Zawaya
For General Operating Support
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Amount$135,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/14/2015
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Zawaya is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and presenting Arab American cultural heritage through music and art, and is a leading Arabic performing arts organization in the Bay Area. It strives to create bridges of understanding through two main performing programs, Aswat, a forty-five-member ensemble of Arab and non-Arab musicians and singers (the largest Arabic musical ensemble in the United States), and Aswat Youth, which offers instruction in classical Arabic instruments and vocals to people ages six to eighteen. The organization reaches more than 3,000 people each year through classes, workshops, and concerts, incorporating a broad spectrum of instruments and music scales from classical, folk, and contemporary Arabic music, representing twenty-two countries.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.zawaya.org
Address
311 Forty-first Avenue, San Mateo, CA, 94403-4305, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Zawaya is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and presenting Arab American cultural heritage through music and art, and is a leading Arabic performing arts organization in the Bay Area. It strives to create bridges of understanding through its art. Its two main performing programs are ASWAT, a forty-five-member community music group of Arab and non-Arab musicians and singers (the largest Arab musical ensemble in the United States), and ASWAT Youth, offering instruction in classical Arabic instruments and vocals to young people ages six to eighteen. Zawaya reaches 2,000 people at one to two major concerts per year and between eight and ten public performances at such diverse venues as The Center for Peace & Compassion in Fairfax, California; San Francisco’s de Young Museum; and private homes. Renewed support would help the organization launch two programs to meet the needs of the community: a music program for toddlers in Silicon Valley and a Muslim Music Ensemble to help alter negative perceptions of Muslims through music.
for general operating support
Zawaya is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and presenting Arab American cultural heritage through music and art, and is a leading Arabic performing arts organization in the Bay Area. It strives to create connections across cultures through two main performing programs: Aswat, a 37-member ensemble of Arab and non-Arab musicians and singers (the largest Arabic musical ensemble in the United States), and Aswat Youth, which offers instruction in classical Arabic instruments and vocals to people ages six to 18.
