Academy of Music for the Blind

🍂 You’re invited to AMB’s 2025 Fall Fanfare! 🎶

Join us for an afternoon of music, inspiration, and community as students from The Academy of Music for the Blind take the stage!

📅 Saturday, November 15, 2025
🕒 3:00 PM (Reception & refreshments to follow)
📍 Calvary Baptist Church
6548 Newlin Ave, Whittier, CA 90601

Your generosity helps make music education accessible for all.💛
Suggested $20 donation (tax-deductible) to support AMB Scholarships.
We look forward to seeing you! ✌🌟

As we look ahead to the new year we wanted to reflect on a few of our favorite moments from 2024 inside the AMB classrooms. We’re excited about the future of AMB and look forward to building a more vibrant community for the blind in the new year! Find out how to get involved by visiting our website! Link in bio. ✌🏼🙏🏼❤️

Image Descriptions: We see students and instructors inside the classroom settings.

As we look back and reflect on 2024, we are grateful for the bridges we’ve built in the community and with other organizations that are of service to the blind. One of those amazing friendships we’ve developed is with . We appreciate their support and highlighting our experiences together and hope to build equally amazing bridges in 2025. Make sure to give Blind Canvas a follow! Their huge hearts and dedication to the blind community are inspiring. ❤️✌🏼

Image/video description: We see logos of AMB and Blind Canvas in addition to texts that highlight some of the work we’ve done together including our recent trip to Chicago and performing in a legendary blues venue. We also see clips of parents seated on a couch discussing their experiences as parents to the visually impaired.

It’s AMB’s Sunday Comedy Night! Swipe left to hear Oscar deliver one of his favorite jokes. This has lots of a potential for a special. Just saying. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Video description: Oscar is seated on a chair in an empty space. He claps after he delivers his amazing joke! 😂

Get to know AMB alumni, Dorothy Cho! Dorothy has been with the Academy of Music for the Blind since the age of 8. Her journey has gone full circle as she is now instructing our next generation of students while she attends classes at . We’re so proud of her path and inspiration on our younger students.

Our doors are open for blind youth who wish to develop their musical, creative, cognitive, physical and social skills through eduction in music and the performing arts. To learn more about online and in person classes, visit the link in our bio!

Video description: Dorothy is in classrooms teaching and working with various students at AMB. We also see her performing at an art space. There are various other parents and students who share their thoughts on Dorothy. We also see clips and pictures of Dorothy at UCLA.



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We have reached the penultimate day prior to ! We wanted to give you a first hand perspective on what it’s like to be blind. We had questions about obstacles our students face and what it’s like to be the only blind student in school settings.

Video description: AMB students and share their stories while seated on a couch in a studio space. We also see a few place cards that share why it’s important to support the Academy of Music for the Blind.

Our friend is here to share just a few reasons to keep the Academy of Music for the Blind in mind on . The countdown begins! Link in our bio! And thank you! ✌🏼🙏🏼❤️

Video description: Kobe’s flowing blond hair waves to the side of his face as he begins to descend physically down while standing on a rooftop with DTLA as the backdrop. As he descends we see the various reasons why folks should support AMB including remote classes, prep for life outside of AMB and higher education, teaches braille and a comprehensive music education for blind musicians.

Is really worth all the hype? We turn to the AMB film critics to shed some light and provide a perspective from the visual impaired which we found insightful. Swipe left to watch and don’t forget to let us know what you thought of the movie! 🍿🎥

Video description: We see 4 AMB students sitting on a couch of a home studio.