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DCYOP’s mission is to empower young people to transform their lives through music and community. Founded in 1960 by DC Public School teacher Lyn McLain, DCYOP has been an integral part of the Washington, DC community, fostering the musical and academic development of more than 60,000 youth. The first youth orchestra to perform at the Kennedy Center, DCYOP has toured 23 countries, played for U.S. presidents and diplomats, and worked with world-renowned musicians including Aaron Copland, Lorin Maazel, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gustavo Dudamel, Joshua Bell, and Yo-Yo Ma. DCYOP has also received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award and the District of Columbia Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Arts Education.

Founded in 1968, La Jolla Music Society (LJMS) has become one of Southern California's leading presenters and producers of world-class performing arts. As a multi-disciplinary presenter of classical music, jazz, and dance our mission is "to enhance the vitality and deepen the cultural life of San Diego by presenting and producing a dynamic range of performing arts for our increasingly diverse community." On April 5, 2019, La Jolla Music Society opened The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. This new performing arts center includes a 513-seat concert hall, a 2000 square foot flexible performance space, a generous meeting / reception room, a large central courtyard, and offices for La Jolla Music Society.

Los Angeles Opera created a sensation with its debut production of Verdi's Otello starring Plácido Domingo in October 1986. Under the leadership of Founding General Director Peter Hemmings and then Plácido Domingo, Los Angeles Opera has grown to become a company of international stature. Presenting leading productions in the standard repertory as well as new and rarely-staged operas, the Company brings prominent Los Angeles artists together with other world-renowned singers, designers, directors and conductors to create opera that attracts the attention of international audiences and critics. Since its inception, Los Angeles Opera has served nearly one million students, senior citizens, and other audiences through its internationally recognized Education and Community Programs.

Dandelion Dancetheater is situated at the crossroads of dance, theater, music, community activism, healing, and new performance forms. The company is committed to the individual and intersecting artistic visions of Kimiko Guthrie and Eric Kupers. Our work is built from a fascination with interdisciplinary experimentation, in-depth collaboration, vulnerability, risk-taking, and the truths that come from looking at the world from an “outsider” perspective. We view the exploration of the endless possibilities of the human body as a potent means for personal and collective growth and share this exploration with diverse populations through performance, teaching, speaking, community events, video, and writing. As an organization, Dandelion Dancetheater is a launching pad and creative home for several ongoing, in-depth projects. Most projects involve multiple branches of Dandelion, and so stretch across categories.

New York City Ballet's contribution to dance in the 20th Century can be measured in many ways, perhaps none more significant than the extraordinary number of ballets - including those by co-founding choreographers, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins - that the Company has commissioned and that are performed today by dance companies across the United States and the world. Creating such an unparalleled collection of works would not have been possible without the support of contributors who recognized the immense value of furthering the art of ballet through the development of new works. With momentum from an extraordinary 50 years of creative activity, New York City Ballet entered the new millennium committed to further expanding the ballet repertory in the 21st Century by providing opportunities for choreographers, composers, designers, musicians, and dancers to create new work.

TheatreWorks is one of America’s outstanding professional theatres. Our work celebrates the human spirit through innovative productions, new works, and education programs inspired by and engaging our diverse Silicon Valley community. TheatreWorks is an artistic community of excellence and integrity, committed to dramatic and musical theatre of outstanding professional quality. Embracing the creation of new works, the reinvigoration of the classics, and the arts education of new generations, our work exemplifies our region’s values of inclusion and innovation while providing a sense of place and community. The San Francisco Bay Area is the prototype of an evolving America of ever-increasing diversity. As we explore this changing world, our art must enhance the American theatre with new vision, revealing both who we are and what we might become.

The New Jersey Festival Orchestra (NJFO) is one of New Jersey’s premier fully professional regional symphonies. The NJFO’s mission is to promote the world’s legacy of symphonic and operatic music to audiences, involving them in this rich heritage through a diversity of professional musical experiences, including performance, education and mentoring. The orchestra also creates experiences that stretch the boundaries of traditional classical performances. Programs include classics from the orchestral repertory as well as offerings that bring to life the fusion of fine arts and popular culture. Furthermore NJFO’s mission encompasses initiatives facilitating performances for the physically and mentally disadvantaged, as well as economically disadvantaged areas of New Jersey, with the goal of enhancing the meaningfulness of life, spiritual and cultural awareness, and the participation in the life of their communities otherwise limited by their condition.

