Fine Arts Foundation 2015 Grant Recipients
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City Park Jazz
City Park Jazz is a treasure in Denver's cultural life. City Park Jazz produces 10 free jazz concerts each summer in the crown jewel of Denver's Parks, City Park.
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The Colorado Chamber Players (CCP)
The Colorado Chamber Players (CCP), now celebrating its 22nd Season in 2015-16, is a fully professional mixed chamber ensemble. The group's core is string quartet, 2nd cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 pianos, and guitar.
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The Colorado Conservatory of Dance
The Colorado Conservatory of Dance provides the highest quality dance education in both classical and contemporary styles. Colorado Conservatory of Dance uses dance to foster community, create positive influence and inspire the individual.
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Curious Theatre Company
The mission of Curious Theatre Company is to engage the community in important contemporary issues through provocative modern theatre.
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Denver Art Museum
The Denver Art Museum is an educational, nonprofit resource that sparks creative thinking and expression through transformative experiences with art. Its holdings reflect the city and region and provide invaluable ways for the community to learn about cultures from around the world.
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The Denver Brass
The Denver Brass was founded in 1981 by Kathy and Chuck Brantigan, as an all-new, one-of-a-kind brass chamber ensemble which would be in the forefront of performance, entertainment, commissions and education. Today, The Denver Brass is an elite ensemble recognized throughout the U.S. and the world as one of the premier ensembles of its kind “ setting itself apart through its sound, original repertoire, recordings and concert productions.
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Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA)
DCPA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating unforgettable shared experiences through beloved Broadway musicals, world-class plays, educational programs and inspired events. We think of theatre as a spark of life ” a special occasion that's exciting, powerful and fun. Join us today and we promise an experience you won't soon forget.
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Denver Lyric Opera Guild (DLOG)
To encourage and support young singers and provide continuing education for DLOG members in the appreciation and knowledge of opera.
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Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association (DYAO)
The mission of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association (DYAO) is to provide the finest possible youth orchestra programs, inspiring and educating young musicians through the performance of great works of music, and offering valuable cultural opportunities to the community.
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El Sistema Colorado
El Sistema Colorado is a visionary movement that transforms the lives of children through music; a new model for social change. Our mission is to empower children by providing an intensive music program that teaches the importance of teamwork, promotes self-confidence, and instills the value of social responsibility.
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Inside the Orchestra
The mission of Inside the Orchestra is to bring orchestra music to young children in the greater Denver metropolitan community, cultivating music appreciation and enhancing their education through an engaging first-hand experience with the orchestra.
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Lakewood Symphony Orchestra
The mission of Lakewood Symphony Orchestra is to present the highest quality orchestral performances to the greater Lakewood Community.
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Lighthouse Writers Workshop
The mission of Lighthouse Writers Workshop is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education, support, and community for writers and readers in the Rocky Mountain Region and beyond. We strive to ensure that literature maintains its proper prominence in the culture, and that individuals achieve their fullest potential as artists and human beings.
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Museo De Las Americas
Museo De Las Americas is dedicated to educating our community through collecting, preserving, interpreting and exhibiting the diverse arts and cultures of the Americas from ancient to contemporary, through innovative exhibitions and programs.
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Phamaly Theatre Company
Phamaly Theatre Company's mission is to inspire people to re-envision disability through professional theatre.
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Rocky Mountain Children's Choir
Established in 1995, the Rocky Mountain Children's Choir began as an opportunity for children from diverse backgrounds to interact with one another in a meaningful way. The belief was that the harmony of children could be a uniting force for young people from different ethnic, racial, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds. Today the RMCC continues to cultivate its unique mission that combines musical excellence with inclusiveness, diversity, and outreach.
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Rocky Mountain PBS
To enrich the lives of Coloradans through engaging and essential programs, services and community partnerships that inform, enlighten and entertain.
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Stories on Stage
The mission of Stories on Stage is to nurture empathy and understanding among individuals as well as groups through performing arts programming that combines theater with literature.
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Swallow Hill Music Association
Building community by connecting people to diverse music traditions on the stage and in the classroom.
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Think 360 Arts
To lead Colorado in cultivating and sustaining the arts as essential to all learning through creative experiences for students and teachers.
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University of Denver
Begun in 2007, The Fine Arts Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund at the University of Denver has contributed scholarship support to outstanding undergraduate and /or graduate students enrolled in the Lamont School of Music. The current value of the scholarship fund is over $175,000. The scholarships are offered to students committed to excellence in the arts.
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Vintage Theatre Productions, Inc. (VTP)
Throughout Colorado, from our traditional theatre venues and in private event spaces, Vintage Theatre Productions, Inc. (VTP) proudly presents classics and cutting edge theatre, classes, improv, and staged readings that challenge, entertain, and grow our audience and artistic family alike.
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Wonderbound
Wonderbound uses dance to deepen humankind's common bond through uncommon endeavors of discovery and creation.
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Young Voices of Colorado
Our Mission is to achieve excellence in children's choral music through education and performance.
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Zikr Dance Ensemble
The company's purpose is to offer performance experiences of spiritual atonement for both participants and audiences alike which are both theatrically engaging and educational and that also connect to numerous organizations dedicated to both promoting spiritual tolerance and multi-cultural understanding for the entire community.