The Presser Foundation Announces More Than $880,000 in Scholar & Music Awards In its continued support of undergraduate music students across the country, The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce $732,000 in funds for the Undergraduate Scholar Award program. As part of the program, 244 institutions, including 37 new institutions, nominated a music major in…
The Assistance to Music Teachers grantmaking area is a unique and longstanding program of The Presser Foundation’s. Founder Theodore Presser cared deeply about supporting retired music teachers and also felt a sense of gratitude for the thousands of music teachers who were the primary customers of his music publication business. Over the years, the program…
By Sepehr Pirasteh, Graduate Music Fellow A major challenge for ensembles focused on historical music, like baroque or medieval, is diversifying their programming. While commissioning or performing new works is an approach for some groups, it might not always be feasible for organizations dedicated to performing a particular period of music. A more nuanced…
Above from left to right: Ayanna Woods of the The Crossing, Ariel Alvarado of Wilmington Children’s Chorus, and Chill Moody of The Mann Center Three of the Foundation’s grantee partners received Special Project grants to support fellowship/residency programs – music performer The Crossing (single year grant), music presenter The Mann Center for the Performing…
La Tasha Butler received the 2022-23 Undergraduate Scholar Award from Arizona State University (ASU). She wrote this letter after receiving the Award and answered several questions about her experiences at ASU. I started playing violin in the fourth grade. You can imagine what a fourth grader learning violin sounds like, but to me it was…