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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...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to the American Symphony Orchestra League, doing business as the League of American Orchestras. The grant will support the League's strategic services to orchestras across the United States, including leadership training, professional development, research initiatives, and facilitating industry-wide communication. This funding...

The New York Philharmonic will receive $500,000 through a Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130). The funding will support the Philharmonic's efforts to improve and expand public access to its Leon Levy Digital Archives by migrating the repository to a cloud-based environment, enhancing search and access functionality, and preparing the collection for future growth. This work will help...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $372,250 Project Grant to the Baltimore Choral Arts Society Inc. to support a concert by Baltimore Choral Arts Society singers and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Konzertaus in Vienna, Austria on October 22, 2022. The concert delivers products and services that advance the goals of the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program by informing and influencing foreign publics in Austria...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). This grant supports comprehensive arts programming and education initiatives for youth in New York City, with a...

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...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Long Beach Opera through its Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from May 1, 2022 through May 31, 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 all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with...

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society Inc., doing business as the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The funding supports personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $267,503 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant (CFDA 19.040) to support the performance of "Song of the Shank" by U.S. artists at the 2023 Wiener Festwochen festival in Austria. George Lewis will compose and Jeffery Renard Allen will author and write the libretto for the musical work. Stan Douglas will contribute visual art, and the Ensemble Modern will perform the piece at the June 13-15, 2023...

The Carnegie Hall Corporation received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The award will support the production of a timeline exhibition and public programs on the history of African American music from March 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program aims to provide opportunities for the American public to...