativity, and community. We expect 150 patrons-of-the-arts to attend this event to participate [...]

Since our inception in 1994, Classics 4 Kids has been dedicated to addressing educational inequities by providing critical music education to students in San Diego County. Our programs cater to TK to 6th grade students, comprising of professional orchestra performances, on-campus assemblies, and virtual programming. In our last season alone, we impacted over 40,000 students, teachers, and families across 312 schools nationwide. 27,000 of our audience represented under-resourced Title 1 schools. We believe in the power of arts integration, and therefore we incorporate science, literacy, and math into our music education programs. Our innovative cross-curricular approach is aligned with CA [...]