Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support the first phase of the development of a new performing edition of John Corigliano’s opera Ghosts of Versailles

The Ghosts of Versailles Opera

toward costs of improving specific aspects of its operations

Opera Program

to support the disruption of established practices around the commissioning of new work


Advancing the Future of American Opera

to strengthen its artistic and administrative capacity

Opera Project

to support productions of Troilus and Cressida and Ghosts of Versailles

Productions of "Troilus and Cressida" and "Ghosts of Versailles"

to support productions of new America operas

Artistic Initiatives for New American Operas

to support the development and presentation of new and recent American operas


New Works, Bold Voices

Three American Operas

to support the New Works, Bold Voices program

New Works, Bold Voices Incubator

to support the Prototype: Opera/Theatre/Now Festival

Prototype - Opera/Theatre/Now Festival

Opera/Theatre/Now Festival - Prototype

to support the PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now Festival

to support the development of an electronic edition of the Latin text known as the Norman Anonymous

Electronic Edition of Norman Anonymous

support of the Institute of Orchestral Conducting

Institute of Orchestral Conducting

to support Fast Forward at Di Capo Opera, a series of concerts and semi-staged operas not yet produced by major opera companies

Opera Program 

to endow opera and music theater programs

Opera and Music - Theatre Endowment

for support of a fellowship program that will assist scholars to make greater use of the manuscript collection in its Vatican Film Library

Fellowship Program

to establish "The Andrew W. Mellon Fund," the income of which is to be used to strengthen and enhance the quality of liberal learning at the University

Andrew W. Mellon Fund - Endowment

to support the development of standards, services, and scholarly tools that would enhance the use of digitized medieval manuscripts

Developing a Transcription Tool for Digitized Manuscripts 

to support development of a software tool for creating electronic editions of pre-modern texts

SCEDiP: A Web-Based Application for Scholarly Collation, Editing, and Digital Publishing

to support Prototype, an annual contemporary opera music-theater festival

Contemporary Music - Theatre and Opera Festival

for use by the University Archives in developing appraisal guidelines for scientific and technological materials

Urban Universities Program

to support research on international models of artistic leadership in symphony orchestras

Research Project

to strengthen artistic and administrative performance

Symphony Orchestra Program

supplemental award for permanent endowment

to support artistic initiatives and organizational development

to support on-site consultation and participation in the Symphony Orchestra Forum

to support planning for a census of 18th-century British periodicals

18th Century British Periodicals Census

to support further planning for a census of 18th-century British periodicals

18th Century British Periodicals Census - Part II

to support further preliminary work for a census of 18th-century British periodicals

18th Century British Periodicals Census - Part III

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 the New Dance Horizons project

New Dance Horizons 2016

to continue support for the Opera of our Time Initiative

Opera of Our Time

to strengthen artistic and administrative capacity

to support the development and production of new operas

Development and Production of New Works

to support the production of new and rarely produced operas

to support a residency program and curricular collaboration with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Residency Program

to strengthen aspects of the institution, within a selective program to assist nine American theaters

Theatre Program - 1991

to assist in producing earlier work that merits revival

Regional Theatre Program

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

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 