Help Students Get to the Concert

The concert is free. Getting there isn’t.

This school year, Alamo City Arts has an ambitious goal: 15,000 students. 16 free educational concerts. Countless opportunities to inspire.

Through our Arts Connect: Student Concert Series, students from across San Antonio and surrounding communities experience live symphony orchestras, concert bands, mariachi, ballet, and ballet folklórico through engaging, TEKS-aligned educational performances.

These concerts are presented at high school venues throughout participating school districts, giving students opportunities to experience the excitement of live performing arts beyond their own classrooms.

But for some Title I schools, there is one significant obstacle: the cost of getting there.

Even when admission is free, school transportation budgets can limit participation and prevent students from experiencing these educational opportunities.

One Bus. 50 Students. A World of Possibilities.

Established through a generous founding gift from Molly Zebrowski, the Arts Connect Access Transportation Fund helps remove this financial barrier by providing transportation assistance to eligible Title I schools.

A school bus can transport approximately 50 students, and our fund can provide up to $200 in assistance per bus.

That means just $4 can help cover transportation for one student.

Your gift can help make a difference:

$20 helps transport approximately 5 students.
$50 helps transport approximately 12 students.
$100 helps cover half of a $200 bus stipend.
$200 can help fund one bus carrying approximately 50 students.
$400 can help fund two buses carrying approximately 100 students.

Building Access Beyond This School Year

Our goal is to reach 15,000 students through 16 educational concerts this school year. While not every participating school will need transportation assistance, we want funding to be available for those that do.

Contributions not needed for transportation this school year will remain in the fund to help students attend future concerts.

With continued community support, we can build a sustainable transportation resource that helps schools overcome this barrier year after year.

Help Us Fill the Buses and Open the Doors

For some children, attending one of our concerts may be their first opportunity to hear a live orchestra, experience the energy of mariachi, or discover the beauty of dance.

These experiences can spark curiosity, celebrate cultural heritage, connect classroom learning to the real world, and inspire a lifelong appreciation for the arts.

No student should miss that opportunity simply because their school cannot afford a bus.

The concert is free. You can help get them there.