The Presser Foundation Announces Advancement of Music Grants
The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of grantees for Advancement of Music. These grants, totaling $700,000, provide general operating support to music presenting, music performing and music education organizations within a 100-mile radius of Center City Philadelphia.
Michael Stairs, Chair of the Advancement of Music Committee, provides comment, “On behalf of The Presser Foundation, we are gratified to support such a vibrant and high-quality group of musical organizations. These grantees create exciting, rewarding and meaningful experiences for both students and audiences of serious music. It is an honor to provide critical general operating support to these thriving organizations in the Greater Philadelphia Area.”
2015-16 Advancement of Music Grantees (in alphabetical order)
- Academy of Vocal Arts
- Allentown Symphony Association
- Ars Nova Workshop
- Astral Artistic Services, Inc.
- Bucks County Choral Society
- Cathedral Choir School of Delaware
- Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
- Chester Children’s Chorus
- Choral Arts Philadelphia
- Commonwealth Youth Choirs
- Community Conservatory
- Community Music School Lehigh Valley
- Community Music School of Collegeville
- Darlington Arts Center
- Delaware County Youth Orchestra
- Delaware Symphony Orchestra
- Dolce Suono Ensemble
- Kimmel Center, Inc.
- Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
- LiveConnections
- Lyric Fest
- Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
- Musicopia
- Network for New Music
- OperaDelaware
- Opera Philadelphia
- Orchestra 2001
- Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
- Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus
- Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
- Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
- Play On, Philly!
- PRISM Quartet, Inc.
- Reading Symphony Orchestra
- Settlement Music School
- Singing City
- State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick, Inc.
- Symphony in C
- Tempesta di Mare, Inc.
- Temple University Music Preparatory Division
- The Allentown Band
- The Bach Choir of Bethlehem
- The Crossing
- The Mann Center of the Performing Arts
- The Music School of Delaware
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Trenton Community Music School
- Tri-County Concerts Association, Inc.
