Grantee Database
VOICES OF MUSIC INC
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Youth Arts Action
Award Amount
$6,944.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Voices of Music will expand its 30-week after school recorder program to include two schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. it will be taught by Voices of Music’s accomplished music educators and will emphasize learning of important music and life skills through hands-on music-making. A culminating performance in June 2021 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive will showcase outcomes of the program.
Organization Summary
Currently the most popular early music ensemble in America, San Francisco based Voices of Music performs both renaissance and baroque music, drawing upon the many and varied sources for historical performance practice. Performances are primarily one on a part, with an emphasis on combining both instrumental and vocal styles of interpretation and ornamentation. Voices of Music is a pioneer in digital technology for the arts, and more than 83,000 people watch concerts and programming from our ensemble each day–more than 30 million viewers a year (https://www.youtube.com/voicesofmusic/). In addition to our acclaimed Concert Series in the San Francisco Bay Area, Voices of Music offers the following outreach programs:
– after school recorder classes for seven public elementary and middle schools (weekly program)
– Junior Recorder Society (monthly meetings)
– Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra
– Emerging Artist Program
Organization
VOICES OF MUSIC
Address
2193 Fillmore St
San Francisco
94115-2223
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(415) 260-4687
Congressional District
California Assembly district 11
State Assembly District
District 2
State Senate District
District 11
