Kronos Performing Arts Association
For General Operating Support
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Amount$285,000
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Program
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Date Awarded2/24/2021
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Kronos Performing Arts Association stewards the Kronos Quartet, known worldwide for commissioning and performing new and historic works for string quartets. The quartet has toured locally, nationally, and internationally, and commissioned more than 1,000 new works by guest composers. The association also presents the annual Kronos Festival, a multi-day celebration of new works from diverse traditions and genres, featuring guest artists and composers, and produces numerous educational activities through partnerships with schools and universities. In a typical year, the organization engages more than 50,000 people through its programs. Support of this organization advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.kronosquartet.org
Address
1242 Ninth Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94122-2307, United States
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.
