Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support productions of Songs of Houston and Last Acts and a revival of Billy Budd

Productions of 'Song of Houston,'  'Last Acts,' and  'Billy Budd'

for development of ways to increase earned and contributed income

Regional Opera Program

Opera Program

Opera Project

to support the development and production of new opera

Development and Production of New American Works

Commissioning Program

to support a multiyear composer residency

Long-term Artist Investment

East + West - The Passenger, Siddhartha

to support the development and production of new American works

to continue support for artistic initiatives and organizational development

to support the Off Grand Initiative and a new artist-in-residence

Off Grand Initiative and Artist-in-Residence

to support the orchestra development program, and new and 20th-century operas

to support the Frontiers program and the Noches de Opera initiative

Frontiers Programs and the Noches de Opera Initiative

toward costs of improving specific aspects of its operations

Small Opera Program

to support emergency funding for University of Houston students adversely affected by Hurricane Harvey

University of Houston Cougar Emergency Fund

to support the Opera Fusion: New Works initiative

Opera Fusion - New Works

to assist the Opera while it seeks to broaden and extend  its earned income base

Development Fund

to assist the Opera while it seeks to broaden and extend its earned-income base

for use as a development fund to assist the Opera in seeking to increase earned and contributed income

to support developmental residencies for new American opera in partnership with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music  

Opera Fusion:  New Works

to support the development and production new American operas

Opera of the Americas Initiative

to continue support for Opera Fusion: New Works and to commission new operas about positive Black stories

Advancing the Future of American Opera

for its program of revivals of 20th century opera

Contemporary Repertoire

to establish a collaborative opera program with the Metropolitan Opera Association

for construction and delivery of a mobile stage and shell for the City of New York (see also Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.)

Mobile Stage

toward costs of its project "Houston Evaluation of Latino Priorities'"

Houston Evaluation

Opera Center

to support humanities research, pedagogy, and local partnerships aimed at addressing the environmental justice challenges facing Houston

Diluvial Houston

to support a summit meeting and a series of workshops on grand challenges facing academic libraries

Grand Challenges Summit

toward support of a program of services for trustees and volunteers of opera companies and to explore the possibility of merging the organization with that of Opera Guilds International

Opera Company Services

to support planning for a national opera center

National Opera Center

to support the institution following losses incurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

to support fellowships for opera composers and librettists

Opera Fellowships

to support collaborative opera development with Opera Company of Philadelphia and Music-Theatre Group, and a producing associate position in collaboration with Music-Theatre Group

Collaborative Opera Development/Producing Associate

to support interdisciplinary research and publication on Grand Challenges

Interdisciplinary Research and Publication on Grand Challenges

to support development and dissemination of new American opera

Development and Dissemination of New American Opera

to support the development of a new opera, Charlie Parker, and a producing associate position

General support

General Support

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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