Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support continued development of the Database of Recorded American Music

Database of Recorded American Music

to support further development of the Database of Recorded American Music

to support the planning, design, and prototype implementation of the Database of Recorded American Music

to support the continued planning, design, and implementation of the Database of Recorded American Music

to support the continued development of a database of recorded music for distribution to academic institutions

Database of American Music V

to support the expansion and restructuring of the Anthology’s music database and online distribution services

General Operations

toward costs of recording and marketing the work of American chamber ensembles

American Chamber Ensembles

Treemonisha Recording

to support the initial design and specification for a database structure and input application for the management and distribution of digitized music

to support its festival for emerging composers

Emerging Composers Festival

for support of Aspen Music School in Aspen, Colorado

Support of Aspen Music School

to support transition and start-up costs related to a merger with American Music Center, Inc.

Merger With American Music Center 

to support a seminar on music training and performance

Music Seminar 

to endow opera and music theater programs

Opera and Music - Theatre Endowment

toward costs of establishing its Music Performance Program

Chamber Music Program

to support planning for an annual festival of concerts by North American orchestras, Spring for Music, at Carnegie Hall

Spring for Music 

to support the Music Alive orchestral residency program

Music Alive Residencies

to support a national study of the chamber music field

Chamber Music Field Study

to support a collaborative project among public media stations to help shape the future of classical music on radio

Station Resource Group Inc - Classical Music Rising

Summer Institute of Music

to support a commissioning program for classical music

Classical Music Commissioning Program

to support the composer residency program Music Alive

Music Alive - Composer Residencies

to support the establishment of an endowment for the Live Music for Dance program

Live Music for Dance Endowment 

to support the Summer Institute of Music at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

to support research and planning for New Music Hubs

Planning for New Music Hubs

to assist this community music school in renovating its new building

Renovation of New Building

to support transition costs related to a merger with American Music Center, Inc.

Merger with American Music Center

to support the publication of a book on the US National Student Association

Anthology Project

to support Music Alive, online media programs, and capacity building

Music Alive, Online Media Programs, and Capacity Building

Spring for Music

Campaign for the Future of Chamber Music

to support the conservatory of music and the integrated double-degree program in music and the liberal arts and sciences

Conservatory of Music

Spring for Music Orchestra Festival

to support the establishment of a small music conservatory and assess interest in a "double degree" program in music and another field

toward renovation of a space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for multi-purpose use

Ballroom Renovation

for support of the Royal Shakespeare Company's residency program at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Royal Shakespeare Company - Residency Program

to support the activities of the Royal Shakespeare Company while in residence at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Royal Shakespeare Company

to continue support for the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth Artists’ Initiative

Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth Artists' Initiative

for support of engagement of Royal Shakespeare Company's production at Brooklyn Academy of Music at a reduced ticket price scale

Royal Shakespeare Company - 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

toward the costs of three concerts of contemporary American music

Contemporary Music

to support the activities of the International Centre for Theatre Research while in residence at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

International Centre for Theatre Research

to support opera and music-theater presentations

BAM Opera Program

to provide seating, and lighting and sound equipment for the renovated ballroom at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Support for the Renovated Ballroom

to support the development of an online catalog, the Index to Printed Music

Index to Printed Music

to support opera and music-theater programming

Opera Presentations and Opera Endowment

to support publication of the research papers of Robert Feller

Dr. Robert Feller's Anthology 

for use by the Coalition of Manhattan Community Schools of the Arts toward costs of a study of ways to increase the effectiveness of the schools' collaboration with one another and with New York City public schools

Coalition of Manhattan Community Schools of the Arts

Music Alive

to provide a final round of support to the Boston Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music (BEAM) initiative

Boston Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music (BEAM)

to support the Boston Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music initiative

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

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