Songs4Smiles
We are a group of middle school and high school musicians who aspire to bring smiles to the community through music and compassion. We play classical and popular music at hospitals, charity houses, nursing homes, retirement centers, and community events.
Check out our past and current activities in the Photo Album, or at our Instagram and YouTube channel.
Current members:
Shannon Cao (quartet founder and violist of Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra)
Lilian Franqui (violinist of San Diego Youth Symphony)
Vera M (cellist of San Diego Youth Symphony)
James Cao (violinist of San Diego Youth Symphony and pianist)
Jasmine Chan (violinist of San Diego Youth Symphony)
Johanna Lee (violinist)
Places that we have performed at:
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego
- San Dieguito School Board Candidate Phan Anderson's Fundraising Event
- San Diego Hua Xia Chinese School Lunar New Year Fair (Songs4Smiles's fundraiser for Joey's Wings Foundation)
- La Jolla Riford Library (Songs4Smiles's fundraiser for Joey's Wings Foundation)
- Muirlands Rocks! (Muirlands Middle School's spring fundraising event)
- Brookdale Senior Living of San Diego
- San Diego Old Mission Rotary Fundraising Gala benefiting Thousands Smiles Foundation
- La Jolla Open Aire Market (Songs4Smiles's fundraiser for Joey's Wings Foundation)
- Chateau La Jolla Retirement Community (Songs4Smiles's fundraiser for Joey's Wings Foundation)
- 2023 San Diego County Fair (Songs4Smiles's fundraiser for Joey's Wings Foundation)
- San Diego Youth Symphony's ChIMES Program (Childhood Introduction to Music Education, with Smiles!)
- San Diego Youth Symphony's Zoro Garden concert at Balboa Park
- White Sands La Jolla Senior Living Community
We won the 3rd place in "So You Think You've Got Talent San Diego" talent competition on 5/13/2023. Check out our finalist's performance on YouTube.
Our fundraising concert on 4/8/2023 at La Jolla/Riford Library was a great success! Event photos and video have been added to our Photo Album and YouTube.
If you are interested in having us perform at your organization, please contact us through Email or Instagram.
