Key to Change inspires underserved youth through world-class music instruction and supports their development as self-aware leaders through a holistic environment where they can flourish. Key to Change removes the barrier to entry for underserved students and students of color with an inclusive approach that helps build trust and connection. By offering excellent music instruction below the market rate, Key to Change extends the benefits of a classical music education to a new generation of young musicians.

Key to Change Spring Salon Fundraiser 2024

Sunday, April 7, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)

Key to Change invites the public to its 7th annual Spring Salon Fundraiser. The Spring Salon Fundraiser is an awards ceremony that features…

$125

Key to Change Holiday Studio Recital

Saturday, December 16, 2023 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Key to Change Studio, Renton, WA, United States

The Key to Change holiday concert will feature student performers playing pieces they have studied during the fall trimester. Join us at ou…

Free

Northwest Symphony Orchestra: Music from Latin America (Family Concert)

Saturday, October 14, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Alberto GinasteraFour Dances from Estancia (Suite), Op. 8a
Bob PhillipsDanza Española (with students from Highline School District & Key to Change)
Astor Piazzolla"I. Verano Porteño" from Las cuatro estaciones porteñas ("The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires") (Hana Gottesman, violin)
Miguel del ÁguilaCaribeña ("Caribbean")
Various — Selected works (arias & boleros TBA; José Iñiguez, tenor)
Arturo MárquezDanzón No. 2

$20 ($15 senior/student)

Key to Change Summer Finale Concert 2023

Saturday, August 19, 2023 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Key to Change Studio, Renton, WA, United States

Cheer on our students as they brave the stage to display what they have learned over the past 14 weeks. This concert will feature student p…

Free

Key to Change: Celebrate Juneteenth With Black Composers

Saturday, June 17, 2023 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Key to Change Studio, Renton, WA, United States
Curtis Stewart — Selected works
Caleb Vaughn-Jones — Selected works

Free (RSVP required)

Key to Change's Spring Salon

Sunday, May 7, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)

We invite you to celebrate the students of Key to Change and their achievements!

Register today for a chance to witness the next generation …

Free (RSVP required; $103 pre-concert reception)

Holiday Student Concert – Open House & Alumni Reception

Saturday, December 17, 2022 @ 12:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Key to Change Studio, Renton, WA, United States

Celebrate in style and join our string studio for the Holiday Concert filled with beautiful music performed by our middle and high school v…

Free (RSVP required)

Key to Change Summer Finale Student Concert

Saturday, August 13, 2022 @ 1:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Hope Church, Renton, WA, USA

Cheer on our students as they brave the stage to display what they have learned over the past 14 weeks. This concert will feature student p…

Free

Key to Change Spring Salon Fundraiser

Sunday, May 15, 2022 @ 5:15pm – 6:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Patrice Rushen — Selected works

Free (RSVP required)

Key to Change Spring Salon Fundraiser

Sunday, May 15, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Opera at the Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Patrice Rushen — Selected works

$100

Key to Change: Solo String Festival

Sunday, April 10, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Weekend competition for middle & high school violin & viola players. Prizes include scholarship money, gift certificates, & music supplies.

Free (Free (registration required))

Key to Change: Solo String Festival

Friday, April 8, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Weekend competition for middle & high school violin & viola players. Prizes include scholarship money, gift certificates, & music supplies.

Free (Free (registration required))

Key to Change: Josh Gindele String Masterclass

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 @ 10:00pm – 11:30pm (EST)
Online event

Josh began his cello studies at the age of 3 playing a viola his teacher had fitted with an endpin. He has shared the stage with some of th…

Free (RSVP required)

Key to Change: Jason Amos String Masterclass

Friday, January 7, 2022 @ 10:00pm – 11:30pm (EST)
Online event

Jason Amos began his viola studies at age eleven through the public schools in his hometown of Southfield, MI. Jason serves on faculty at P…

RSVP required

Key to Change: Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 12, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Carco Theater, Renton, WA, United States
Key to Change violin & viola students will perform during this festive holiday concert.

Free

Key to Change: Holiday Concert

Friday, December 10, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Carco Theater, Renton, WA, United States
Key to Change violin & viola students will perform during this festive holiday concert.

Free (Free)

UW Symphony with Rachel Lee Priday & Quinton Morris, violins

Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Robert Schumann – Overture to Hermann und Dorothea, Op.136
Maurice Ravel – Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, & string quartet
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Sinfonie Concertante in G major, Op. 13, No. 2
Maurice Ravel, arr. David Alexander Rahbee – Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 82 in C major, Hob. I:82 "L’ours" ("Bear")

$10

Northwest Symphony Orchestra Family Concert

Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Bruce Stark – The Vigor of Hope (brass fanfare) (Seattle premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Selections from Carnival of the Animals
Edvard Grieg – "Morning Mood" & "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville")
Gustav Holst – "Jig" from St. Paul's Suite in C major, Op. 29, No. 2
Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356
Ferdinand Hérold – Overture to Zampa
Georges Bizet – "IV. Farandole" from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2

$20 ($15 senior/student)

Key to Change: Nicole Cherry String Masterclass

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 @ 10:00pm – 11:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Masterclass with Dr. Nicole Cherry, Assistant Professor of Violin at The University of Texas at San Antonio & violinist with the Marian Anderson String Quartet.

Free (Free (registration required))