We look forward to enjoying the new season. We have enjoyed the shows in the past & want to support community theater.

This donation is in memory of my first and dear mentor Dr. Anne Agur.  Anne and her family are in our prayers.

BCP is a group of exceptional musicians! They are truly world-class professionals. At every concert, I am blown away anew by their musicality, the subtle communication between players as they perform, and the inspiration I get as an amateur musician myself. I really appreciate being able to attend their concerts closer to home rather than having to trek to a bigger city. This group is an East Bay treasure!

TYF is our top favorite org with my husband Alex because we have seen its positive impact on millions of lives grow every year. So happy we have found a way to support TYF from where we are.  Thank you for the opportunity to share in the mission. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!

Building community one story at a time. thank you for the many gifts you provide.

I love MCO. It is my favorite orchestra that has brought a lot of joy to my family and me.

ATA is one of few spaces that still feels like old san francisco. ATA forever!! 

Creative spaces are so important for supporting artistic vibrancy. Thank you for all that you do!

The Holy Mass in Italy is so wonderful with the traditional Music supplied by these Organs

I stand with writers and actors and support staff!!

Ashe County Little Theatre is a nonprofit community theatre in West Jefferson, NC, offering live performances and arts education.

Ashe County Little Theatre (ACLT) is a nonprofit community theatre in Ashe County, North Carolina, dedicated to enriching our community through live performance, arts education, and creative opportunities for all ages. We produce a diverse season of plays, musicals, and special performances each year, providing a welcoming platform for local actors, directors, designers, technicians, and volunteers to share their talents both onstage and behind the scenes.

Our roots date back to before 1972, when a small group of theatre lovers came together to perform plays wherever space allowed. A key figure in these early efforts was Mrs. Elizabeth Barlow, an English and journalism teacher at Beaver Creek High School, who helped unite the group and produced many plays by local playwrights. Performances were held in Ashe County schools, with dinner theatre productions staged at the Greenfield Restaurant and Blue Ridge Elementary School. Props, costumes, and set pieces were stored in the basement of the Jon Marc Department Store, known today as Hometown Furniture.

In 1972, the group reorganized, began producing three to four shows a year, and officially became Ashe County Little Theatre. In June 1981, ACLT incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the General Statutes of North Carolina. For more than 50 years, ACLT has remained a vibrant part of the Ashe County community. Today, we proudly call the Ashe Civic Center, “The Home of the ACLT”, our performance space.

ACLT thrives because of community support. We offer ongoing volunteer and acting opportunities for people of all experience levels, fostering creativity, connection, and confidence. Your support helps us continue our legacy, keep theatre accessible, nurture local talent, and bring people together through the shared experience of live theatre.

Ashe County Little Theatre Inc.

Celebrate and share Estonian culture in an architectural jewel in the heart of Toronto, North America's 4th largest city.

Estonian Arts Centre (EAC) is the charity associated with KESKUS International Estonian Centre being built in the heart of Toronto, North America's 4th largest city.  EAC promotes development of KESKUS in Toronto in which to further its charitable objects, and these include promotion and support of the arts, multiculturalism, preservation of literary, musical and visual arts and the welfare and education of artists.

KESKUS will be a dynamic hub showcasing Estonian heritage and promoting Estonian innovation. It will be a vibrant gathering place for Estonians of all generations and backgrounds to connect, celebrate, and share Estonian culture and achievements with each other and the world. It is scheduled to open in 2026

Please sign up for the monthly newsletter at our website and donate today, to help EAC achieve its mission in KESKUS.

KESKUS International Estonian Centre

Founded in 2006, the Benicia Chamber Players’ mission is to provide a classical chamber music concert series to underserved East Bay areas including Benicia, Lafayette, Piedmont and Vallejo. Our aim is to cultivate a community of local and other world-class professional musicians with a love of playing chamber music who are dedicated to sharing that love with audiences.

Benicia Chamber Players

The Tanging Yaman Foundation is a non-profit Philippine organization which bridges the generosity of countless Filipinos. 

Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc. (Tanging Yaman), a non-profit Philippine organization, was established in 1992 when Fr. Manuel "Manoling" Francisco, SJ first performed his original liturgical music with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). Almost every year, Fr. Manoling would perform with the PPO or the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

These concerts, entitled Tanging Yaman: Himig at Pananalig, graced the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Meralco Theatre, the UP Theatre, and other major Philippine theaters. The concerts even went on tour to Batangas, Quezon Province, and Ifugao.

