As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, SMAC accepts donations on behalf of each branch and chapter that provide scholarships for students attending SMAC-Sponsored programs, and financial aid for teachers seeking to further their training through the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Your donation may be designated to fund the Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles (SMPLA) directly and truly makes a difference!​

"How To Get Your Kid to Practice" - TED Talk by Beckett Bayan

One of our students Beckett Bayan recently gave a Ted Talk on How To Get Your Kid to Practice! He told us, “So much of what I know, I learned from the teachers at SMPLA.”

SMPLA Video Montage

A video montage of SMPLA concerts. See us in action!
The Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles stands with people of color in our community
​and throughout this country, and emphatically agrees that Black Lives Matter!

It is clear that we have an enormous task before us to assist in eliminating inequality and injustice, and we hope that SMPLA can play a key role in contributing to substantive social change through transparency and authenticity in our own program, and through our teaching music to any and all children locally who express an interest.  We have never turned away a family for lack of funds.  This fund raising effort will continue to support this policy by offering scholarships to those in need.

We are on-goingly committed to reaching out to local schools to inform families of our program, to offer scholarships to families of color who express a need, and to include more repertoire written by black composers.  We agree with Rita Pierson, who says: “Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.”

This is a principle that Dr. Suzuki emphasized to teachers, that "every child can." Dr. Suzuki also said: “Man is a child of his environment.” Let us create a just environment for today’s children through access to music education.