Project Grant 0134464121

The Metropolitan Opera Association Inc., doing business as Met Opera, received a $160,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a new production of Champion by Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and librettist Michael Cristofer. This award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. The funding will allow Met...

This federal Project Grant award for $600,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film with the working title "ADELANTE!" The film will serve as a biographical portrait of the influential Chicano playwright, activist, and director Luis Valdez, exploring the history and significance of Chicano identity through the lens of Valdez's pioneering theatrical company El...

This Project Grant award of $190,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports the "CINCINNATI SOUNDS: EXPLORING A MUSICAL CITY'S SPACES, PLACES AND SOUNDS" project. The project will triangulate multiple perspectives through multidisciplinary scholarship, sound mapping, site visits, and applications to humanities research and teaching. Key project activities include workshops with discussions...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of the documentary film "JIMMIE & SANORA". The film, directed by Li-Shin Yu and produced by James Q. Chan in association with the Center for Asian American Media and City Lore Inc., tells the story of visionary artist couple James Wong Howe, a two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer, and Sanora Babb, a radical...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) provides $100,000 to the American Symphony Orchestra League, doing business as the League of American Orchestras, to support strategic services for orchestras across the United States. The grant funding will be used to deliver a range of professional development, research, and industry-wide communication initiatives that advance the...

The Oklahoma City Philharmonic received a $100,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts, integrate arts...

Education Through Music Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support music instructor fees for a year-long music education program for students at partner schools in Bronx School District 11 in New York City. The grant will fund the delivery of music instruction to students from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023 to promote arts participation and...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund the creation of a critical edition of the works of American composers George and Ira Gershwin. The Regents of the University of Michigan will receive $575,000 to produce scholarly yet practical editions that restore the brothers' artistic intentions for landmark musical scores such as Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and Porgy and Bess. As part of the Promotion of the Humanities Research program, the University...

The Virginia Symphony Orchestra received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its mission to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and integrate arts...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $510,381 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to support the world premiere production of the opera Poppaea by American composer Michael Hersch and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann. The Musikverein "Wien Modern" organization in Austria will produce the opera at the Festival Wien Modern from October 30 to November 30, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence...