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15-664: Harmony Project was founded by Dr. Margaret Martin in April 2001 as a public health intervention to: It has many different teaching sites all over the Los Angeles area. The first site launched in Hollywood with 36 students and $ 9000 in funding from the Rotary Club of Hollywood . In 2006, a second site opened in South LA at EXPO center, and the following year Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA)

30-573: A national initiative tasked with bringing Harmony Project's model of Mentoring Through Music to national scale. In 2016 the Yamaha Music & Wellness Institute, the non-profit education and research arm of the Yamaha Corporation and Conn-Selmer , an American manufacturer of musical instruments, formally partnered with Harmony Project of America (HPA). HPA also receives support from the D'Addario Foundation, among others. In 2015 Harmony Project

45-712: A simple way to understand the body of a woman, the development of a fetus in the womb , breastfeeding and other aspects of childbirth. She later published an update of her first book, entitled "Pregnancy & Childbirth: The Basic Illustrated Guide”. Dr. Martin is the author, composer, and lyricist of the musical Gone with the Wind . Martin has worked to provide arts education to thousands of children in under-resourced communities through Harmony Project by enabling them to receive instruments and participate in musical mentoring and tuition-free music lessons . Martin collaborates in neuroscience research into how music training affects

60-565: Is also an alumna of Los Angeles City College (1987–89). Martin has experienced both poverty and prosperity in her life. She is a mother to three children. Los Angeles City College Los Angeles City College ( LACC ) is a public community college in East Hollywood , California. A part of the Los Angeles Community College District , it is located on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard on

75-595: The Civic Center. The LACC campus was originally a farm outside Los Angeles, owned by Dennis Sullivan. It is one of nine separate college campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District . When the Pacific Electric Interurban Railroad connected downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood in 1909, the area began to develop rapidly. In 1914, the LA Board of Education moved the teachers' Normal School to

90-531: The brains of students receiving the training. She serves as a member of the board of directors of the Los Angeles City College Foundation, a member of the advisors and board of directors of D’Addario Foundation, and a member of the advisory board of Knowles Hearing Center. She completed a Masters of Public health (MPH) degree in 1993 and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree in 1998 from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She

105-467: The colleges, then found a site within Los Angeles city limits for a permanent campus for Cal State LA. The Los Angeles Board of Education then bought the LACC site for $ 700,000. The in-state tuition and fees for 2017-2018 were $ 1,220, and out-of-state tuition and fees were $ 7,538. There is no application fee. The school utilizes a semester-based academic year. The student-faculty ratio is 23-to-1. Total enrollment

120-524: The former campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). From 1947 to 1955, the college shared its campus with California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), then known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences (LASCAAS), before the university moved to its present campus of 175 acres (71 ha) in the northeastern section of the City of Los Angeles, 5 miles (8 km) east of

135-485: The popular media include improved precision with which kids' brains capture sound, improved 'hearing in noise' (a proxy for 'focus') and improved literacy, specifically reading at grade level by third grade. In 2016 Harmony Project students—all from low-income homes—included two Fulbright Scholars , one Gates Millennium Scholar and one doctor (a dentist). Students in Harmony Project's Class of 2016 who participated in

150-587: The positive academic performance of Harmony Project students, in 2011 the program collaborated with Northwestern University 's Auditory Neuroscience Lab (aka Kraus Lab; www.brainvolts.northwestern.edu) in prospective randomized controlled research involving elementary-age Harmony Project students to explore the impact of intensive music training (5+ hours per week) on the developing brains, cognition, behavior and academic performance of Harmony students (all from low-income homes) relative to controls. Findings published in multiple scientific journals and widely covered within

165-552: The program at least three years experienced an average length of participation of 7 years; 98% will attend college in fall 2016; most are first-generation college students; 50% have been accepted into high value STEM majors. Harmony Project Affiliates have launched in Ventura CA, New Orleans LA, Tulsa OK, Kansas City MO, East St. Louis IL, Phoenix AZ, San Francisco CA, Hudson NY and Riverside CA. In 2015 Harmony Project's founding program in Los Angeles launched Harmony Project of America as

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180-512: The site. The Italian Romanesque campus became the original campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1919. In need of more space, UCLA moved to its present location in Westwood in 1929. On September 9, 1929, the campus opened its doors as Los Angeles Junior College with over 1,300 students and 54 teachers. The campus changed its name to Los Angeles City College in 1938. The California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA)

195-717: Was designated a 'Bright Spot in Hispanic Education' by a joint White House / U.S. Department of Education initiative. Margaret Martin (doctor of public health) Margaret Martin (born April 15, 1954) is the founder of the Harmony Project and was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2011 by the President Barack Obama for her work on the project. She is the author of The Illustrated Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth , which provides

210-690: Was formed in partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and to be conducted by famed conductor, Gustavo Dudamel . Harmony Project partnered with LAUSD 's Beyond the Bell program in 2009 and in the fall of that year launched the Hip Hop Orchestra, a string ensemble that performs contemporary popular music under the direction of composer and conductor Diane Louie. Harmony Project currently operates at 18 sites across California, and in 6 different states, serving over 6,500 students in all. Inspired by

225-548: Was founded on July 2, 1947 by an act of the California legislature and opened for classes as Los Angeles State College (LASC) on the campus of Los Angeles City College. As president of LACC, P. Victor Peterson also became the acting president of the state college. In 1949, when Howard S. McDonald became president of both Los Angeles State College and Los Angeles City College, they were housed in borrowed spaces with part-time faculty. He hired administrators to help him formally organize

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