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Organization <br />Description <br />Sisters’ Voices (SV) is a choral community of girls founded by Leandra <br />Strope in 2008. Initially supported by private funding and volunteer time, it <br />has evolved into a Chapel Hill based community of six ensembles, camps, <br />and paid staff, which this year has served about 70 girls and gender <br />expansive youth in grades K-10. W hile the SV choral program is top-notch, <br />the heart of its mission is to lift up and encourage our singers to find their <br />unique voice to thrive and be leaders in our community. <br />The SV curriculum begins with SV-One (K-1) which explores singing and <br />musical concepts through games and folk repertoire. As students move up <br />in grades, they progress to ensembles (SV-Two, SV-Three, SV-Four, SV- <br />Five and Chamber) that teach more complex music skills, sing more difficult <br />repertoire including songs in different languages, require more time <br />commitment, and give more frequent performances, including a small <br />opera/theatrical performance. The older singers also have programming on <br />leadership and social issues. Each summer we offer a variety of camps. <br />This summer it includes a professional audio and videotaping project with <br />SV-Four and SV-Five, a choral camp for 3rd to 5th graders and a <br />leadership camp for the older singers. Our plan for the summer of 2025 is <br />to offer a Musical Theater W orkshop for middle schoolers, a choral festival <br />in Cincinnati, Ohio for the high schoolers and a choral camp for the <br />younger singers. <br />Typically, SV performs winter and spring concerts and a musical theater <br />performance, each with an audience of about 200. Last October, SV <br />singers performed at the Youth Choral Festival during the NC American <br />Choral Directors Association conference. In November, SV sang at the <br />OCAC Holiday Bazaar and during the Triangle Vocal Project Concert. SV <br />has also performed at the Carrboro Music Festival, ClydeFest, and OCAC <br />First Fridays at the Mill. SV has sung the national anthem for Girls on the <br />Run events and the 2018 Harlem Globetrotters visit, and has collaborated <br />with artists, musicians and the Paperhand Puppet Intervention at the <br />Carrboro ArtsCenter. <br />W hile our singers are racially diverse, we are working to attract a socio- <br />economically diverse group by building diversity in our leadership through <br />staff and our BOD, which will help us reach communities that may not be <br />aware of SV. W e also have a scholarship program and our tuition is built <br />on a sliding scale. W e never turn singers away because of inability to pay. <br />Our staff consists of Artistic Director, Leandra Strope, with 30+ years of <br />conducting experience, and Financial Director, Jenny W alters, who also <br />works in the CHCCS system. In addition, we have Outreach Director, <br />Matte Cottrell, an SV alum who identifies as a queer, non-binary person. In <br />October, we hired Makayla Graybeal, a young African American woman to <br />be our Community Coordinator, a new position funded with support from the <br />Strowd Roses Foundation. Our accompanist is Kristin Trangsrud. The <br />Board of Directors consists of six women, including a native Spanish <br />speaker who is connected to the local Latinx community. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 5E6F8E2E-FE2C-436D-A06C-2B31BCD96BED