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We are a youth music organization running three distinct but symbiotically connected programs: our youth orchestras themselves (260 participants in three orchestral ensembles rehearsing weekly and producing a minimum of five concerts per season); our FOOSA Summer Music Academy (a two-week immersive program featuring internationally acclaimed faculty from some of the best music schools in the world and offering a tour to Los Angeles to perform at Disney Hall); and our Accent on Access Violin Program (a free afterschool music program for underserved students, meeting four days a week, 90 minutes per day, emphasis on equity and inclusion). Mission and purpose: Music is life. Live big! Start young. We cultivate musical excellence and a spirit of cooperation in young musicians throughout the Central Valley. We are committed to the principles of access and excellence, and strive for comprehensive inclusiveness.

TO FOSTER INTEREST IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS; TO PRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS, TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PERFECTION OF SKILLS OF EVERY PHASE OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS; TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY REALATIVE TO PERFORMING ARTS; TO PRESENT A VARIETY OF LIVE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, CONCERTS, AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS; AND TO OPERATE CHENEY HALL AS A PREMIER CULTURAL ARTS CENTER FOR THE GREATER HARTFORD COMMUNITY

The mission of The Academy of Vocal Arts is to be the world’s premier institution for training young artists as international opera singers. Through rigorous instruction and coaching, and by presentations of Resident Artists from around the world in fully staged professional opera productions, as well as concerts, oratorios, public programs, The Academy will train artists with the highest potential for career success while enriching lives in Philadelphia and beyond.

Voices of Change is the Southwest’s premiere professional chamber music ensemble dedicated to the performance of the music of our time. Now in its 42nd year, voices of change fills a unique niche in the music world by performing small ensemble works by 20th and 21st century composers, encouraging, and preserving the impulse of musical creativity and imagination.

The Music Conservatory of Westchester is a welcoming, diverse community of people with a shared committed to the arts, guiding students of all ages and abilities to develop their talents in ways that support their indivdidual goals and interests, mentored by dedicated, excellent faculty members.

For the past 50 years, the Shakespeare Club has become particularly well-known for its Broadway musicals staged annually to benefit various worthy charities in our community. In recent years, these have become semi-professional productions involving an entire year of planning and preparation. Under professional direction and choreography and with professional sets and orchestra, club members, husbands, and friends volunteer thousands of rehearsal, production, and promotion hours to bring the show to the public. Proceeds from these productions have been donated to various charities: The Association of Retarded Citizens, Wellness Community, Villa Esperanza, the Pasadena Ronald McDonald House, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Currently, our proceeds go to fund college scholarships for outstanding high school graduates in Pasadena high schools.

Founded in 1954, Lyric Opera of Chicago's mission is to express and promote the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great opera. Lyric exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to Chicago and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form. Lyric is dedicated to producing and performing consistently thrilling, entertaining, and thought-provoking opera with a balanced repertoire of core classics, lesser-known masterpieces, and new works; to creating an innovative and wide-ranging program of community engagement and educational activities; and to developing exceptional emerging operatic talent.

Founded in 1969, the Jazz Institute of Chicago promotes and nurtures jazz in Chicago. We do this by providing jazz education, developing and supporting musicians, building audiences and fostering a thriving jazz scene.

Through excellence in vocal training and choral performance, the Boychoir of Ann Arbor enriches the cultural life of our community and enhances the social, emotional and musical development of boys who love to sing.

WOA, the Women's Orchestra of Arizona, was founded last year under the partnership of smallMatters Institute to provide musical opportunities to empower women musicians and to benefit the greater community. As the second all-women’s orchestra in the US (after Cleveland’s Women’s Orchestra), we look to bring hope and opportunity to all aspiring female musicians in the community. The orchestra welcomes members from all walks of life who are looking to play in a musically stimulating yet supportive environment. The orchestra is made up of high school students, retired musicians, teachers, healthcare practitioners, and players from as young as 15 to the age of 70.

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music: transforming lives and building community through the expressive, educational, and therapeutic powers of music.

Dance Theatre of Harlem is a leading dance institution of unparalleled global acclaim whose mission is to: • Present a ballet Company of African American and other racially diverse artists who perform the most demanding repertory at the highest level of quality; • Maintain a world-class school that trains young people in classical ballet and the allied arts and; • Provide arts education, community outreach programs, and positive role models for all