Chorus America
Chorus America's mission is to build a dynamic and inclusive choral community so that more people are transformed by the beauty and power of choral singing. Chorus America strengthens choral organizations and provides their leaders with information, research, leadership development, professional training, and advocacy to help them deliver the best possible contributions to their communities and to the choral art. Chorus America provides invaluable news, resources and expertise delivered in myriad accessible ways. Chorus America’s programs bring professionals and volunteers together to learn and collaborate in a friendly, supportive environment that promotes networking, information exchange, and shared goals. Chorus America speaks with a strong and unified voice to increase recognition of choral singing as an essential part of society. More than 1,600 choruses, individuals, and businesses are members of Chorus America. This powerful group of conductors, arts administrators, board members, singers, music business executives, and choral music lovers are at the core of a dramatically expanding choral movement in North America.
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The Musical Offering
The Musical Offering is Evanston’s own community music school. We have been quietly and capably providing music instruction and inspiration to children, individuals, and families for 10 years. We are proud of our process-oriented teaching philosophy, our professional and friendly faculty, or investment in local schools, and our partnerships with arts organizations equally committed to making music more accessible to all. In 2007, we won an Evanston Mayor`s Award for the Arts in recognition for our history as an arts incubator and the quality of our programming.
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Evanston Community Foundation
The Evanston Community Foundation is a publicly supported philanthropic organization dedicated to enriching Evanston and the lives of its people, now and in the future. The Foundation builds and manages its own and other community endowments, addresses Evanston’s changing needs through grant-making, and provides leadership on important community issues.
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Illinois Arts Council
For over 35 years the Illinois Arts Council (IAC) has been instrumental in supporting Illinois' highly acclaimed and diverse cultural community. Thousands of partnerships throughout our history have helped to maintain the highest standards of excellence in the arts while expanding the accessibility of this artistic wealth to children and adults in every corner of the state. The IAC recognizes and supports not-for-profit arts organizations, community programs, schools, universities and individual creative artists through grant programs, technical assistance, workshops and special initiatives every year.
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