YAA has been meeting the challenge of the recent closures by introducing innovative virtual classes and performances that are on the cutting edge of the new digital musical theatre space.

However, the shift to virtual programming, comes at a significant cost. To continue making music this summer and into the fall, we need to make investments in technology — microphones and lighting for students, cameras for teachers, and new editing software.

And that’s where you come in.

YAA has received a generous donation — from Ed Grossman and Rochelle Stanfield and the Bill Grossman Fund of the Grossman Family Charitable Funds Inc. (GFCF) — that will help us match individual contributions up to $10,000 for these costly, but necessary items. So for every dollar you give between now and September 30, YAA will receive two!

If YAA has made a significant impact in your life or the life of your child, please consider sponsoring a piece of YAA Technology.

Your gift will ensure that the quality of YAA’s virtual programming is on par with the excellence you’ve come to expect from our in-person classes and performances. Your support will also allow students who don’t have access to technology to participate.

Even after the pandemic has passed, your gift will help YAA offer equal access to our programs, giving us the flexibility to work virtually with students who find transportation to be a barrier to participation.

YAA is a non-profit organization, and your gift is deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Please consider making a gift today, and help YAA Go Digital!

Sincerely,

Rolando Sanz, producing artistic director
Kristofer Sanz, music director
Lisa Larragoite, executive director

PS: Listen below to what our students were able to accomplish with only the most basic technology on our Beauty and the Beast Virtual Cast Album this past spring. Imagine what we can create with your support!

Young Artists of America · 1: Prologue (Performed by YAAOrchestra, Narrated by Diane Rehm)

Young Artists of America · 17: The Mob Song

Want to hear more? Donate to our campaign and we'll send you the link to the complete Virtual Cast Album of Beauty & the Beast as a thank you!

YAA Goes Digital!

By Young Artists of America

YAA Goes Digital!

Help YAA “Go Digital!” by sponsoring a piece of technology for our students!

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