New Performance Traditions
For General Operating Support
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Amount$120,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/16/2015
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
The San Francisco-based Paul Dresher Ensemble is an innovative electro-acoustic collective of musicians that engages more than 3,000 audience members each year; collaborates with composers, theater, and dance companies; and produces and tours with its own assortment of experimental music theater in more than forty shows annually. The organization’s instrumentation combines traditional acoustic and contemporary instruments created by its musicians. During the grant period, the organization plans to collaborate with a local autism behavioral organization to develop a walk-through sound installation of musical instruments, intended to be the base for a theater piece called Max Understood, specifically designed to accommodate people on the autism spectrum. The ensemble also plans to tour locally and nationally, commission new work, collaborate with a host of musicians and composers, provide residency and fiscal sponsorship opportunities for local artists and arts organizations, and present instrument-building workshops with elementary schools in the region.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.newperformancetraditions.org
Address
55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102-3916, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
New Performance Traditions develops and presents the work of music composer Paul Dresher and other multidisciplinary contemporary performing artists. Each year, the organization typically produces and presents 50 performances to audiences of 9,000 people. The organization also provides low-cost services that promote artistic creation, including performance and rehearsal space, recording and live streaming technologies, fiscal sponsorship, and artist residencies. This grant to New Performance Traditions advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for capital campaign assessment, planning, and feasibility study
New Performance Traditions, formerly known as Musical Traditions, supports diverse artists and ensembles with residencies, affordable space and equipment rentals, grants, fiscal sponsorship services, and project development support. Each year, 6 artists benefit from artists in residence program that include working space, production funding, and technical assistance from the organization. In addition, the organization supports the work of its founder, contemporary music composer Paul Dresher. Support for New Performance Traditions aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Artists strategy. This organizational effectiveness grant will help the organization to undertake a capital campaign assessment and development process.
