Community School of Music and Arts
For The 2017 50 Arts Commissions For Music Composition
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/23/2017
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Term37 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
In recognition of the Hewlett Foundation’s 50th anniversary, the Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions initiative supports the creation and premiere of 50 exceptional works of performing arts. This grant will support "Imagine Our Future," a jazz composition crowd sourced from Bay Area students, which will premiere in the San Francisco Bay Area no later than December 2020.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.arts4all.org
Address
230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View, CA, 94040-1276, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general support of the music program
Community School of Music and Arts is one of the Bay Area’s largest music and visual arts education organizations, providing arts training for 40,000 people of all ages and abilities. The organization’s music program includes individual lessons, group classes, camps, and public performances; its in-school programs provide weekly standards-based, sequential visual arts and music classes in thirty-five local schools, reaching 15,000 children in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, including some of the region’s most underserved populations. New leadership and strategic planning have strengthened the organization’s resolve to grow and sustain its programs and facility.
for support of the music program
FROM PREVIOUS GRANT: Community School of Music and Arts is one of the Bay Area's largest music and visual arts education organizations, providing arts training for 40,000 people of all ages and abilities. The organization's music program includes individual lessons, group classes, camps, and a public performance series-all at Finn Center, its 25,000 square-foot building in Mountain View with studios, classrooms, digital arts lab, teacher resource center, 200+-seat concert hall, and exhibition area. Its in-school programs provide weekly standards-based, sequential visual arts and music classes in thirty-two local schools, reaching almost 10,000 children, including some of the region's most underserved populations.
