The LEILA WEBSTER MEMORIAL MUSIC AWARD, which the Dominant Music Club established in 2019, is an important outreach to our local music community. In the past the Club awarded scholarships to deserving female musicians in the Los Angeles area. Starting in 2022, the Club expanded its reach and now donates to organizations that support women in music in California as well as across the country, particularly groups related to our own Leila Webster, for whom this fund is dedicated.

Augustana College: Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble

for purchasing new works by women composers

International Alliance for Women in Music

Pauline Alderman Award for Scholarship in Music

Piano Spheres

Commission by a woman composer or a woman’s work

performed by a woman

Neighborhood Music School

Neighborhood Music School believes that lives change through music. Founded in 1914, they provide low cost/high quality one-on-one music instruction to those who need it most. Located in a charming Victorian house in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, they are proud to serve as an anchor to the community, a bridge to cultural exchange and opportunity, and an usher to the mentorship between teacher and student that is integral in music instruction and in life.