American Festival for the Arts (AFA) was founded in 1993 by composer and arts advocate, J. Todd Frazier. AFA's function is to provide community based music education programs and performance opportunities for young people and, through its concert series and outreach, to broaden the audience for both American works and the Classical music repertory. AFA has a series of year-round initiatives and collaborations that support its primary Summer Music Festival program. AFA's Houston campus, currently located at Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, is designed for musicians and composers ranging in age from elementary to high school.