David Stabler had a recent piece about the new round of grants that have been funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust for the 2011-2012 season, and so I went digging through the PDF press release from the OCT website to see what interesting projects would catch my eye. What did not catch my eye? The Oregon Symphony. I would have figured that there might have been something, especially in the Education and Community Engagement department that would have qualified for funding, but it looks like it was a very competitive year.
(asterisks denote first-time OCT grant recipients)
Portland Art Museum, $20,000
To support the exhibition “Mark Rothoko: Portland to New York” which will trace the career of one of Portland’s native sons, looking at the artist’s development and influences from his first classes at the Museum Art School to his involvement in the abstract expressionist movement in New York. The museum will collaborate with Portland Center Stage, and Third Angle Ensemble on other events related to Rothko.
Third Angle New Music Ensemble Inc, $4,000
To present the Portland premiere of the “Rothko Chapel,” composed in 1971 by Morton Feldman on the occasion of the opening of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas. Third Angle will be joined by Portland based Resonance Choir . Performances will include projected images of Mark Rothko paintings from the Rothko Chapel, at venues including the Portland Art Museum and the Armory.
*Oregon East Symphony, $4,000
To support increased rehearsal opportunities for community musicians, including weekly two hour rehearsals with the Assistant Conductor and Assistant Choral Director.
*Cappella Romana Vocal Ensemble, $7,500
To support the tour of two programs of ancient and modern Byzantine music, “Mt Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium” and “Be Radiant, O Peoples: the Easter Canon” to Medford, Newport and Lincoln City, and Manzanita/Neotsu.
Friends of Chamber Music, $4,000
To support a four-day residency with the Parker Quartet including a free public concert in the Multnomah County Central Library, performances at the Portland Art Museum, a free public concert at the Beaverton City Library, a free public rehearsal and two concerts.
*Metropolitan Youth Symphony, $4,000
To expand jazz music training and performance opportunities for current MYS Jazz musician students, begin jazz outreach programs to underserved schools and provide jazz only public concerts to provide greater access to and exposure for this American art form.
Portland Baroque Orchestra, $7,000
To perform J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” adapted note-for-note from the original keyboard score for string orchestra by composer and violinist, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, in PBO’s Portland subscription series, and in Eugene, Ashland, Florence and Astoria, as part of the Oregon Bach Festival.
Young Audiences of Oregon Inc, $8,000
To support workshop, artist residencies and performances serving over 80,000 K-12 students, training for teachers to become more comfortable and effective at integrating arts into classroom lessons, assistance in arts education planning and funding to the region’s schools.
3 replies on “oregon cultural trust funds $1.54 million in grants”
don’t despair.
i “know” there is someone within the oregon symphony support orbit that could check punch some buckeroos for the entire oregon cultural trust budget.
and, this is a purrrrfect time for such an ante towards the new hall.
come on, open dat cash corral – stampede time . . .
Charles,
Here’s the last paragraph of David’s piece explaining why there’s no grant to the Oregon Symphony this year:
Several large organizations did not receive money in this round because of a rule that makes them ineligible if they have received money in each of the past two years. After waiting out a year, they are eligible again. This time, those groups included the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon Public Broadcasting and PICA.
That’s what I get for not reading to the end (instead I went directly to the press release…)