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TMC Arts

TMC Arts is The Music Center’s programming promise to create inclusive arts and cultural experiences that champion the diverse voices and communities of Los Angeles. TMC Arts programs offer participatory and immersive experiences and opportunities for you to express your creativity; you can also enjoy distinctive performances and events that will delight and surprise you. Many programs are free and low-cost. You’ll find a connection with others in the community who participate in these experiences, be they artists, performers or fellow participants.

TMC Arts offers programs and experiences for all ages featuring a wide range of types and genres. Many programs take place outdoors on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center and Grand Park, while others are inside the theatres on The Music Center campus, as well as in schools and neighborhoods all over L.A. County.

A sample of TMC Arts programs includes:

The Music Center’s Very Special Arts Festival celebrates the artistic achievements of K-12 students of all abilities.
The Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival engages more than 18,000 5^th graders each year in the arts experience of a lifetime.
Grand Park’s 4^th of July Block Party, Grand Park’s Downtown Día de los Muertos, the L.A. County Holiday Celebration and Grand Park’s NYELA attract people from all over Los Angeles County to come together to honor and celebrate the holidays in meaningful ways.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center offers dance residencies and performances by prestigious ballet and contemporary dance artists from around the world with opportunities for you to engage directly, including special participatory experiences, talks, master classes, mentorship programs and more.
The Music Center’s Dance DTLA empowers dance lovers to get their groove on outdoors on Jerry Moss Plaza. Learn new dance moves in different musical genres on Friday nights during the summer.
Student dance matinee programs welcome thousands of students throughout L.A. County every year to experience live professional dance performances.

The Music Center’s Summer SoundWaves outdoor music series on Jerry Moss Plaza features affordable, family-friendly concert performances, offering the sounds of an Angeleno summer.
Grand Park’s Sunday Sessions hosts L.A.’s finest House music curators with a series of free outdoor dance parties during the summer months.

Grand Park’s Downtown Día de los Muertos offers multiple ways that you can experience, learn and honor the traditions of the holiday including the presentation of altars, art installations and a live Noche de Ofrenda ceremony.
Plaza Augmented is part of a series of art-forward initiatives that take over the large LED screens in Jerry Moss Plaza with dynamic, crowd-generated art.
Digital Innovation Initiative supports artists and communities that are making cultural experiences at the intersection of performing arts and technology.

Music Center Performing Artists visit schools and other locations in the many communities of L.A. County, offering high-energy performing arts assemblies and other performances that invite audiences of all ages into the world of dance, music, theatre and storytelling.
The Music Center’s Arts Grown L.A. engages children and their families in the neighborhoods where they live with free and low-cost performances in partnership with schools, libraries and other community-based venues around L.A. County.
The Music Center’s Spotlight offers Southern California’s teens opportunities for scholarships and artistic development through a nationally acclaimed, free performing arts competition.
The Music Center’s Arts Integration Partnerships send teaching artists into classrooms to work with teachers and their students, empowering the students’ creativity and helping develop their artistic, workforce and life skills.
The Music Center’s Professional Development for Educators provides PreK-12 teachers with arts integration strategies in dance, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts at school sites and at The Music Center.
The Music Center's Artsource® Curriculum provides educators with the tools to bring the expressive world of the arts into classrooms with free, accessible artistic modules in dance, music and theatre.

Our History

More than 50 years ago, a group of forward-thinking community members from all over Los Angeles County came together to achieve Dorothy Buffum Chandler’s vision of a performing arts center that would serve as a cultural focal point for Los Angeles, a center of arts and culture for the entire community.

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