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 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 Philadelphia Orchestra Association received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), with a completion date of August 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all...
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 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 American Composers Forum will use a $100,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This program supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote well-being and resilience,...
This federal Project Grant award of $514,757 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures (SAT) program (CFDA 15.929) will enable the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) to preserve, digitize, and increase public access to its historical collection of conductor scores and performance sets dating from the early 20th century to 1980. Project activities include cataloging, transporting, digitizing, storing, and publicly sharing this important collection,...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society Inc. from February 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel and marketing expenses to respond to and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to provide opportunities for public participation...
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...
The Community Musicworks received a $120,000 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) to support staff salaries and musician costs for free music education and performance programs for children and youth from underserved communities in Rhode Island. The award period is from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program...