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Title of Grant <br />Request <br />December concert/side-by-side chamber orchestra project in UNC Chapel <br />Hill's Moeser Auditorium <br />Grant Amount <br />Requested <br />5000 <br />Is the person in <br />charge of this <br />program or project <br />different from the <br />Authorizing Official? <br />No <br />W hat are you <br />requesting funding <br />for? <br />A specific program or project <br />Project/Program <br />Summary <br />A conductor-less ensemble project in which students collaborate with <br />multicultural professional musicians and work with a living, female <br />composer. <br />This concert features Chapel Hill-based, Pulitzer-prize winning composer <br />Jennifer Higdon as well as the chamber music of composers traditionally <br />underrepresented in classical music performance. The project and concert <br />will take place on December 20-22, 2024 in Hill Hall at UNC-CH, and the <br />final concert in Moeser Auditorium at UNC is free and open to the general <br />public. *It should be noted that MYCO is not affiliated with UNC, and must <br />rent spaces and facilities for all its activities.* <br />MYCO's students will come together for an intensive, conductor-less <br />chamber orchestra project led by MYCO faculty and/or guest artists. During <br />the project, faculty as well as MYCO alumni will play and rehearse <br />alongside MYCO students in preparation for a Sunday afternoon <br />performance. The project brings MYCO's youngest students together <br />alongside older, more experienced students, MYCO alumni, and MYCO <br />faculty, creating a wonderful opportunity for multi-layered mentorship and <br />experiential learning throughout the project. This project offers MYCO <br />students the chance to work with a famous, living composer within their <br />own community. <br />MYCO's students will also perform chamber music by composers typically <br />underrepresented in classical music performance on this concert. <br />Programming within the past year has included works by composers such <br />as Daniel Bernard Roumain (Klap Ur Handz); Hawa Kassa Mady Diabaté <br />(Tegere Tulon); Kenji Bunch (Hard W inter/Holler & Stamp), Rhiannon <br />Giddens (At the Purchaser's Option, and Charlton Singleton (Testimony). <br />Project Start Date <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2024) <br />December 20, 2024 <br />Project End Date (no <br />later than June 30, <br />2025) <br />December 22, 2024 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: F72C8FCD-001E-42EF-9838-C92A0ECDE2DA