Benefit Gala
Join Education Through Music-Los Angeles for a celebratory evening of community, connection, and coming together for our mission and youth!
Music is imperative – it is vital; music is a language we all deserve to speak.
Making Music, Changing Lives
We are excited to see longtime champions and new friends as we raise support for music in under-resourced Los Angeles schools. We look forward to gathering once again to honor those whose contributions through music have changed our lives.
In our 20th year, Education Through Music-LA will reach 41 schools and approximately 18,000 students. We invite you to celebrate the work of ETM-LA as a community to ensure all students have equity and access to music as part of a well-rounded education.
Over the past two decades of championing music education in schools across Los Angeles, we come together each year—as teachers, donors, students, and artists—to celebrate.
At this special event, students from ETM-LA schools and acclaimed musicians collaborate in a musical program of beloved songs. Shining Star Awards are highly anticipated, and ETM-LA teachers and supporters are thanked.
Come celebrate with us!
What is the Shining Star Award?
The Shining Star Award is given to those whose contributions have positively impacted lives and communities.
Prior Star Teacher Honorees
Zanaida Stewart Robles, 2024
Lydia Lee, 2023
Juan Rodriguez, 2022
Manuel Castañeda, 2021
Angela Woo, 2019
Sue Edwards, 2018
Vincent Womack, 2017
Richard Meyer, 2016
Asuncion Ojeda, 2015
Christine DeMore, 2014
Steve Hollis, 2013
Linda Mouradian, 2012
Julie West, 2011
Reggie Andrews, 2010
Vincent Houser, 2009
Prior Star Artist Honorees
Blake Neely, 2024
Christophe Beck, 2023
Mike Knobloch, 2022
Alan Menken, 2021
Rickey Minor, 2019
Sebastian Krys, 2018
Joshua Bell, 2017
Ed Helms, 2016
Randy Spendlove, 2015
John Debney, 2014
Richard M. Sherman, 2013
John Williams, 2012
Christopher Young, 2011
Michael Giacchino, 2010
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, 2009
Prior Star Corporate Partner Honorees
GameSoundCon. 2024
SEL4CA, 2023
Why Not Incubator, 2022
BTW Productions &
Booker White, 2021
Cusumano Real Estate, 2019
KORG Education, 2018
(Category began in 2018)
Music is something when you’re introduced to early on… you will take with you for the rest of your life. It’s a friend, a companion; it is creative, it’s inspiring.