Saturday Night Bath Concert Fund

SATURDAY NIGHT BATH CONCERT FUND IS AN 8-MUSICIAN PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE, WITH A 11-PERSON BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE ARE DEDICATED TO WRITING AND PERFORMING INDIGENOUS AMERICAN JAZZ AND BLUES MUSIC, AND EDUCATING UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH, GIVING ON AVERAGE, TWO DOZEN INTERACTIVE CONCERTS AND CLINICS A YEAR. WE BECAME AN INCORPORATED NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION IN 1993. THE INSTRUMENTS INCLUDE: 1 KEYBOARD, TRAP DRUMS, 1 BASS VIOL, 1 ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR, A 7-STRING BASS GUITAR, ELECTRIC & ACOUSTIC GUITARS, HARMONICAS, AND SAXOPHONES & FLUTE, ESSENTIALLY REPRESENTING PERCUSSION, REED/WOODWIND, KEYBOARDS, AND STRING PLAYERS. SINCE 1986 WE HAVE PERFORMED OVER 575-CONCERTS IN SCHOOLS AND DETENTION FACILITIES CONNECTING WITH OVER 45,000 AT-RISK YOUTH, ESSENTIALLY ONE-AT-A-TIME. OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM AND COMPOSE SIMPLE SONGS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. DURING EACH CONCERT, MUSIC IS PAUSED TO DESCRIBE THE ORIGINS OF THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, THE ELEMENTAL MECHANICS, THE INVENTORS, AND SOME FAMOUS CONTEMPORARY PLAYERS. WHEN APPLICABLE, 35MM SLIDES ARE SHOWN THAT ALSO CORRESPOND TO THE MUSIC; THIS ADDS A VISUAL MEDIA ELEMENT TO THE PROCESS. WE HAVE CIRCULATED QUESTIONNAIRES PRIOR TO AND AFTER OUR CLINICS FOR 28-YEARS. THEY ASSESS THE IMPACT, RELEVANCE, AND MUSIC PREFERENCES; WE HAVE 5-YEAR SYNOPSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. WE STRESS ATTENDING PRIVATE OR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AS WELL AS USING OUR MANY WEB LINK REFERRALS; THEY CAN THUS GET CONNECTED AND STUDY MUSIC COMPOSITION OR PERFORMANCE. THE LA COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION BECAME OUR FIRST SPONSOR IN 1986. THE RECORDING INDUSTRIES MUSIC PERFORMANCE TRUST FUND (NY) AND THE MUSICIANS UNION LOCAL #47 (LA) CONTINUE SUPPORTING US WITH CO-SPONSOR ALLOCATIONS COVERING 35% OF OUR MUSICIAN'S CONCERT WAGES. WE RECEIVED 3-YEAR CAL ARTS COUNCIL (CAC) MULTI-CULTURAL ENTRY LEVEL GRANTS IN 1995, '98 AND 2001, AND AN IMPACT GRANT IN 2004; THEIR EXEMPLARY ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP GRANT GREATLY EXPANDED OUR SEPARATE ACOUSTIC LECTURE VISITS. THE CITY OF LA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS BEGAN FUNDING IN 1991. CURRENT SPONSORS INCLUDE THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, THE CITIES OF WEST HOLLYWOOD, TORRANCE, & LOS ANGELES, THE MUSIC FUND OF LOS ANGELES, THE PUFFIN, BOLTON, JOHN D. PORTER, DEW, AND UNION BANK FOUNDATIONS, THE CARES ACT/LA COUNTY COVID-19 ARTS RELIEF GRANT, AND COUNTY SUPERVISORS HILDA SOLIS, KATHRYN BARGER, AND NOW HOLLY MITCHELL. WE COMPLETED OUR 8TH CONSECUTIVE LA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT CAMP SERIES THIS PAST OCTOBER. IN 2022 OUR LIVE AUDIENCE WAS OVER 2,000 PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AND HISPANIC YOUTHS FROM LOW-INCOME AREAS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THESE SCHOOLS CANNOT AFFORD MANY ESSENTIALS OR ANY MUSIC AND ART. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TO MANY PREGNANT TEEN SITES.