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DocuSign Envelope ID: E271EC54- B954- 46F4- BCE3- 9FB02C9E1328 <br />Request Summary Entering our 38th season, VOICES is seeking operating funds from <br />Orange County Arts Commission. Specifically, we request $3,000 to <br />support the salary of our rehearsal accompanist, Shoko Abe, DMA. <br />Dr. Abe is an Asian American from Japan. VOICES will provide the <br />remaining $5,400 to support Dr. Abe's salary from operating funds. <br />Shoko Abe served as rehearsal accompanist in the 2017 -18 season. <br />Her patience and skills on piano, electronic keyboard, and organ as <br />well as her ability to lead and simultaneously accompany sectionals <br />are appreciated deeply by the chorus members. Dr. Abe also serves <br />as our concert keyboardist. Samples of Dr. Abe's work are enclosed. <br />The Poulenc flute sonata illustrates her skills and was performed for <br />her dissertation concert in Texas earlier this year. The Claussen and <br />Forrest pieces were performed with VOICES and CANTARI, <br />respectively, at their May, 2018 concerts and illustrate Dr. Abe's <br />collaborative skills. <br />Dr. Abe holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano, <br />awarded in April, 2018, from the University of North Texas, following <br />degrees earned with high honors in piano performance from <br />Fukushima University and Showa University of Music in Japan. Dr. <br />Abe is working in the United States on a green card. Her resume is <br />attached. <br />Support from OCAC will enable VOICES and CANTARI choruses to <br />rehearse with a skilled accompanist with our newly appointed Artistic <br />Director, Stephen Futrell, DMA. Dr. Futrell has asked Dr. Abe to <br />continue as accompanist for the 2018 -19 season and she has <br />accepted. <br />