YOLA Sets Up Camp in the Woods
How spending time in Idyllwild sets students up for success.
Every year, YOLA students, teaching artists, and mentors head three hours east of Los Angeles to Idyllwild, CA, a small mountain encampment in Mt. San Jacinto State Park. There, they meet up with other young musicians from around the country, learn leadership skills, bond as musicians – and friends – and, as teaching artist Erica Zappia says, they “settle into a spiritual, musical place really quickly.”
Get an inside look at this wonderful artistic retreat in the video above.
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