RECREATIONAL MUSIC CENTER

RMC’s vision is that arts education will evolve into a more innovative, engaging, inspiring, and financially sustainable endeavor for teachers, students, and arts education supporters now and in generations to come because RMC provided a replicable model for music education in the 21 st century.

This commitment to excellence and innovation in the field of music education is fueled by the belief and first-hand observations that the trajectory of a person’s life can be significantly altered by the power of music both emotionally and cognitively. For young children under the age of six, neural pathways (directly linked to higher IQ) are still forming. Music is one of the only activities that can simultaneously stimulate all key areas of the developing brain including, physical, social and emotional, cognitive, language and literacy.

To this end, RMC has formed strategic partnerships with such entities as the Monarch School, San Diego Juvenile Court Community School (JCCS), Alternative Schools for Learning, Behavior, and Attitude (ALBA), Urban Corps, and San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). RMC has provided outstanding and meaningful programming to some of the most vulnerable youth populations in San Diego County.