2018-408-E Arts - Womens Voices arts grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID: COBF04D9- 1E81- 4FFE- A25B- C99E10EE307B Organizational Goals Women's Voices Chorus performs two ticketed concerts, one charity concert, and at least one community - service concert each year. Since the majority of choral literature is for mixed (male and female) voices, our programs offer a refreshing opportunity for audiences and singers alike to experience new and /or rarely performed music written or arranged especially for women's voices. The addition of paid professional instrumentalists and dancers greatly enhances our ability to more completely interpret and express a composer's musical and artistic ideas to a modern audience. This added richness enhances the quality and reputation of the Orange County arts scene, while financially supporting local musicians and dancers. Our organization aims to appeal to an ever - widening body of music lovers in Orange County and beyond, particularly in terms of community and cultural outreach. Toward that end, we have established a Diversity Task Force that seeks ways to make our group more inclusive and representative of the community at large. This group will formalize our de facto efforts thus far, including our community concert in April 2018 at Immaculata Catholic Church for a primarily non - English- speaking audience. At our Fall 2018 retreat, we expect to learn and develop skills honored in the African American choral tradition. Our winter 2019 concert, scheduled for January 20, on Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, is tentatively planned to celebrate diversity and the enduring work of Dr. King. The Spring 2019 concert performance, scheduled to take place at UNC- Chapel Hill's Moeser Auditorium, will focus on women's political history and enhance our ability to reach a larger and more diverse audience of students, faculty, staff, and community. OCAC funding will enable us to achieve these goals in the following ways: Funding for the fall 2018 retreat will enable us to hire a clinician who can expand our musical vocabulary, thereby providing us with skills necessary to prepare new repertoire for future concerts. Indeed, we expect that this workshop will bear fruit at our Winter 2019 concert, with its focus on celebrating diversity. Funding to support our Spring 2019 concert will enable us to cover the rental cost of a large public venue. We are thrilled that singing in Moeser Auditorium will provide us visibility to the town and UNC campus communities, but we also recognize that use of this venue exceeds our usual costs.