The Official Website of Los Angeles Music Week

LOS ANGELES MUSIC WEEK
November 30 to December 7, 2008

To donate instruments to the fifteen council district schools
and the five county supervisory schools through Los Angeles Music Week, which LAMW annually services, please email melamw@earthlink.net or dial 310-670-6898. Your contributions are greatly appreciated and recognized.

Please help students receive instruments and music education through your Ralphs Club Card purchases on behalf of Los Angeles Music Week, a 501c(3) non-profit organization that is now in its fourteenth year of operation. See our Honorees Page for those who have been blessed through this service.

Through your purchases, 4% will be donated to Los Angeles Music Week to raise funds for the children. Please go to the Ralph Community Contribution website, http://www.ralphs.com/ccprogram.htm. Click on Participant Sign Up, type in our NPO number 82218, your name, address and city, so that Ralphs can process this information. With your help, the injustices of inequitable arts education can continue to be addressed. Your cooperation and timely response are dearly appreciated. Thank you so much!

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The Artistic Mission of Los Angeles Music Week

Fulfilling the motto, "An Instrument of Unity, " Los Angeles Music Week serves all the residents of the Greater Los Angeles area, including its surrounding basins. The performances, projects and events impact people of diverse cultures, ages, ethnicities, religions and socioeconomic groups. The scope of events offers Angelenos opportunities to hear musical genres that they have never experienced and invites them to explore venues in various parts of the city. The educational activities of LAMW are enabled in elementary, middle and high schools by donatng instruments, music instruction, mentoring, field trips and/or school supplies. LAMW takes an active role in Los Angeles' cultural tourism industry by offering a wide variety of performances that showcase the city's musical heritage.

Due to the drastic cutbacks in music curricula in schools over the past decade, the majority of the city's children know little or nothing about the rich musical heritage of the city they live in and have no scope of the musical genres available to them, from classical to jazz to ethnic musics. Many children have very few musical skills or lack the resources for acquiring them. LAMW's program elements, such as field trips, in-school presentations and opportunities to interface with living musical legends, broaden musical understanding and have created musical bridges between the communities over the past twelve years. The sponsors and partnerships listed on this page dutifully enable LAMW to accomplish the educational goals and facilitate field trips for the school children in order to link music with other aspects of culture and learning. The children derive so much pride and motivation from learning how many famous musicians from all aspects of the music business grew up in their own communities. Face-to-face dialogue with successful living legends gives them the impetus to explore their own God-given talents and capabilities, inspiring them to learn. The Children's Day field trips open up a world of amazing wonder and possibility.

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LOS ANGELES MUSIC WEEK CELEBRATES
Robert Arnold

2008 LAMW Honoree
COUNCIL MEMBER WENDY GREUEL
COUNCIL DISTRICT 2

Mr. Robert Arnold was born and raised in the North Hollywood area and went to Fair Avenue Elementary, Sun Valley Junior High, and North Hollywood High School. Bob found his love for musical theatre while attending music and drama classes in the LAUSD.

A graduate from Pepperdine University in 1991, Bob studied both musical theatre and liberal arts in education while working with children at the local Victory-Vineland Recreation Center in North Hollywood. It was here where Bob found his passion in directing and working with youth in theatre.

After college, Bob became a full-time actor working in numerous local and traveling musical theatre productions. In 1993 Mr. Arnold began his teaching career at his childhood elementary school, Fair Avenue Elementary School. He then went on to teach drama at his other two childhood schools, Sun Valley Middle and North Hollywood High School.

He now works as the theatre arts director at the brand new Roy Romer Middle School which will be opening its doors in September 2008.

Bob has directed both professionally and academically for the past 15 years. He has worked with children of all ages in musical theatre. Taking pride in working with many students at all socio-economic levels, Mr. Arnold has directed such student productions as “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”, “Grease”, and “Guys and Dolls.”

One of his greatest accomplishments with children was his critically acclaimed original musical that he produced, wrote, and directed with his teaching colleagues Hank Amigo and John Balbuena entitled, “Nobody Runs Alone”, a story about a young boy trying to make it through the hardships of his personal struggles. In 2006, this new musical was performed by a cast made up of over 40 of Bob’s many students that he has worked with over the years. Performed at the El Portal Theatre and Madrid Theatre, this musical was given rave reviews by Variety Magazine.

Mr. Arnold continues to improve the quality of life for countless children throughout Council District Two with his vast musical and theatrical talent. Mr. Arnold demonstrates great pride and passion for providing opportunities and direction to our youth.

Los Angeles Music Week, Inc.
Post Office Box 451146
Los Angeles, CA 90045-8511.

Los Angeles Music Week is a 501(c)3
tax deductible organization.