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DocuSign Envelope ID: E271EC54- B954- 46F4- BCE3- 9FB02C9E1328 <br />Orange County Arts Commission <br />Organization Name VOICES, the Chapel Hill Chorus <br />by Susan Brunssen in 2018 -19 Grassroots Arts <br />Program Grant Application <br />susan .brunssen @voiceschapelhill.org <br />Original application <br />Mailing Address of PO Box 3011 <br />Organization Chapel Hill, NC 27515 <br />How did you hear OCAC Enews <br />about our grant <br />program? <br />Did you or a Yes <br />representative of <br />your orgnanization <br />attend one of our <br />grants training <br />sessions? <br />Powered by Submittable U <br />05/25/2018 <br />id. 10431744 <br />05/25/2018 <br />Nature of Arts Organization <br />Organization <br />Organization VOICES is one of the Triangle's oldest and most distinguished choral <br />Description groups, entering our 38th season. Our Mission is "to foster, sustain, <br />and share the art and joy of choral music and to enrich the Triangle <br />community through excellent performances of music from diverse <br />cultures and historical periods." <br />VOICES is a grassroots auditioned community chorus that is <br />administered by a working board of 12 elected members serving 3- <br />year terms. Paid staff is limited to our Artistic Director and rehearsal <br />accompanist — both part time. Our fifth Artistic Director, Stephen <br />Futrell, DMA, joins us effective June 1, 2018. Our accompanist and <br />concert pianist /keyboardist, Shoko Abe, DMA, continues in this role <br />for her second season. Both resumes are attached. <br />VOICES Symphonic Chorus' 100+ members perform two concerts a <br />year; CANTARI, our 25- member select ensemble performs three <br />concerts annually; and SUMMER VOICES, at 40+ members performs <br />more informal music biennially. Thus, VOICES presents five or six <br />unique concert programs every year to collective audiences of about <br />1300. Programs reflect our mission; music from diverse cultures and <br />periods highlight works by contemporary and local composers <br />infrequently available to our audience. For example, in May, 2017, <br />"Latin American Connections" was presented by CANTARI with <br />Sisters' Voices Girls' Choir with Emmanuel Trifilio on bandoneon. The <br />