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Iz Avila explains how the Fender Play Foundation is making a big difference in the lives of LAUSD students

Last Summer, the Fender Play Foundation was launched in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District to equip the next generation of artists with acoustic and electric guitars, basses, and ukuleles delivered right to their doorstep. The program is breaking new ground as a sustainable and innovative model for music education.

Iz Avila, a 5-time Grammy Award-winner, musician, percussionist, bassist, turntable master, songwriter and producer who's worked with Usher, Janet Jackson and Chaka Khan, among others, is a champion of music education through his leadership with the Grammy in the Schools Program, Turnaround Arts and the 1500 Sound Academy. He's also on the Board of Directors for the Fender Play Foundation and explains how this program is benefitting the students of LAUSD.

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