California Symphony Orchestra
For General Operating Support
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Amount$80,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/22/2016
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
California Symphony Orchestra is the only professional symphony orchestra based in Contra Costa County. It produces a four-concert subscription series in Walnut Creek, alongside its Young American Composer-in-Residence program, free community performances, and in-school music programs for K-5 students. Renewed support over a two-year term will enable the organization to continue its current path of building its resources, reducing its accumulated debt, and stabilizing its leadership.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.californiasymphony.org
Address
100 Pringle, Suite 540, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
California Symphony Orchestra, the only professional symphony orchestra serving Contra Costa County, produces a four-concert subscription series at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, alongside its Young American Composer-in-Residence program, free community performances, and a Music-in-the-Schools assembly program reaching 3,000 K-5 students. The past two years have seen major leadership transitions, with the hiring of a new executive director and the controversial board dismissal of the founding music director; financial vulnerability has dogged the organization for a number of years. Renewed funding would allow the orchestra to stabilize and chart its future course. Particular attention will be paid to the organization’s financial stability and its ability to navigate transitions in executive and artistic leadership.
