Grantee Database
SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$21,213.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, the San Diego Symphony will present a concert anchored by a performance of “Tres minutos” by Southern California composer Nicolás Lell Benavides. This 45-minute opera is Inspired by a real program that reunites families separated by immigration policies at the Mexico-U.S. Border, but only for three minutes, “Tres minutos” imagines the story of Diego and Nila, a brother and sister who share DNA but not citizenship.
Nicolás Lell Benavides will work with the Symphony’s VP for Impact & Innovation and Symphony identified community partners MAAC Project and Casa Familiar to engage San Diego’s Latino/a and Latino/a immigrant communities to organically develop additional creative components that amplify the opera’s themes the community feels resonate with their experience. These components might include readings, poetry, visual art, or other creative elements.
Organization Summary
Through a rich mixture of innovative and educational concert programming, the Symphony makes music an integral part of the cultural and intellectual fabric of the region and seeks to improve the quality of life for residents of all ages. The Symphony offers a wide range of concert experiences, including Jacobs’ Masterworks classical concerts at Jacobs Music Center and the Conrad Prebys Summer Season at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. Each year the Symphony serves a diverse audience of more than 250,000 people of all ages from throughout the region.
Organization
San Diego Symphony
Address
1245 7TH AVE
SAN DIEGO
92101-4302
County
San Diego
Region
Far South
Phone
(619) 235-0800
Congressional District
California's 52nd congressional district
State Assembly District
District 78
State Senate District
District 39
