OUR MISSION
The mission of Life, Through Music, Inc. is to create a healthy and positive atmosphere to foster a more productive and positive outcome holistically in the lives of our underserved, underprivileged youth by providing academic, social, and emotional support for our youth as well as youth with IEP-/504 plans through musical, mentoring, social services, mental and physical health programming and enrichment experiences, assisting them in achieving their potential as they develop confidence, cooperation, leadership, responsibility, accountability, determination and high standards of excellence and character. Through the development of their subconscious and consciousness.
"Children are our greatest treasure. The are our future"
-Nelson Mandela
Through Performing Arts, LTM seeks to:
Community-Based:
Reflect the Mission of Life, Through Music as a community-based educational program striving to be a caring and committed provider of emotional support and educational services to the community and region, and as a center for educational excellence and economic development.
Diversity:
Serve culturally and ethnically diverse audiences with a varied array of outstanding national, local, and emerging talent performances, while inspiring audiences to engage and appreciate familiar and unfamiliar variations of contemporary, traditional, and classical programming.
Collaboration:
Collaborate with arts agencies, group homes, juvenile facilities, other performance groups, school systems, and colleges/universities to assure innovation and creativity between and among the diverse players in bringing music and artistic expression to the public.
Artistic Expression:
Enhance the cultural milieu that exists today, while affirming that Life, Through Music is a regional, national, and international attraction and destination and is uniquely positioned to impart the qualities of artistic creativity and expression that contribute to the development of the whole person and understanding of the human spirit.
" We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seasoned and Emerging Artists:
Provide an inspiring venue and support facilities for professional, seasoned, and emerging musicians, educators, and company performances, as a cultural arts and arts education destination for residents, college students, and the surrounding region.
Cultural Legacy:
Respect the attitudes, beliefs, ways, and values of the community, region, culture, State, and of the region's history and cultural legacy as reflected in music, fine arts, and other forms of creative programming and artistic expression.
"If the youth become a little more conscious & aware then we have a great future for humanity in making"
Arts in Education:
Advocate furtherance of the arts in educational planning, programs, and instruction of the Public-school systems and for other educational systems, public agencies, and community developments; and
Fiscal Responsibility:
Assure fiscal accountability and cost-effectiveness for all programming, while balancing the need for recovery of expenses and revenue generation, with price affordability and public access, and while enabling expanded series opportunities through sponsorships, grants, cooperative ventures, patron investments, private gift support and innovative
Growth and Vitality:
Foster the importance of the performing arts for community development and for the economic growth and vitality of the city, school, culture particularly to enhance the quality of life.
