Thank You to Our Major Donors and Sponsors
Grand Vision Thanks Our Supporters
Crail Johnson Foundation
Jerico Development
LAUSD
California Arts Council
Councilman Joe Buscaino
LA County Arts Commission
City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
Natl. Endowment for the Arts
Supervisor Janice Hahn
Norris Foundation
US Bank
Malaga Bank
PDM CPAs
Port of Los Angeles
Bravo Music School
Nederlander Concerts
Boeing Employees Community Fund
A. J. Khair Construction
Fred Allen & Linda Grimes
Bettis Insurance
Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council
DoubleTree San Pedro
Dougherty Company
Harbor Breeze Cruises
Rancho LPG
SA Recycling
Thank You to
Our Supporters
Grand Vision Thanks Our Concert Program Advertisers
Holland Partner Group/550 Harbor Front, Rotary Club of San Pedro, Skypark Preferred Family Care, Big Nick's Pizza
Harris Realty, Pappy's Seafood
Port of LA, Tim & Connie McOsker, We Mail For You
AltaSea. Andy & Renee & Hard Rain, Atteberry Group,
Baramee Thai Restaurant,
Carl and Arda Clark (Beach City Brokers), Bob Bradarich (ReMax), Nick Warnoc/Farmers Insurance
Ryan Blaney/Bolomini International, Urban Feet
Daily Breeze
LOVE THE LOBBY CAMPAIGN
Thanks to Councilman Buscaino & The City of Los Angeles for Donating Generously to Love the Lobby.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, San Pedro
Our Hotel Partner!
Thanks to Councilman Buscaino & The City of Los Angeles for Donating Generously to Love the Lobby.
Grand Vision Box Office Hours are Monday - Friday
from 10 AM to 6 PM
(310) 833-4813
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, San Pedro
Our Hotel Partner!
The DoubleTree by Hilton San Pedro / Port of Los Angeles Harbor offers comfortable & convenient accommodations to guests who wish to create an overnight get-away experience when attending our performances!
We Are:
The official Friends Group to the historic art deco Warner Grand Theatre in downtown San Pedro, California.
The Grand Annex, a 150-seat cabaret concert venue down the street from the Warner Grand.
Meet the Music, a free educational program which introduces music to Harbor Area students.
A welcoming place to volunteer and get involved!
Rising to the Occasion: Meet the Music
in the Time of COVID-19
March 2020 arrived with a gasp. Riding high on a successful season of student holiday concerts and followed by a thrilling performance by the LA Opera for 1,500 fourth and fifth graders in January, Grand Vision Foundation's education department, Meet the Music (MTM), was preparing to round off what promised to be a remarkably impactful school year. Then, like a bolt from the blue, schools and offices shuttered and it seemed that our mission of ensuring equitable, outstanding music education for all had met an insurmountable obstacle. After nearly a decade of honing our in-person course offerings, this news came as quite a shock. READ MORE
Special Feature:
An Interview with Lee Sweet, Warner Grand Theatre Manager
Recently, GVF's Executive Director, Liz Johnson caught up with Lee Sweet, Manager at the Warner Grand to talk about what's going at the Theatre. Many of you who know and love Lee know he is a dedicated City of LA employee, highly intelligent, with an offbeat, original sense of humor.
Here's the full interview.
Here's the full interview.
Welcome Kris Bergstrom, GVF Artist-in-Residence
Master taiko drummer Kristofer Bergstrom is a co-founder of the Los Angeles Taiko Institute in Torrance and has been the lead instructor of Grand Vision's Team Taiko program since 2016.
This spring and summer, Kris brings his creative expertise and indomitable spirit to the Grand Annex to develop a new work, specifically influenced by the proximity to the Port of Los Angeles.
Over the course of the residency, we'll see clips of the artist at work, a livestream presentation about the artistic process and the premier performance of the new composition. READ MORE
This spring and summer, Kris brings his creative expertise and indomitable spirit to the Grand Annex to develop a new work, specifically influenced by the proximity to the Port of Los Angeles.
Over the course of the residency, we'll see clips of the artist at work, a livestream presentation about the artistic process and the premier performance of the new composition. READ MORE
GVF Awarded a Quartet of California Arts Council Grants!
This spring, the California Arts Council has generously recognized Grand Vision''s educational programs, Meet the Music and Team Taiko.
The California Arts Council awarded 1,500 grants across 15 different program areas. Grand Vision received awards in four categories to support our elementary school programs: Roots of Music, Recorders-in-Schools, and arts integration training for classroom teachers, as well as for Team Taiko, a Japanese drumming workshop series that promotes community engagement through music making. FULL ARTICLE
The California Arts Council awarded 1,500 grants across 15 different program areas. Grand Vision received awards in four categories to support our elementary school programs: Roots of Music, Recorders-in-Schools, and arts integration training for classroom teachers, as well as for Team Taiko, a Japanese drumming workshop series that promotes community engagement through music making. FULL ARTICLE
