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Please explain the <br />impact of your <br />organization on the <br />Orange County <br />community in a <br />typical year. <br />In a typical year, VOICES provides services to residents of Orange <br />County on multiple levels. <br />For the general public, four to six different choral concert programs <br />are offered with up to 8 evening and matinee performances each <br />year. Audiences are frequently treated to world or regional premiers <br />of new works with the composer in attendance in addition to <br />traditional choral favorites. VOICES also pays 40 to 50 local and <br />regional instrumentalists to accompany our performances in a typical <br />year. <br />VOICES concerts are given in accessible venues. Cantari, our smaller <br />select ensemble, performs primarily in downtown churches such as <br />University United Methodist and Chapel of the Cross on E. Franklin <br />Street and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on E. Rosemary Street. <br />Cantari has also performed in the Carrboro Arts Center. Voices, our <br />large ensemble, gives two holiday concerts and one to two Spring <br />concerts. Voices concerts are usually located in Hill Hall on the UNC <br />campus, only one block off E. Franklin, and more recently at East <br />Chapel Hill High School. <br />VOICES concerts are family friendly entertainment. They are free to <br />children under 13, deeply discounted for students of all ages, and <br />discounted 20% for seniors. We also provide block ticket discounts <br />and free tickets through the Orange County Senior Centers. <br />VOICES primary service offered for Orange County residents is <br />membership in a high-quality auditioned chorus under the direction <br />of a professional Artistic Director. We are the only community chorus <br />in Orange County that offers the opportunity to sing in 8-part <br />harmony with professional musicians. We offer membership in both a <br />large-scale chorus with a 40-year history of continuous programming <br />as well as the more vocally challenging small ensemble setting of <br />Cantari. VOICES works to accommodate amateur adult singers of all <br />ages, removing barriers for those with special financial, physical, and <br />transportation challenges. Scholarships to cover tuition and <br />sometimes performance attire are provided. Special efforts are made <br />to welcome graduate students. Summer Voices concerts provide an <br />opportunity for anyone who likes to sing to join a core of regular <br />VOICES members without an audition. Seniors are especially drawn to <br />this opportunity because it is still light when rehearsals end. VOICES <br />regularly joins with children’s choirs such as Sisters’ Voices and the <br />NC Boys and Girls Choir in concert. This experience is helpful in <br />forming what can become a life-long attachment to music as a <br />vocation or an avocation. VOICES also has a history of working with <br />local dance, theatre and literary groups in presentation of choral <br />concerts. <br />COVID-19 IMPACT <br />DATA <br />This data is for the OCAC's informational purposes only and may or <br />may not be applicable to your organization depending on your <br />structure. <br />Number of Staff <br />Eliminated March 15 <br />- October 15 <br />0 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: C98A761A-0DA8-4BBF-83ED-372E91635D47