NY-ACDA Choral Grants is a new initiative that provides funding to members of the New York American Choral Directors Association for creative and innovative projects that support choral singing and/or reach people of all ages who may not otherwise have access to the benefits and community of choral music.
Funding Priorities
- Focus on choral work and/or singing
- Reach populations who may not have access to choirs and/or singing
- Reach populations who may not have access to additional special choral events in their region such as honor choirs, festivals, and special workshops
- Innovative and creative
- Sustainable
- Collaborative (e.g., with other funder involvement and/or implementation partners)
- Replicable or adaptable to other settings
Deadline: Friday, January 3, 2020
Previous Grant Recipients:
Kristy Ingersoll, Youth Chorus of the Fingers Lakes
Community Youth Chorus Festival for grades 6-12, with Janet Galván, clinician, Spring 2020
Anthea Jackson, Â The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra NY
The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York’s Choral Commission for the Nassau Chamber Chorale, Rosephanye Powell, composer, Spring 2019
Patricia Bordonaro, Syracuse Chorale
Performance of Martin Palmeri’s Misa a Buenos Aires (Misa Tango), Spring 2019
Dena Tasse-Winter and Elizabeth Núñez, SoHarmoniums
The SoHarmoniums, present “Lullaby Project”, Spring 2019.Newly commissioned choral works to be premiered at Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space on the theme of “motherhood.”