Category: News
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2024 Virtual Volunteer Training Seminar
Time & Date: 7:00 pm, Sunday, October 20, 2024 Guest Lecturers: Dr. Angela Park, Prof. of Music Education, California Baptist UniversityDr. Andrew Park, Prof. of Piano, Azusa Pacific University Dr. Kangwon Kim, Music Director of Love in Music/Violinist — Love in Music’s 2024 Volunteer Training Seminar will be held on Sunday, 10/20/24 from 7:30 pm… Read more
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Love in Music won the L. A. County Creative Recovery and Supplemental Grants in 2023 & 2024
6-30-2023 Creative Recovery Grant: We are thrilled to announce that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, through the American Rescue Plan Act and Department of Arts and Culture, has selected Love in Music as a recipient of the Supplemental Creative Recovery Grant! This new funding follows our initial Creative Recovery LA Grant awarded in… Read more
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Live Interview: Gloria Lee, Exec. Director of Love in Music
On the occasion of the 2024 Love in Music Annual Concert (in Korean; subtitle available in English) May 15, 2024 Two weeks prior to the upcoming Annual Concert of Love in Music that will be held on 6/1/24 at the Oriental Mission Church’s Main Sanctuary, Love in Music had an opportunity to publicize the annual… Read more
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Love in Music’s Violin Student Achieves First Harvard Admission
December 20, 2023 Fiki (17, full name: Oluwafikunayomi Tosin-Oni), a 12th-grade student at MaCES High School in LA County, received early admission notification from Harvard on December 14. As the youngest son of a Nigerian immigrant family, Fiki’s family and the Love in Music community are overjoyed at this achievement. President Kwan-il Park expressed his… Read more
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Donation by L.A. Violin Shop
May 2, 2022 Thank you, L.A. Violin Shop!! We sincerely appreciate the continued support of L.A. Violin Shop that has donated valuable instruments in reasonable condition including pre-owned violins and cellos, as well as some musical supplies such as shoulder rests during the past years. With the recent donation of a 1/2 size pre-owned cello… Read more
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Donation by Korean American Modeling Association (KAMA)
April 23, 2022 Love in Music deeply appreciates the donation of $1,500 by the Korean American Modeling Association (KAMA), a fund raised from the association’s 2022 Spring Auction in support of Love in Music. (Left: Jenny Cho, President/CEO of KAMA. Right: Gloria Lee, Executive Director of Love in Music) Read more
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Won the 2021 Open Stewardship Foundation Grant
March 1, 2022 SPECIAL THANKS TO OPEN STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION Selecting as one of the recipients of the 2021 Open Stewardship Foundation Grant in recognition of our commitment and dedication to the community, Open Stewardship Foundation has officially notified us in a letter congratulating our continued commitment and dedication for the community. With no major external… Read more
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Opening Ceremony of Love in Music’s South Bay Branch
August 28, 2021 On August 28, 2021, Love in Music celebrated the grand opening of its South Bay branch at Torrance First Presbyterian Church. The event brought together 41 attendees, including dedicated Korean teaching volunteers, students, and other supporters. The South Bay branch will offer free weekly music lessons every Saturday, providing instruction in violin,… Read more
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Love in Music Welcomes New Music Director Professor Kangwon Kim
June 4, 2021 In June 2021, Love in Music appointed Professor Kangwon Kim as the new Music Director. Professor Kim holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is an alumna of Oberlin Conservatory. She currently teaches at Ripon College in Wisconsin, the University of Pennsylvania, and Lawrence Conservatory. Additionally,… Read more
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Love in Music Honored with HIPP Award for Community Service
April 20, 2021 Love in Music was awarded the HIPP Award in the Pay It Forward category, honoring its commitment to bridging racial divides through music. Since its founding in May 2007 in Los Angeles, Love in Music has brought together Korean volunteers to teach free music lessons to Black and Hispanic youth. This long-standing… Read more