LamusArt

Name

LamusArt

Legal name

Los Angeles Music and Art School

Website

https://lamusart.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arts Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Fine Arts Schools (611610), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAGALAK

Children’s & Youth Educational Entertainment (Edutainment)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Educational Media & Multimedia (Video, Audio, Interactive)

Keywords

• Arts education programs
• Music instruction
• Performing arts training
• Youth arts education
• Nonprofit arts school

Headquarters

HQ city

Adygeya

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Registration Fees: Monthly tuition charges based on number of classes scheduled. Annual registration fee of $50 per family. Class-specific pricing for music lessons ($16-29 per lesson), art classes ($19 per class), dance classes ($16 per class), and drama classes ($16 per class). Camp MusArt tuition at $1,200-1,300 for summer program.
2. Donations and Fundraising: Relies on charitable donations from individuals and organizations. Accepts one-time and recurring donations at various levels from $1 to $10,000+. Circle of Friends programs tied to board members. Donor-advised funds, bequests, and securities gifts accepted.
3. Corporate and Foundation Grants: Funding from government arts councils (CA Arts Council, LA County Department of Arts and Culture) and private foundations (Friars Charitable Foundation, Find Your Light Foundation, Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, etc.)
4. Scholarship Fund: Dedicated scholarship fund accepting donations at levels including $20 (One Lesson), $100 (One Month), $250 (Three Months), $500 (Six Months), $1,000 (One Year)
5. Retail Sales: Online store selling merchandise designed by students, gift cards, and other items. Free shipping on purchases over $75, flat $6 shipping otherwise
6. Facility Rentals: Short-term rental of recording studio, rehearsal rooms, and multipurpose spaces for rehearsals, recitals, and recording sessions. Includes parking access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LamusArt is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts education organization that provides affordable, multidisciplinary and sequential arts instruction in music, visual art, dance, and drama to predominantly K-12 students in the greater East Los Angeles area. Its offerings span private and group lessons, tuition-free ensemble programs, an Audio Engineering course sequence, and a summer day camp, all delivered at a single 11,000 square foot East LA campus with 20 classrooms and a recording studio.

Product overview

LAMusArt is a nonprofit arts education organization offering a multidisciplinary portfolio of programs for students of all ages and skill levels. Its core offerings include Music Lessons (private instruction in piano, guitar, violin, drums, brass, woodwinds, voice plus ensemble programs), Visual Art Classes (drawing and painting for ages 5+), Dance Classes (ballet, hip-hop, jazz from age 4), Drama Classes (acting instruction for ages 8+), and Summer Camp MusArt. Additional specialized programs include an Audio Engineering course sequence (101-401) and tuition-free music ensembles (Youth Orchestra, Choir, Jazz, Mariachi). The organization also offers facility rentals for recording and rehearsals. Programs operate Monday-Thursday 2pm-8pm and Saturday 8am-4pm from its 11,000 square foot East Los Angeles facility featuring 20 classrooms, 4 multi-purpose rooms, and a recording studio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Music Lessons and Instruction Individual and group music instruction including private lessons in piano, guitar, violin, cello, woodwinds, drums, trumpet, and voice for students from age 4 through adult, scheduled Monday-Thursday 2pm-8pm and Saturday 8am-4pm at the East Los Angeles campus.
• Visual Art Classes Group visual arts instruction for students beginning at age 5 and continuing through adulthood, including Art for the Young (Ages 5-7), Art I (Ages 8-10), and Art II (Ages 11+), covering drawing, painting, and creative exploration with emphasis on California Standards for the Visual Arts and class sizes limited to 10 students.
• Dance Classes Dance instruction including Parent & Me Ballet (Ages 4-5), Pre-Ballet (Ages 6-8), Ballet I and II (Ages 8+), Hip-Hop I and II (Ages 7+), serving over 80 young people per year in approximately 212 group lessons with annual private recitals.
• Drama Classes Weekly drama and acting instruction exposing children as young as 8 to character creation, line memorization, stage direction, improvisation, and character analysis, with Drama I (Ages 8-11) and Drama II (Ages 12+) and quarterly performances for family and friends, with class sizes limited to 10 students.
• Camp MusArt Summer Program Summer arts day program for students ages 7-16 offering daily lessons in music, art, dance, and drama, culminating in a ticketed outdoor performance, with tuition of $1,200 (early bird before March 14) or $1,300 (regular) and payment plans available.
• Audio Engineering Program Sequential 10-week audio engineering courses covering Recording Essentials 101, Proficiency 201, Mastery 301, and Mixing & Editing 401, providing hands-on training in studio equipment and software including GarageBand, ProTools, Logic, and Cubase/Nuendo, and preparing students for music production careers and professional recording engineering programs.
• Facility Rentals Short-term rental of LAMusArt facilities including the recording studio, rehearsal rooms, and multipurpose spaces for external rehearsals, recitals, and recording sessions, with Metro Gold Line access and a 30-space parking lot at 3630 E. 3rd Street.
• Tuition-Free Music Ensembles Free ensemble programs including Youth Orchestra, Mariachi Ensemble, LAMusArt Choir, Strings Program in select LA schools, and Jazz Ensemble, serving over 80 young musicians and vocalists annually, funded in part by CA Arts Council and Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture grants.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• National Guild for Community Arts Education: National membership organization supporting community arts education providers. Not a direct competitor but a peer network representing similar institutions including LAMusArt; useful for benchmarking and shared advocacy.

Direct peers

• Community Music Center of San Francisco: San Francisco-based nonprofit community music school founded in 1921 offering tuition-subsidized music education. Comparable model on nonprofit community music school structure, sliding-scale tuition, and scholarship-funded access.
• YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles): LA Philharmonic's youth orchestra program providing free intensive music instruction to LA-area youth. Directly comparable on tuition-free ensemble model and K-12 underserved community focus, though anchored by a major institutional sponsor.
• A Place Called Home: South LA-based youth development nonprofit offering arts programming among other services. Comparable on LA location, underserved K-12 youth focus, and nonprofit community-based model.
• Education Through Music - Los Angeles: LA-based nonprofit that partners with schools to provide music education to underserved students. Comparable on mission (equitable arts access for underserved K-12), LA geography, and grant/foundation funding model.
• Inner-City Arts: LA-based nonprofit arts education organization serving underserved youth with multidisciplinary programming (visual art, drama, dance, music). Closest direct peer in terms of mission, scale, and LA geographic focus.
• Silverlake Conservatory of Music: Los Angeles nonprofit music school founded by Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Directly comparable in private music instruction plus scholarship-based access, and serves as a sister nonprofit music school within the broader LA ecosystem.
• The People's Music School: Chicago-based nonprofit providing free, high-quality music education to underserved youth. Comparable model on free tuition, K-12 underserved focus, and intensive sequential instruction — though serves a different metropolitan market.
• Harmony Project: LA-based nonprofit providing free, high-quality music education to underserved youth. Directly comparable model: tuition-free ensembles, K-12 focus, grant-funded, similar community-based mission in Los Angeles.

Regional players

• Center for the Arts Eagle Rock: Highland Park/Eagle Rock (adjacent to East LA) community arts nonprofit offering multidisciplinary programming to local youth. Geographically adjacent and serves overlapping demographic; smaller and more emerging than LAMusArt.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/lamusart2013
• Facebookfacebook.com/lamusart
• Instagraminstagram.com/lamusart
• Xx.com/lamusart

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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