LOS ANGELES — The Getty Center is celebrating 25 years, and everyone is invited to the party.

The city of Inglewood hosted the first of 10 free summer-long events, which featured a performance of the LA Phil's Youth Orchestra Los Angeles.

Originally from Venezuela, Elizabeth Linares is now a French horn teacher at YOLA’s East LA campus (Torres).

“When I got the position, I was so excited, and every time I go to work with my kids now, it's so special,” Linares said.

Like the LA Phil’s Gustavo Dudamel, Linares learned music through Venezuela's El Sistema program, which was designed to help bring music education to underserved communities. Linares said YOLA isn't just about teaching kids to make music.

"It's a lot of fun, but it also brings in community, meaning they can make friends. It brings them knowledge, they learn different things. Every time I see them smile, I'm like, 'Hey, we got it. We did it today,'" said Linares.

The 10 summer festivals are a part of the Getty Center’s efforts to reach out to a wide range of communities and offer everything from yoga in the park and art workshops to live music/performance and food trucks.

Inglewood is also now home to the Beckman YOLA Center. Director Camille Delaney-McNeil said they were thrilled to be collaborating with the Getty Center and to be able to open the YOLA center up to public for the first time during the event.

“What it means is that we're shining a light on the arts community here in Inglewood,” said Delaney-McNeil. “It really is just a special moment to signify how we're embracing arts in this in this community.”

Elizabeth Linares said she was happy to be representing the Youth Orchestra LA and help celebrate its diversity of talent and breadth of experience.

“We don't only teach music,” she said. “We teach how to be a better person, how to be part of a community, how to be responsible and things that you can use once you get out in the real world.”