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Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel

Creativity Meets Hospitality

Industry
Events

From May through December 2025, Music to the Ears hosted a monthly mixer at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, bringing together creatives, changemakers, and industry professionals to connect, unwind, and build community, all for a good cause. A portion of event proceeds supported Music to the Ears Foundation.

The opportunity

Live events create careers across hospitality, production, photography, video, music, marketing, social media, guest experience, and more. The Good Life mixer created an opportunity to turn a working event series into a hands-on learning environment for emerging creative talent.

The Music to the Ears approach

Integrate creative apprentices directly into a recurring professional event
Provide hands-on experience in event planning and production
Engage apprentices in photography, social media content, and video editing
Connect creative skills to hospitality, events, marketing, and entrepreneurship

The experience

Creative apprentices worked alongside professionals, contributing to real event planning, capturing photography and social content, and editing video from the experiences. Instead of learning about live events from the sidelines, they helped bring them to life.

The impact

Real-world work experience inside a professional hospitality environment
Portfolio-building opportunities across photo, video, social media, and events
Direct exposure to professionals, guests, and creative industries
A mission-driven event model that connects community to industry and philanthropy