 

In addition to the orchestra, these Tanging Yaman concerts featured choirs like Bukas Palad, Hangad, Bungang Himig, Tinig Barangka, the Pansol Choir, and popular artists like Basil Valdez, Dulce, Ogie Alcasid, Ariel Rivera, Jamie Rivera, and Nolyn Cabahug. Apart from celebrating Filipino music and Filipino faith, the concerts also raised funds for institutions that build and nurture local communities.

 

Some of the beneficiaries of the Tanging Yaman concerts were have been the Sibol-Hesus School for gifted public school children of Mr. Onofre Pagsanghan; the Alagad ni Maria Youth Center in Infanta; the Quezonians Home for the Aged; the Kiangan, Ifugao Scholarship Fund; the Diocesan Seminary in Lipa, Batangas; Our Lady of the Pentecost Parish in Loyola Heights; Mary the Queen Parish in San Juan; the Ateneo de Manila High School Scholarship Fund; and the School of Living Tradition in Benguet.

 

Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc. has then evolved from being an annual liturgical concert to being a conduit foundation, bridging the generosity of countless Filipinos here and abroad to the vital needs of their fellow men and women in the Philippines.

 Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc.

Story House Ithaca brings people together to share, study, create, and enjoy stories in all their forms.

Story House Ithaca brings people together around stories. We define “story” very broadly, to include fiction and nonfiction, poetry and song, documentary, journalism, photography, audio, film, theater, puppetry, visual and performance art, graphics, dance, and every other way of communicating ideas and experience. Our definition of “house” is also broad. We hope eventually to settle into our own space, but for now we’re excited to be popping up around the community.

**The Problem**

Our society is going through a period of fracturing, as people of different socioeconomic, cultural, and educational backgrounds divide into ever more insular groups. One reason for this is a lack of opportunities for people to interact in meaningful and non-threatening ways. This has had disastrous consequences in politics, public health, and many other areas.
  
 **Our Approach**

- Story House creates. We dream up, organize, and present workshops, discussions, readings, talks, screenings, exhibitions, performances, participatory projects, and other activities. 
- Story House collaborates. We work with organizations, artists, activists, scholars, and others to plan and present compelling programming. 
- Story House connects. We help creative people and groups find new partners and reach new audiences. 
- Story House empowers. We help members of our community acquire the skills they need to tell the stories they want to tell.

In all our programs and activities, we are committed to creating inclusive spaces that welcome diversity. We strive to foster interactions between people of different cultures, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds, with the goal of working toward shared understanding and a more equitable, anti-racist society.
 
**Our Team**

Lesley Greene (co-director) is a producer, designer, writer, and director. She worked for many years at the Kitchen Theatre Company, where she curated and produced three performance series, created sound and projection designs, and served as chief grant writer and head of marketing. She is a co-founder and co-organizer of Porchfest, a festival that began in Ithaca in 2007 and now takes place in more than 150 cities across North America.
  
Jonathan Miller (co-director) is a writer, journalist, editor, radio producer, podcaster, and media project leader whose work has taken him to more than 20 countries. Since 2006, he has been executive director of Homelands Productions, an award-winning journalism collective that specializes in public radio features and documentaries. Jon serves on the board of Ithaca City of Asylum and coordinates the ONWARDS project, which seeks to help displaced writers, artists, human rights defenders, and scholars find stability in the USA.
 
**Contact information** 

Lesley Greene and Jonathan Miller, co-directors
[info@storyhouseithaca.org](mailto:info@storyhouseithaca.org) 
   

Story House Ithaca

Collective of passionate musicians uniting for specific tours in Europe and across the world.

An orchestra committed to creating and sharing exceptional experiences in classical music.  
 
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) was founded in 1997 based on the shared vision of being a free and international ensemble, dedicated to creating and sharing exceptional experiences in classical music. With 45 members spanning 20 different countries at its core, the MCO works as a nomadic collective of passionate musicians uniting for specific tours in Europe and across the world.

Mahler Chamber Orchestra gGmbH 

Artists' Television Access is an all-volunteer, artist-run, underground and experimental media arts gallery founded in 1984.

