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The mission of The Sapphire Theatre Company is to produce professional theatre that entertains, inspires, and connects in order to enrich the human spirit, compensate artists for their talents, and contribute to cultural growth. MAKE A 10th ANNIVERSARY DONATION! We invite you to join us in celebrating this anniversary year with a gift to The Sapphire Fund that will allow us to continue fulfilling our mission and bring Performing Arts with Purpose into the next decade.

Connect Our Communities through Great Live Music. Building upon our legacy of artistic excellence, we invigorate audiences with world-class performances by our full-time professional orchestra and opera company, and attract new and diverse attendees through the variety of musical styles and formats we present and one of the nation's most extensive music education programs for K-12 students.

Founded in 2004, Bach With Verse brings hope, inspiration and laughter through music and stories to war-torn and remote areas, and prison populations. To fulfill this mission, BWV presents double bassist Richard “Dobbs” Hartshorne in outreach concerts for all ages in schools, orphanages, prisons, refugee camps, rehabilitation and community centers throughout the world. Performances are crafted with a unique blend of classical music and humorous musical stories that are easily accessible to diverse audiences. BWV programs have reached West Bank Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, South Africa, Bolivia, Uganda and prisons throughout the United States.

Our mission is to change lives through accessible music education and experiences.Goals Provide music education to all ages and abilities. Improve self-esteem, communication and social skills. Reach out to underserved populations. Provide a safe, encouraging environment in which to explore music. Provide a nurturing environment to serve people with disabilities. Values We believe that music is an essential part of our lives. We believe that music develops essential life skills. We believe in nurturing creativity. We value the process of exploration and inquiry. We value the diversity of the communities we serve.

PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide encouragement, education and healing through bringing high-quality live music performances and interactive programming to marginalized communities with limited ability to access it themselves - with a focus on elderly, disabled, rehabilitating, incarcerated, and homeless populations. Now in its fifth season, PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US has presented close to 200 free classical music concerts, workshops, and residencies in hospitals, nursing homes, hospice centers, retirement homes, food pantries, centers for individuals with disabilities, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, and refugee camps.

The Philadelphia Sinfonia youth orchestras support the artistic growth of young musicians in the Delaware Valley by providing high-level ensemble experience in a supportive educational environment. We believe that the pursuit of excellence requires performers with integrity, working together toward a common goal. Thus, our mission is three-fold: to provide ensemble performance opportunities for young musicians, to achieve the highest level of artistic advancement, and to educate young people broadly to be strong citizens and leaders as well as responsible musicians. We recruit from a demographically diverse student population to provide an opportunity to anyone who musically qualifies and to enrich the experience of all members of the organization.

Theater Wit produces premiere plays that engage audiences with wit and wisdom. The company provides the best neighborhood theater experience, uniting its own aesthetic commitment to humor, surprise, intimacy and honest humanity with exceptional contemporary work by its peers. It is also a leading theatrical destination, using its three theater spaces to curate opportunities for other producing entities, artists, audiences, and the larger community to connect in new and meaningful ways.

Lyric Arts’ mission is to enrich lives by creating meaningful performing arts experiences that ignite the imagination, inspire the spirit, and engage the community. Our vision: We are a professional theatre, deeply rooted in the communities we serve, producing inclusive work that entertains, educates, stimulates, and is reflective of the diverse perspectives of our audiences and artists. Our values: Lyric Arts is passionately and joyfully committed to: Excellence Integrity Authenticity Collaboration Individuality Connecting community

History Alive, Inc. is committed to the production of new plays and theatrical scenarios based on true stories from the past. Emphasis is given to interactive theatre so that actors and audience together, through a playful and dynamic way of engaging with history, might broaden their understanding of the present and gain a fresh sense of purpose within their own era. The company also seeks to invigorate the local economy by designing activities which connect the community and its visitors to a distinct, local history.

Big Apple Performing Arts (dba New York City Gay Men’s Chorus) is a world-class, world-renowned New York institution and a pioneering voice for the LGBTQ community. NYCGMC is comprised of more than 260 talented singers of various ages, backgrounds, and experiences. Together, we produce a vibrant sound and energy that audiences can feel and connect with. Through the power of this sound, and our spectacular performances, we are fearless champions for love, equality, and acceptance.

The Grant Park Orchestral Association produces the Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago’s summer music sensation for over 80 years. The Festival demonstrates that classical music, performed by a world-class orchestra and chorus, can have a transformative impact on the city. Showcased in one of the city’s most spectacular settings, the Festival continues to be a summer gathering place for all of Chicago, where people from every neighborhood, from all walks of life, and from around the world, are connected through the power of music.

We forge connections through stirring presentations of chamber music across the Bay Area. Left Coast Chamber Ensemble makes connections between composer and performer, performer and audience, audience and music, and between musics of all eras by staging a spectrum of imaginative programs that enchant and delight the listener, and gives diverse audiences multiple entry points for engaging with the music. Founded in 1992, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble communicates with audiences through inspiring performances of new and old chamber music. By embracing both musics, we enrich the audience’s experience — we reawaken a feeling of immediacy in performances of familiar masterpieces and we reveal the powerful expressive intentions in the music of our time. The ensemble’s twelve musicians, many of whom have played together since the 1980s, perform in different combinations, using strings, winds, guitar and piano to present a wide range of repertoire. The group has commissioned over 55 new works, sponsors an annual composition contest that draws over 150 applicants each year, and carries on a tradition of performing the very best that the composers of today (whether established or emerging) have to offer.