A MESSAGE FROM OUR MUSIC EDUCATORSWe are all going through hard times and facing challenges. Our lives are being made over and we long both for creativity and stability. At SFYSA, we are offering consistency to our students and continued opportunities for learning and creativity. Please enjoy hearing from the heart of our organization (teaching artists and conductors) directly as they talk about all we're doing, the unexpected surprises and gifts, and their faith and passion for music. We love teaching our kids, seeing them grow and amaze us. Please help us continue if you can. We can't do it without you.
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A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR OUR CAMPAIGN DONORS
Each and every one of our donors has a unique story and a special connection to our work and organization. You can click through to find out how we are all connected. Thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts. YOU are the reason we are here today. Please note we are updating this page weekly.
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The Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association is a 501(c3) non profit organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
EIN: 85-0436819 Your donations are 100% tax-deductible and will be acknowledged in writing to ensure proper documentation. |
MAILING YOUR DONATION
If you prefer to send a check by mail, please send to: SFYSA
1000 Cordova Pl #190
Santa Fe, NM 87505
“Music has always been a way to express myself and be peaceful and feel free,” shares Frida who learned to play the violin in our Elementary Strings program when she was 8 years old.
Now as a high school senior she shares the central role of music in her life from her college application essay. “[When I was eight,] I immediately fell in love with the instrument.... I discovered a whole other side of music and it has impacted my life greatly. Music created a deep connection within me that spread out to my family. Music became my safe and happy place. With music, I could concentrate as I studied and memorized my notes. Music did many things for me. It made me want to sit down in my room, do my homework and jam out. It also made me want to sing or yell at the top of my lungs until I couldn’t catch my breath. [Growing up], music was an escape from hard realities; it fed my soul and made me stronger.”
So many of our students share with us their sense of connection and belonging, along with their joy of music.
As they learn to play an instrument, discover new music and excellence in our orchestras, develop improvisation skills in our jazz programs, or find the discipline and expression of Mariachi! With the only full orchestra experience available to youth in Santa Fe, programs for youth from 6-18 years old, and opportunities for home, charter, private and public school students, we gather our youth together across different socioeconomic situations and northern New Mexico from 45 different schools.
100% of our students benefit from the support of your gift, along with the support of grants and business sponsors. Tuition for all of our programs is kept low - from $475 for a full year of programming, and available for as little as $50 on a sliding scale. 25% of our students receive significant tuition assistance, and 130 of our youngest students receive an instrument as part of their program. Access and inclusion for all of our youth is core to our values and we never turn an interested student away. Many of our graduating seniors have been part of our programs for 6-10 years!
Please join us in making our programs and performances possible for students like Frida. Your gift helps make sure there can be many Fridas whose success, freedom and ease are bolstered by their experience of music!
Now as a high school senior she shares the central role of music in her life from her college application essay. “[When I was eight,] I immediately fell in love with the instrument.... I discovered a whole other side of music and it has impacted my life greatly. Music created a deep connection within me that spread out to my family. Music became my safe and happy place. With music, I could concentrate as I studied and memorized my notes. Music did many things for me. It made me want to sit down in my room, do my homework and jam out. It also made me want to sing or yell at the top of my lungs until I couldn’t catch my breath. [Growing up], music was an escape from hard realities; it fed my soul and made me stronger.”
So many of our students share with us their sense of connection and belonging, along with their joy of music.
As they learn to play an instrument, discover new music and excellence in our orchestras, develop improvisation skills in our jazz programs, or find the discipline and expression of Mariachi! With the only full orchestra experience available to youth in Santa Fe, programs for youth from 6-18 years old, and opportunities for home, charter, private and public school students, we gather our youth together across different socioeconomic situations and northern New Mexico from 45 different schools.
100% of our students benefit from the support of your gift, along with the support of grants and business sponsors. Tuition for all of our programs is kept low - from $475 for a full year of programming, and available for as little as $50 on a sliding scale. 25% of our students receive significant tuition assistance, and 130 of our youngest students receive an instrument as part of their program. Access and inclusion for all of our youth is core to our values and we never turn an interested student away. Many of our graduating seniors have been part of our programs for 6-10 years!
Please join us in making our programs and performances possible for students like Frida. Your gift helps make sure there can be many Fridas whose success, freedom and ease are bolstered by their experience of music!
