Sidney Muldrow has played alongside musical giants such as LA Philharmonic, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra, Alicia Keyes and many others
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Sidney Muldrow is on a one man mission to save the Arts program at his former South Central High School.
Sidney Muldrow is a remarkable gentleman, a world renowned French Hornist, who has played alongside musical giants such as LA Philharmonic, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra, Alicia Keyes and many others. He is also a kind, compassionate man with a positive mission to give back to his community. Sidney is currently raising money to revitalize and reinstate an Arts program at his former School; Alain Leroy Locke High School located in South Central Los Angeles.
The School opened in 1967, in the aftermath of the Watts riots; it provided families in the South Central area a safe and secure school environment. Sidney was the first Student Body President of Locke High School, rallying against lingering unrest in the surrounding communities. Sidney created a name for the school; ‘The Saints’, with the motto; ”Once a Saint Always a Saint”, the opposite of how the community was depicted in the media at the time. Public opinion believed that the school would be destroyed within a couple of years but against all odds, the School flourished. Its staff and student body transformed students into academic achievers with an impressive number educators, entertainers, musicians and professional athletes including NFL, MLB Players and a three times Olympic Gold Medalist.
Sidney is currently raising money to revitalize and reinstate an Arts program at his former School, Alain Leroy Locke High School located in South Central Los Angeles.
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Even in today’s current economic climate, the school still produces high achieving graduates, however, sadly, the art based programs and the physical education facilities have suffered greatly through lack of funding. Currently the music departments are still using instruments from the 1970’s. They need new equipment, band uniforms and computers. Also the athletic department is suffering greatly; they are using broken equipment, with holes in the floor of the weights room, and track meets can no longer be held at the school as the track is full of pot holes. Despite the financial problems, the ‘Saint’ spirit lives on; although the school marching band has been reduced from 150 to only 35 members, they have won the city championship for the last four years consecutively.
Sidney is the personification of ‘local boy makes good’; an accomplished artist who has travelled the world working with some of the greatest musicians of our time, he cares deeply about the issues at Locke High School and wants the young people to have something to be proud of. Not only is Sidney aiming to raise money to restore the music and athletics departments to their former glory, he also plans to personally give back by making scholarships available to worthy students with the “The Sidney Muldrow Scholarship fund for the Arts”. Sidney would also like to create a walk through hall of fame to pay tribute to the schools many success stories.