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers celebrates the ability of dance to integrate spirit, body, and mind, inviting audiences worldwide to engage in their own journeys of self-discovery. Proceeding from a rich frame informed by diverse philosophies, living traditions and contemplative practices of Asian origin, the company performs original, contemporary works by its founder and Artistic Director Kun-Yang Lin that transcend cultural boundaries. KYL/D inspires dance artists and audiences to examine the questions that shape us as individuals and communities, through world-class dance that integrates virtuosity with humanity. We believe in: · Practicing a fearless physicality that resonates with the soul · Setting in motion fresh interpretations of ancient traditions steeped in Eastern wisdom and sensibilities · Inspiring cross-cultural approaches to community and self-discovery · Igniting conversations about meaning and mystery

THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS FORMED INCLUDE: (A) TO PROMOTE THE PERFORMANCE AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND BY OFFERING WELL-KNOWN AND EMERGING MUSICIANS PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN A VARIETY OF VENUES AND LOCATIONS, INCLUDING SCHOOLS: (B) TO ENHANCE THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC BY ENABLING THE PUBLIC TO EXPERIENCE NEW MUSICAL FORMS AND GENRES THROUGH EXPOSURE TO AN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE WORLD OF MUSIC; (C) TO FURTHER CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL CAUSES; (D) TO SOLICIT, COLLECT AND OTHERWISE RAISE MONEY FOR THE FOREGOING PURPOSES AND TO EXPEND, CONTRIBUTE, DISBURSE AND OTHERWISE HANDLE AND DISPOSE OF THE SAME FOR SUCH PURPOSES, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS OR INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZED FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR PURPOSES; (E) TO ASSIST IN HARMONIZING AND MAKING MORE EFFICIENT THE WORK OF CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR PURPOSES, BY COOPERATING WITH AND ASSISTING SUCH ORGANIZA

The Tank is a non-profit arts presenter and producer serving emerging artists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas and forms of expression. Our goal is to foster an environment of inclusiveness and remove the burden of cost from the creation of new work for artists launching their careers or experimenting with their art form. We serve over 2,500 artists every year in over 1,000 performances, and work across all disciplines, including theater, comedy, dance, film, music, public affairs, and storytelling. Further, we co-produce between 13 and 18 world premiere new plays each season. We keep ticket prices affordable and view our work as democratic, opening up both the creation and attendance of the arts to all and positioning the arts within civic and socio-political discourse.

Me2/ (“me, too”) is the world’s only classical music organization created for individuals with mental illnesses and the people who support them. Me2/ serves as a model organization where people with and without mental illnesses work together in an environment where acceptance is an expectation, patience is encouraged, and supporting each other is a priority. Our flagship ensemble, Me2/Orchestra–Burlington, is a non-auditioned orchestra that rehearses weekly and performs 3-4 times annually in traditional concert venues, inside correctional and rehabilitation facilities, and for mental health events. Our newest ensemble, Me2/Orchestra–Boston, launched in September 2014. Both of these orchestras give exhilarating performances that encourage dialogue about mental health issues and erase the stigma surrounding mental illnesses.

A beloved Bay Area institution, the Midsummer Mozart Festival was founded in 1974 by George Cleve and a regional consortium of classical musicians, who recognized him as one of the world's great interpreters of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. So now coming into our 43rd Anniversary season, the Festival is still the only music festival in North America dedicated exclusively to Mozart. The Festival presents a critically-acclaimed summer concert season featuring renowned international soloists as well as distinguished local artists, with a dedication to fresh and intelligent interpretation of the work of this most enduring and universally loved composer. Our mission embraces both performances of the highest artistic excellence, and cultivation of new audiences, including young people, to assure the future appreciation of great music, and the arts.