"Music is a birthright that must be
shared equally by all."
Carl St.Clair, music director
MAKE A GIFT TO HEARTSTRINGS TODAY!
Heartstrings is a major community-wide program providing free access to concerts, hands-on enrichment activities and transportation for a range of underserved local residents in partnership with Orange County agencies. Live music experiences are customized to help Heartstrings Partner organizations fulfill their missions and to have the most meaningful impact on participants. Pacific Symphony is committed to sharing the joy and power of music with all Orange County residents, regardless of their age, background, socio-economic conditions or other circumstances.
“My CASA kid was just in complete and utter AWE… she kept saying all night long how much fun she was having; her young eyes could not absorb enough. I don’t even know if she blinked.” — Elise Froistad, MFT, program manager, CASA
Heartstrings Partners
(Click for more information about each partner)
Academy of Music for the Blind
Age Well Senior Services
Alzheimer's Association
Arts & Learning Conservatory
Asian American Senior Citizens Service Center
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Boys & Girls Club of Garden Grove
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana
Breakthrough San Juan Capistrano
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
El Sol Science and Arts Academy
Friendship Shelter
Girls, Inc.
Jewish Federation & Family Services Orange County
Orange County Rescue Mission
New Hope Presyterian Church
Santa Ana Unified School District
Savanna School District
The Autism Community in Action (TACA)
THINK Together
The Center for Autism
& Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Working Wardrobes
Interested in becoming a Heartstrings Partner? Contact Mary Hawkes, director of community engagement, MHawkes@PacificSymphony.org