Kronos Performing Arts Association
For General Operating Support
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Amount$270,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/1/2018
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Kronos Performing Arts Association is the organizational entity that stewards the internationally renowned Kronos Quartet. In addition to managing the quartet’s 22-week touring schedule, Kronos produces numerous educational activities through partnerships with schools and universities, and hosts an annual Kronos Festival at the SFJAZZ Center (a Hewlett Foundation grantee) celebrating new works for string quartet and featuring a powerful roster of guest artists and composers. Each year, the organization engages more than 50,000 people through its programs. In the coming grant period, it will continue its performance and presenting work, round out its Fifty for the Future commissioning initiative, and strengthen its organizational capacity through planning, fundraising, and board development.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.kronosquartet.org
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Kronos Performing Arts Association manages the work of the Kronos Quartet, which has been performing new and historic works for string quartets for 50 years. The quartet tours locally, nationally, and internationally and is known for commissioning new works, more than 1,000 since its inception. The organization also supports education programs with schools and universities, and it presents the annual Kronos Festival in San Francisco, a multiday celebration of new works from diverse traditions and genres. In a typical year, the organization engages more than 50,000 people through its programs. Support for the Kronos Performing Arts Association advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
Kronos Performing Arts Association manages the work of the Kronos Quartet, which has been performing new and historic works for string quartets for 50 years. The quartet tours locally, nationally, and internationally and is known for commissioning new works, more than 1,000 since its inception. The organization also supports education programs with schools and universities ,and presents the annual Kronos Festival in San Francisco, a multiday celebration of new works from diverse traditions and genres. In a typical year, the organization engages more than 50,000 people through its programs. Support for Kronos Performing Arts Association advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
