FY 2009 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence I/Challenge America Fast-Track Grants/Creativity & Aging/Literature Fellowships (Poetry)

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MARYLAND

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the East Coast premiere of composer Tina Davidson's Hymn of the Universe. The composer will participate in a post-concert Choral Conversation hosted by music director Tom Hall and conduct a master class for high school and college students.

Center Stage Associates, Inc. (aka CENTERSTAGE)
Baltimore, MD
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of the Jacobean play 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford. Artistic Director Irene Lewis will direct the production, with accompanying educational and outreach activities.

Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity & Aging   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: AccessAbility
To support the Community College of Baltimore County Senior Star Showcase, Music City Bound. An ensemble of older musicians will develop, produce, and perform an original musical revue featuring Nashville music and new compositions.

Fell's Point Creative Alliance, Inc. (aka Creative Alliance)
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Great Halloween Lantern Parade held in Patterson Park. Artist Molly Ross has been commissioned to create and implement the annual event that will involve numerous local artists and community outreach. Public and in-school workshops will be held for the creation of paper and bamboo lanterns, and the event will include a shadow puppet show and live music.

Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, Inc.
McHenry, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a series of concerts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Performances will be conducted by Andrés Cárdenes and David Meyer.

Heifetz International Music Institute, Inc.
Ellicott City, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performance and communication training for young musicians. Activities will take place during the six-week summer institute held in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

Imagination Stage, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the commissioning and world premiere of a musical adaptation of Heidi (1880). Playwright Marty De Silva and composer/lyricist Joan Cushing will collaborate on the production to bring the classic tale by Johanna Spyri to a new generation of audiences.

National Council for the Traditional Arts (aka NCTA)
Silver Spring, MD
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 71st National Folk Festival in Butte, Montana. The project will present a broad array of traditional music and dance, as well as workshops, narrative stages, craft demonstrations, and regional folklife areas.

Prince Theatre Foundation, Inc.
Chestertown, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the commission and production of a new work by playwright Norman Allen. The play will demonstrate the significance of Chestertown and Kent County during the colonial era.

Round House Theatre
Bethesda, MD
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). The production is part of the theater's Literary Works Project, which is designed to bring fresh perspectives to classic literature.

University of Maryland at College Park (on behalf of Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)
College Park, MD
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support an artist residency program at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and the Kronos Quartet (with pipa player Wu Man) will be in residence to create new works.

Number of Grants: 11          Total Amount: $222,500

 
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