Agarita Inspires! Vision

The Vision of Agarita Inspires! is to promote equitable access to the arts in order to enhance a child’s academic performance and social-emotional learning.

About Agarita Inspires!

Agarita Inspires! is dedicated to working with youth by:
-Developing partnerships with educators to provide musical programming in alignment with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
-Performing live concerts infusing standards of learning in schools, community spaces, and outdoors with Agarita’s mobile concert hall, Humble Hall.
-Partnering with youth serving programs throughout Bexar County.
-Targeting economically disadvantaged schools districts and communities in Bexar County. -Expanding our educational team with highly qualified and nationally recognized performers, educators, and administrators.

Agarita Inspires! Team

Agarita Inspires! was born out of a shared passion of Agarita’s four core members, all of whom have extensive teaching experience that ranges from early childhood education to K-12 certification, through the college and university level. Agarita Inspires! is directed by Agarita’s cellist, Ignacio Gallego, who was the Assistant Director of Strings at Alamo Heights High School for 5 years. In addition, Agarita has recruited some of the most skilled and renowned educators to assist in the development and execution of Agarita Inspires! Our advisory team includes Jeremy Brimhall, the former Director of Education and Community Engagement of the San Antonio Symphony, Tiffany Richardson, the co-founder of music education nonprofit Sound Impact and Director of Community Engagement with the National Philharmonic in Washington, D.C., as well as other nonprofit institutions and musicians across the country.

With your help, Agarita can bring meaningful music education to over 36,000 students by 2024.