Alumni Successes
CoSA alumni are performing, creating, and leading across the arts and well beyond it.
The Coronado School of the Arts opened in 1996 with a first class of 60 students. Nearly three decades later, graduates of this public arts conservatory on Coronado Island are working across San Diego County and around the country. They received intensive conservatory training with working professionals while earning their high school diplomas, and they took that preparation with them.
Some alumni have built careers in the arts, on stage and in studios, galleries, and production shops. Others carry what they learned at CoSA into business, education, science, and public service. Either way, the habits stay the same: show up prepared, collaborate under pressure, and treat creative work seriously. Those habits are what our six conservatories teach every day, in Classical & Contemporary Dance, Digital Arts, Instrumental Music, Musical Theatre & Drama, Theatre Production, Design & Management, and Visual Arts.
Reconnect with CoSA
If you are a CoSA graduate, we want to hear what you are doing now. Update your alumni information so we can keep your details current, share opportunities to perform or volunteer, and celebrate your work with the CoSA community.
You can also reach the Foundation directly at info@cosa-arts.org.
Give back to the next generation
Alumni are part of what keeps arts education in San Diego accessible. Over half of CoSA's arts programming budget comes from parent and community giving, and donations fund faculty salaries, guest artists, equipment, costumes, sets, and student scholarships.
If you are in a position to give back, your gift helps make sure that talent, not household income, determines who gets to train here.