Cal Performances, Berkeley, California
Grant to support Berkeley Festival Exhibition 2000.  This biennial event, supported by the Foundation in part, focuses on early music. 2000 is the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach and the Festival's primary theme is a celebration of Bach's life and music.
               $10,000.00

California Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley, California
Further support of Shakespeare in the Schools program wherein actors from the Festival go to East Bay grade and junior high schools to present scenes from Shakespeare's plays and describe and discuss acting life.  The program also includes several special stage productions at the Festival's theater in Orinda for school children.
               $12,500.00

Merola Opera Program, San Francisco, California
Grant to underwrite three performances presented by the San Francisco Opera's summer program dedicated to the development and training of Young singers. In the year 2000 performances of Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus will be presented at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and this grant will underwrite the performances at this venue. Free seating for nonprofit arts and education groups will be provided.
               $30,000.00

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon
Grant to sponsor the Festival's 2000 season production of the Greek classic play The Trojan Women by Euripides.  The play will be presented in the Bowmer Theater and has been selected for the Festival's special matinee program for students.
             $35,000.00

San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, California
Grant for sponsorship of the Opera's presentation of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress in June 2000. The original production designed by David Hockney, was presented under the sponsorship of the Foundation in 1982 and revived, again under the sponsorship of the Foundation, in 1988.  This will be the third presentation of the Hockney production in San Francisco.
               $100,000.00

Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico
First installment of five year grant totaling $250,000 for the presentation of World or American premieres of modern operas at Santa Fe. The Opera is famous for its support of modern opera and composers through presentation of premieres and commissioning new operas.  The opera for the 2000 season will be the American premiere of Hans Werner Henze's Venus and Adonis.
               $50,000.00

       Total: $237,500.00