About Us

Mission Statement

To educate, equip, and empower youth through music, technology and the arts

RYTMO’s beginnings came not only for a love for music but a community and youth’s need for music.

RYTMO began in 2003, when a community's desire for musical expression merged with our dedication to quality music education.

RYTMO provides a positive, creative, and professional environment for low-income/disenfranchised youth to express and develop their musical talents, attain greater personal achievement, and gain fundamental occupational skills for the music industry.

Through RYTMO, music provides a sense of achievement and helps to improve coordination, discipline, imagination, and self-confidence. It also has a therapeutic, calming, and ultimately, energizing effect. The creation of an original composition will build self-esteem, awaken creativity and fine-tune listening skills, additionally, an appreciation of teamwork has been shown to improve academic outcomes in other areas of study.

RYTMO provides a positive, creative, and professional environment for low-income/disenfranchised youth to express and develop their musical talents, attain greater personal achievement, and gain fundamental occupational skills for the music industry.

Music education has been proven to improve coordination, discipline, and imagination, and provide self-confidence and a sense of achievement.

RYTMO Team

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Mike Anderson

Executive Director

Carla Wells

Communications Manager

Deb Gast

Controller

Board Members

Consultants

Barry Girsh
Web Development

Scott Evans
oc grants

Larendee Roos
Roos Advisors

John Raasch
licensed clinical social worker

Dr. Debra Schroeder
vibrant minds charter school

Mike Adams
samuel adams trust

Kinsley Whittet
My Day Counts

Yoli Origel
cancer kinship

Victoria M. Torres
a million dreams consulting

RYTMO does not, by policy and/or practice, discriminate against a person and/or groups on the basis of race, color, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital, family or veteran status, in compliance with all federal, state, and/or local laws.