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Phoenix Award Honors Choral Resilience In Pandemic

New England choruses have been severely tested in the past 18 months, and they have responded with tenacity and ingenuity. This year, Choral Arts New England decided to highlight some of the choruses who have made notable accomplishments during the pandemic by instituting a special Phoenix Award. The award particularly recognized continuing to make music in some way; engaging membership and the community; being creative, visionary and resourceful; contributing to artistic well-being; keeping musicians and/or staff employed; and providing educational opportunities.

2021 Alfred Nash Patterson Grant Recipients Announced

Choral Arts New England has announced the funding of 10 grants, for a total of $13,000, starting in 2021. The funded projects were selected from 46 proposals received. Last year, 51 applications were received and $13,500 was given in grants. The grant recipients, listed alphabetically, are Classical Uprising (Portland, Maine), Coro Allegro (Boston, Mass.), Ensemble Altera (Johnston, R.I.), The Keene Chorale (Keene, N.H.), The Main Street Children's Choir (New Britain, Conn.), Metropolitan Chorale (Brookline, Mass.), Renaissance Men (Westwood, Mass.), Schoodic Arts for All (Winter Harbor, Maine), Solaris Vocal Ensemble (Essex Junction, Vt.), and Worcester Children's Chorus (Worcester, Mass.).

CANE Newsletter: February 2021

Project Grant Deadline Approaching

CANE is still accepting project grants due on February 28. There are some special criteria in this unusual year encouraging immediate artistic responses to this moment in history. For more information click here.

Emergency Grant Success Story

“The Journey Song Singers of New Hampshire wish to thank CANE for providing a grant of $500 to enable us to continue and expand our hospice bedside singing work during the pandemic. We leveraged our grant and were able to deliver more than 27 CD players to 14 different facilities where residents can now enjoy…

CANE Newsletter: December 2020

COVID Emergency Grants Announced

In this extraordinary time of need, CANE has offered twenty emergency grants of $500 dollars each to ensembles throughout New England. Choral Arts New England Emergency Grants are a special initiative to provide immediate assistance to organizations experiencing difficulty due to circumstances related to COVID-19. “We received close to 60 applications from choral organizations and our final decisions were focused on those smaller organizations for whom the grant would have the most impact,” said Gregory Brown, CANE’s board chair. Click here to see the list…

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