Young Musicians Choral Orchestra
For General Operating Support
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Amount$660,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/12/2019
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra is a nationally recognized organization that provides a combination of musical training, academic reinforcement, and personal development for low-income, underserved students of color. Each year, the no-cost program provides approximately 65 Bay Area students with substantial education, training, and performance opportunities in orchestra, jazz, and choral music. For the past 16 years, 100% of the orchestra’s graduating seniors have gone on to attend conservatory or college.
About the Grantee
Address
2020 Milvia Street, Suite 420, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra provides musical training, academic reinforcement, and personal development opportunities for low-income, underserved students from four Bay Area counties. Each year, the no-cost program provides over 60 students with education, training, and performance opportunities in orchestra, choir, jazz, dance and movement, and music production. Support of the Young Musicians Choral Orchestra aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy, through the Program Delivery substrategy.
for general operating support
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra (YMCO) is a nationally recognized orchestral, jazz and choral music training program for low-income youth of color. Paired with academic coaching, students from the program matriculate into and excel at the premiere conservatories and universities in the United States. YMCO has taken a bold path during the past two years, becoming a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization independent from UC Berkeley, where the program was incubated. Renewed support for YMCO would provide the opportunity for the organization to maintain its programming and to engage in strategic and financial planning.
