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 in the Greater Philadelphia Area.
Michael Stairs, Chair of the Advancement of Music Committee, provides comment, “Having received a record number of proposals for consideration, we are pleased to announce the selection of this year’s Advancement of Music grantees. These high-quality organizations represent the best in the field of orchestral and choral music programming providing both students and audiences with meaningful experiences. It is an honor to provide critical general operating support to these successful organizations in the Greater Philadelphia Area.”
2016-17 Advancement of Music Grantees (in alphabetical order)
- Academy of Vocal Arts
- Allentown Symphony Association
- Ars Nova Workshop
- Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos
- Astral Artistic Services, Inc.
- Bucks County Choral Society
- Bucks County Symphony 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
- Opera Philadelphia
- OperaDelaware
- Orchestra 2001
- Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale
- Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
- Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts
- Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus
- Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
- Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
- Play On, Philly!
- Princeton Symphony Orchestra
- PRISM Quartet, Inc.
- Reading Symphony Orchestra
- Riverside Symphonia
- 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 Friends of Chamber Music of Reading, Inc.
- The Mann Center of the Performing Arts
- The Music School of Delaware
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Trenton Community Music School
