i'm julie steinberg and the executive director of community music center and so pleased to stand before today to ask for your support of our legacy business registry application and the applications of our fellow applicants and long-standing business who's are making an impact and keeping san francisco the rich and vibrant city it is today. it's 99 years young growing from a small volunteer run school founded in the settlement tradition serving a handful of immigrant families to today where it provides free and low-cost class to 3100 students of all ages and stages providing more than $2.4 million in direct tuition assistance to all who qualify. our concert hall is also home to more than 100 free and low-cost performances attended by more than 18,000 people each year. our faculty members and leaders and musical genres and styles and hope to keep them here for years to come. though we're historic we rely on innovation and evolution creating responsive programs for older adults, young children and their families, immigrant community and the transgender communities to name a few. as we ent