2017-466-E Arts - Chapel Hill Philharmonia (children) - 2017-18 Arts Grant Agreement

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onnunign Envelope ID. 1EeFoAnnF3r1-4rFo*oon-2owoFoone4Ar Narrative Spring 2017 Arts Program Application Current Programs and Services The CHP is planning five different programs for 2017-2018 and is also supporting its annual Young Artist Competition: • October 22, 2017: A children's concert with guest conductor Evan Feldman (see below). • December 10, 2017: A classical concert featuring music from Khachaturian's "Masquerade" and Beethoven's Symphony#2. • February 2018: Auditions for 2018 Young Artists Competition. Winner performs in concert with the orchestra in May. Runners-up read their repertoire with the orchestra in rehearsal. • February 25, 2018: A classical concert featuring Respighi's "Fountains of Rome"and with guest soloist Anna Lampidis performing Mozart's Oboe Concerto. • May 6, 2018: A classical concert featuring Dvorak's Symphony#6 and the winner of the 2018 Young Artists Competition. • Summer 2018: Chamber music concerts with members of the Cl-IF. Proposed Uses of Grant Funds The grant is requested for the October children's program, partially covering costs for seven weekly rehearsals,the dress rehearsal, and the concert. This year's program is centered around the narrated composition"The Composer is Dead", with music by Nathaniel Stookey and story by Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket. The piece introduces the various instruments of the orchestra in the context of a mystery investigation featuring the characteristic dark humor of Lemony Snicket. Like Prokofiev's"Peter and the Wolf',the piece is a deft mixture of entertainment and musical education. Premiered by the San Francisco Symphony in 2006, "The Composer Is Dead" has since been performed by major orchestras across the United States. TbeCHP has a special connection to the composer— Stookey lived in Chapel Hill in the early 2000's and was a member of the orchestra's second violin section. Guest conductor Andrew McAfee initiated the first children's program in 2007 and it has been an annual event since 2009. Past concerts have included works such as Rossini's "William Tell Overture", Saint-Saens's"Carnival of the Animals", and Britten's"Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". The orchestra also mixes in contemporary music like John Williams's"Harry Potter" and Klaus Badelt's "Pirates of the Caribbean". Though the theme of the concert varies from year to year, the goal is always to inspire, educate, and entertain young listeners. The children's concert traditionally draws the CHP's most diverse audiences, evenly split between elementary-school-aged children and adults. The October program will be held in the informal space of Kenan Rehearsal Hall, allowing the audience of 250-300 people close access to the orchestra. Because the concert is free, the audience is socio-economically diverse, offering a live music experience to many who cannot afford a traditional classical concert. The dress rehearsal (on Saturday morning) is also open to the public. Grant funds have been requested to help pay the salary of the music director, a harpist, rental costs for performance and rehearsal venues, and rental costs for the music. Remaining expenses for the p ject(not covered by the grant request) include program printing costs and salaries of the technical staff. The orchestra pursues a low-cost approach to publicity for our programs, using word- of-nuoutb, flyco, 00|iuuco|cudurs, novvspoperliodnDo, oue+nui| |ist, dhe PeachJar school calendar, and social media to promote our events. The CUP does not have a formal process for evaluating our concerts. However, the main thrust of the orchestra's efforts during the year is continuous improvement for both individuals and the ensemble. The group makes archive recordings of each concert, allowing musicians the chance to assess their performance.