# Source: Sistema Utah — About Page

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** official-page
**URL:** https://www.sistemautah.org/about.html
**Archive:** https://web.archive.org/web/20260811224124/https://www.sistemautah.org/about.html
**Archived:** 2026-08-11
**Publisher:** Sistema Utah
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Raw:** raw/sistema-utah-about-page/2026-08-11-129eab697993.txt
**Updated:** 2026-08-11

## Summary

Sistema Utah's about page — program model, enrollment, schedule, cost, and West Valley City sites.

## Useful Claims

- Program began **October 2013** at the **American Preparatory family of schools**, modeled on
  **El Sistema**.
- Serves **nearly 400 students** at **two sites in West Valley City, Utah** — both **Title I**
  schools where **65%** of students receive free or reduced lunch.
- Offered **free of charge** to families; students stay **three hours a day, five days a week**
  (**15 hours** of musical instruction weekly).
- Daily programming includes **group music instruction, general music class, singing class, and
  homework help**, plus a **nutritious snack** daily.
- Advanced performing groups **"Sistema Strings"** and **"Secondary Sistema Strings"** play
  community service concerts.

## Verbatim

> Sistema Utah is an afterschool program that began October 2013 at the American Preparatory family of schools. This program is based on the internationally successful program, El Sistema.
> — About page

> We service nearly 400 students between two sites in West Valley City, Utah. Both sites are Title I schools where 65% of our students receive free or reduced lunch. This program is currently offered free of charge to our families. Students stay for three hours a day, five days a week for a total of 15 hours of musical instruction weekly.
> — About page

> Each student receives the following daily: group music instruction, general music class, singing class and homework help. In addition to the music instruction, we also serve each student a nutritious snack daily.
> — About page

## Reliability Notes

Self-reported. The IRS-registered address is in Draper (see Form 990 record); operational sites
are described here as West Valley City school locations. The About page does not name Draper as a
program site — the lead's "Draper and West Valley City" pairing reflects the nonprofit's registered
office versus its stated program footprint.

## Related Pages

- [Sistema Utah](sistema-utah.md)
- [Source: Sistema Utah — Official Website](sistema-utah-official-website.md)