Kansas City Young Audiences

Kansas City Young Audiences mission is to engage all youth in the arts, promote creativity, and inspire success in education. About KCYA Kansas City Young Audiences is the original provider of arts education programs for children and youth in the Kansas City metro. Our programs serve approximately 100,000 students annually, and for many. it is their first brush with the arts. Nearly 70% of the students we serve come from lower-income homes and may not have access to these experiences if it werent for KCYA and our 150 partner teaching artists. Our Rallying Cry: Every child deserves the transformational spark the arts ignite! Our History Kansas City Young Audiences (KCYA) has been the leading provider of high-quality arts education for 55 years. Established as a non-profit agency in 1961 by a group of dedicated volunteers, KCYAs original mission was to provide children, in Kansas City schools, an opportunity to see and hear classical music performances. Since that time, K...