Institute of Art, Music and Science is a non-profit organization that strives to provide K-12 student musicians throughout Long Beach, Bellflower, California as well as its surrounding communities the opportunity to hone their musical talents under the tutelage of music instructors at affordable costs. The institute was founded in 1990 and started with a single violin lesson, and has now grown to include lessons in oboe, piano, cello, flute, clarinet, trumpet, guitar, saxophone, and voice, as well as in art, math, and English.
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History
Though initially known as the Bellflower Conservatory, in 2000, the conservatory became a non-profit organization and gained the new name: the Institute of Art, Music, and Science (IAMS). The facility offers seven studios staffed by music instructors with educations from the University of Southern California.
Youth Musicians Program
With the funding of The Green Foundation in 2009- 2010, the institute was able to provide music scholarships to students in the surrounding schools based on financial need as well as the students' desire to learn classical music. Through this, the institute was able to provide a pathway for schools with limited art resources, to connect more young musicians with a music education that supports the cultivation of their musical talents.
This is still an expanding program.