With excitement Chorus America shares the complete list of recipients of the 2022-24 Music Education Partnership Grants. Twenty community organizations from across the United States and Canada are receiving grants ranging from $20,000 - $50,000 annually to fund projects designed to increase access to choral music education and promote non-arts learning and cultural literacy while upholding the principles of access, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read our complete press release here.
British Columbia & Northwest U.S.
Pacific Youth Choir
Portland, Oregon $35,000 to support Pacific Youth Choir's Neighborhood Choir Program for elementary students at Title I schools in Portland, Oregon.
Phoenix Chamber Choir
Vancouver, British Columbia $25,000 to support the Phoenix Choral Experience, a program designed to spark conversation and inquiry around cultural appropriation versus cultural appreciation.
Seattle Pro Musica
Seattle, Washington $50,000 to support the Composer Series Residencies, a series of workshops and performances featuring commissioned works by BIPOC-identifying composers.
Vancouver Youth Choir
Vancouver, British Columbia $50,000 to support the KINDRED program, which provides newcomer families Indigenous music singing opportunities led by Indigenous leaders and youth mentors.
Central Appalachia
Augusta Heritage Center
Elkins, West Virginia $50,000 to support World Connections: Augusta in the Schools, a year-long world music singing course for 3rd-5th grade students in Elkins, West Virginia.
Bluefield Arts & Revital. Corp.
Bluefield, West Virginia $50,000 to support Music Across the Years, which provides opportunities for intergenerational singing in Bluefield, West Virginia.
LEAF Global Arts
Asheville, North Carolina $50,000 to support Songs for Change, a series of multicultural artist residencies resulting in the creation of a student-led recording and music video.
Macon County Schools
Franklin, North Carolina $50,000 to support a partnership between Macon County Youth & Children’s Choir and music programs in Macon County Schools.
Surry Arts Council
Mt. Airy, North Carolina $50,000 to support Surry County Sings, a weekly after-school program for elementary schools learning old-time Appalachian, African-American, and Latin-American music.
Voices in the Laurel
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina $25,000 to support a cross-cultural community initiative featuring workshops, performances, and professional development for music educators.
Southwest U.S.
Bi-National Arts Institute
Bisbee, Arizona $50,000 to support choral music classes at the El Centro Community Center and a Concert without Borders, focusing on music from migrants around the globe.
Desert Sounds
Mesa, Arizona $35,000 to support vocal training in the mariachi style for the Desert Sounds elementary school mariachi program.
Grand Vision Foundation
San Pedro, California $50,000 to support the expansion of the Roots of Music Program, a multicultural singing and music fundamentals curriculum for 4th graders in the L.A. Harbor area.
Phoenix Boys Choir
Phoenix, Arizona $50,000 to support an in-school singing program for elementary schools in Creighton ESD, which embeds socio-emotional learning and culturally relevant repertoire.
Tucson Girls Chorus
Tucson, Arizona $50,000 to support the TCG Engagement Choirs, which provide cross-cultural school and online-based learning for students in Tucson and the Tohono O'odham Nation reservation.
VOX Femina
Los Angeles, California $30,000 to support a new music education program centered on singing for social justice which incorporates repertoire from the Justice Choir Songbook.
Upper Midwest
Border CrosSing
St. Paul, Minnesota $50,000 to support performances and workshops celebrating Latinx music at schools with student populations that identify as Latinx.
COMPAS
St. Paul, Minnesota $50,000 to support performances and workshops to schools across urban and rural Minnesota by Nanilo, a women’s singing group specializing in Eastern European musical traditions.
Vocal Essence
Minneapolis, Minnesota $50,000 to support VocalEssence’s partnership with the Longfellow School for pregnant and parenting students, which provides opportunities for parents and children to sing together and connect with their culture.
Wisconsin Conserv. of Music
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $50,000 to support the Conservatory’s teaching artist and partnership with Hayes Bilingual Elementary School in Baron Park, Milwaukee.