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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.
$10,000.00
Chanticleer, San Francisco, California
Grant to world-famous male vocal chorus to assist in the commissioning of a work to celebrate the 25th anniversary
season of Chanticleer. Sir John Tavener, one of the preeminent living composers for choral works, will prepare a work Laminations and Praises which draws upon Sir John's Greek Orthodox background in presenting
a liturgical drama which depicts the Orthodox conception of Good Friday. The Libretto for Lamentations and Praises will be written by Orthodox Abbess Mother Thekla. The work will have its world premiere in
2002.
$ 7,500.00
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Hoghton Tower Shakespeare Center
Trust, Lancashire, England
First installment of three-year grant totaling $30,000 to support the establishment of a
Shakespeare study and performance center in Lancashire, England. Shakespeare has numerous contacts with Lancashire and is thought to have spent time at Hoghton Tower and Preston. The Center will build upon
this contact.
$10,000.00
Merola Opera Program, San Francisco, California
Grant for general operating support for organization which develops
young singers by giving them opportunities to perform in various operatic settings as well as having roles in main stage San Francisco Opera productions.
$25,000.00
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon
Grant to sponsor the Festival's 2001 season production of the rarely
performed Shakespeare play Troilus and Cressida.
$25,000.00
Pacific Repertory Theater, Carmel, California
Grant to support the theater's annual Carmel Shakespeare Festival in
2001.
$5,000.00
Royal National Theatre, London, England
Grant to support development of partnership between the Royal National Theatre and ACT of San Francisco, through an
arts education program entitled Connections. Connections involves various youth theaters and regional theaters in the U.K. and America and offers young people between the ages of 11 and 19 the chance to be involved
in creating and producing plays. The National Theatre and ACT will jointly commission a playwright (Bryony Lavery) to write a play which will be rehearsed and produced by ACT's Young Conservatory Youth Theater. The
play will be performed in the National Theatre in London in the summer of 2001.
$15,000.00
San Francisco Conservatory of Music,
San Francisco, California
Grant to support the scholarship fund at the Conservatory to provide scholarships for
students in opera theater. The Conservatory partners with San Francisco area public schools to deliver high-quality music education programs and provides free performances for the public and nurtures the musical
development of youth and adults as well as providing a Bachelor and Master-level collegiate program.
$10,000.00
San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, California
Grant for sponsorship of the Opera's revival of Verdi's Falstaff for
the fall 2001 season. The original production was presented under the sponsorship of the Foundation in 1985.
$75,000.00
Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Second 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.
$50,000.00
Schola Cantorum, Mountain View, California
Grant to support presentation of "A Tune of Her Own", a concert
celebrating the work of women composers from the 12th century to the present day, to be presented in March, 2001, at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
$5,000.00
Sierra Repertory Theater, Sonora, California
Grant to support the development of a new play for the historic Fallon
House Theater in Columbia State Historic Park in the Gold Rush Country. The play, The Christmas Foundling, will be presented in the 2001 season of the Sierra Repertory Theater.
$5,000.00
Total
$242,500.00
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