Name

Austin Soundwaves

Legal name

Hispanic Alliance for the Performing Arts

Website

https://austinsoundwaves.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Education Services

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Group Music Classes & Ensembles (Band, Orchestra, Choir) (EDAMANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Music Lessons (Instrumental) (EDAMANAA), Music Instruction (Instrumental & Vocal) (EDAMAAAE), Early Childhood Music Education (Ages 0–7) (EDAMANAD)

Keywords

• Music education programs
• After-school music programs
• Youth orchestra training
• Community mariachi ensemble
• Arts education nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Program Fees: Revenue from tuition-based programs including Summer Music Camp ($385 per student), Soundwaves Symphony ($250 tuition), and Private Lesson Program. Scholarships are available to reduce barriers.
2. Donations and Contributions: Individual donations, monthly sustainer program (Soundwaves Sustainers), corporate sponsorships, and grants from foundations including H-E-B, National Endowment for the Arts, and City of Austin.
3. Planned Giving: Bequests, Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from IRAs, and estate planning vehicles. The organization accepts appreciated stocks, mutual funds, and Donor-Advised Fund grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Austin Soundwaves provides year-round music education programs including teaching band, orchestra, mariachi, and private lessons through partner schools, in-school residencies, community ensembles (Soundwaves Symphony, Mariachi Para Todos), the Draylen Mason Fellows youth development program, and a Summer Music Camp. Programs are delivered by teaching artists to K-12 students and intergenerational learners in the greater Austin area, with scholarships to ensure cost is not a barrier.

Product overview

Austin Soundwaves is a nonprofit music education organization operating as a single unified program rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization offers a portfolio of complementary music education services including School Partnerships (teaching band, orchestra, and lessons at partner schools), a Private Lesson Program for one-on-one instruction, Mariachi Para Todos (intergenerational community mariachi ensemble), Soundwaves Symphony (full orchestra ensemble for young musicians), the Draylen Mason Fellows Program (year-long youth development with social justice focus), and Summer Music Camp (five-day intensive in June). These programs serve students of all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels across the greater Austin area through school partnerships and community-based offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Music Transforms: Comprehensive campaign for Austin Soundwaves, a facility fundraising initiative to build the Austin Soundwaves Center within the Community Arts Collaborative.
• Soundwaves Sustainers
• Austin Soundwaves Center

Products and services

• School Partnerships Teaching band, orchestra, mariachi, and lessons at 40+ partner schools throughout the greater Austin area, delivered during and after school hours to K-12 students.
• Private Lesson Program (PLP) One-on-one music instruction offered to students seeking personalized, individualized lessons with teaching artists.
• Mariachi Para Todos Intergenerational community mariachi group offering free instruction to students ages 10-55+, meeting Monday evenings and supported by H-E-B and other sponsors.
• Soundwaves Symphony Orchestra for young musicians ages 11-22 featuring full orchestra repertoire including Beethoven, Dvorak, and Stravinsky; $250 tuition with scholarships available.
• Draylen Mason Fellows Program Year-long intensive creative youth development program for high school students honoring Draylen Mason's legacy, featuring social justice capstone projects; 100% of graduates attend colleges including Carnegie Mellon, Duke, NYU, Texas A&M, UT-Austin, and USC.
• Summer Music Camp Five-day summer program held in late June with pathways for beginners, early musicians, and advancing players across Explore & Create, Play & Progress, and Level Up & Lead tracks; $385 per student with early-bird and scholarships available.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of Draylen Mason Fellows Program graduates attending colleges
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• 40+ Partner SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool partnerships across the greater Austin area where Austin Soundwaves delivers music education programs during and after school. Schools include Austin ISD, Round ISD, Leander ISD, and others.
• McCallum Fine Arts AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides facilities for Soundwaves Symphony rehearsals on Monday evenings. Located at 5600 Sunshine Dr, Austin, TX 78756.
• Community Arts Collaborative (CAC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-organization arts facility being developed next to Marshall Middle School. Austin Soundwaves Center will be part of this collaborative, creating a home for the organization's programs and a 'third place' for thousands of students.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• VH1 Save The Music Foundation: National nonprofit investing in music education in public schools through grants, instruments, and advocacy. Comparable in school-partnership music access mission, but operates at national scale across many districts rather than as a single regional intensive program.
• Carnegie Hall Musical Connections: Carnegie Hall's social impact programs supporting music-making in justice settings and underserved communities. Comparable in providing intensive ensemble music education to marginalized youth with social justice framing similar to the Draylen Mason Fellows Program.

Direct peers

• Sphinx Organization: Detroit-based national nonprofit advancing diversity in classical music through education, artist development, and performing opportunities. Comparable in delivering intensive classical music programming to underrepresented youth with scholarship and career pipeline components.
• Harmony Project: Los Angeles-based nonprofit providing free music education and instruments to youth from low-income communities. Comparable mission of equitable access, intensive ensemble-based instruction, and college pipeline outcomes for underserved K-12 students.
• El Sistema USA: National network of music education programs rooted in the Venezuelan El Sistema model, providing free ensemble-based music instruction to underserved youth. Directly comparable as a community-anchored, equity-focused intensive music education nonprofit serving K-12 students through school and after-school programs.
• Little Kids Rock: National nonprofit partnering with public schools to provide free music instruction and instruments to K-12 students, with a focus on popular music genres. Comparable school-partnership GTM and equity-of-access mission, though with a different musical focus.
• Austin Youth Orchestra: Austin-based youth orchestra program providing ensemble performance opportunities for young musicians. Comparable as a regional orchestral training and performance outlet serving the same greater Austin student musician pool, with overlapping repertoire and conductor talent.
• Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation: National nonprofit donating musical instruments and supporting school music programs. Comparable in channeling funding and resources to expand K-12 music education access, with a school-district partnership model.
• Kids in a New Groove: Austin-based nonprofit providing free, personalized music mentorship to youth in the foster care system. Directly comparable as a hyper-local Austin music education nonprofit combining private instruction, instrument provision, and youth development outcomes.

Others

• Communities in Schools of Central Texas: Austin-area nonprofit providing wraparound student support services inside public schools. Comparable as a regional nonprofit deeply embedded in Austin ISD and surrounding districts through school-site partnerships, addressing equity gaps in educational access.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AustinSoundwaves
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/austin-soundwaves

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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