Artists’ Television Access is a San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit organization that cultivates and promotes culturally-aware, underground media and experimental art. We provide an accessible screening venue and gallery for the presentation of programmed and guest-curated screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops and events. We believe in fostering a supportive community for the exhibition of innovative art and the exchange of non-conformist ideas.

Artists' Television Access

AAP will put the African-American spiritual in the hearts & minds of the public as a national treasure to be enjoyed by all.

Arch Angel Productions A Nj Nonprofit Corporation

San Rufino's history dates back to the 8th century. It is the main place of worship in Assisi, the city of peace. 

The organ repair US Fund will support the restoration of two organs to enable the Schola Cantorum of the Cathedral to continue performing concerts.

The project involves the restoration and arrangement of the two organs of the Cathedral, in particular the major organ (in the photo). Both organs need to be cleaned and retuned in order to function and to allow the Schola Cantorum of the Cathedral to be able to continue to perform concerts and the young students of the Perugia Music Conservatory to perform. The restorer is Maestro Valentini who also in 1997 took care of fixing the major organ after the earthquake.

The second organ is used for everyday celebrations. It is a smaller organ but damaged by wear and tear. The nuns of our cathedral use it to animate the celebrations.

The cathedral is the place where the Bishop celebrates, so we need to put these organs in order to ensure a good quality of the liturgy. The technical details of the interventions on the two bodies can be found in the attached file.

History of San Rufino, the Cathedral of Assisi:

San Rufino the first Bishop of Assisi, who was martyred by the Romans in 238 AD. It wasn't until the 8th century that his remains were transferred from the original burial place, to the "Parva Basilica"  built over the Roman temple of "Cupra/Mater" (4the century BC).

Two Hundred years later after a dispute between Bishop Ugone and the faithful of Assisi a new church was built over this site. "Magnum Ecclesiam" was then named the Cathedral of the city in 1035.

In the year 1134 the Chapter of the canons of San Rufino, presided over by the Prior Raniero, decided to demolish the Ugonian Basilica and to build a new and more imposing cathedral. A plaque walled up outside the apse recalls that the works for the new church, carried out on a project by the master Giovanni da Gubbio, were started in 1140. Due to much civil discord between the city factions and conflicts with neighboring cities slowed down the progress of the construction site considerably. Finally in 1212 the bones of St. Rufino were moved to the presbytery, while the altar was consecrated in 1228 by Pope Gregory IX and only in 1253 Innocent IV consecrated the entire church.

In 1566 the Canons commissioned the Perugian architect Galeazzo Alessi to take care of the renovation of the interior: the works began on 18 June 1571 and lasted until 1585.

Since then there have been several additions and improvements during the 17th and leading into the 18th centuries. In 1834 the Eucharistic Chapel was adorned in the classical baroque style and in 1841 the "Martinelli" Organ built by Antonio and Francesco Martinelli was added.

A Major element of the Cathedral is the baptismal font. In the font Saint Francis, Saint Clare, Saint Agnes (Clare's Sister), and many of the early followers of Francis were baptized. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows and The Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick II, were also baptized here.

Cattedrale di San Rufino - Organ Repair US Fund

National human services organization. Our mission is to foster stability and resiliency, and provide a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan.

Founded in 1882, we serve all professionals—and not just actors—in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance through programs that address our community's unique and essential needs.

Employment in any division of the performing arts and entertainment industry is unpredictable. Work is erratic, security is fleeting and health insurance is often just a dream. For all of these reasons and many more, The Actors Fund is an indispensable and deeply significant part of the entire entertainment community.

As a national organization with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, we directly serve thousands of performing arts and entertainment professionals across the country every year, in person and via our online resources. Our programs are wide in scope, responsive in nature and produce significant results.

Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund)

Sing Democracy 250 is a stirring musical odyssey commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

In a world where division seems to be the norm, we stand united. 

We are musicians, singers, artists, and advocates, all bound by the belief that music can bridge the gaps and mend the divides. 

Our mission is simple yet profound: to bring people together, to celebrate our shared humanity, and to recommit to the promise of a "more perfect union."

Founded by Gary Aamodt and Celia Ellingson, Together In Hope Project, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization, serves as the driving force behind Sing Democracy 250.

Sing Democracy 250 

We captivate hearts since 1983, making classical music accessible to all.

**Support the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra**

In Medellín, there’s an orchestra that doesn’t just perform music—it reinvents it. The Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín brings symphonic music to unexpected places, creates powerful collaborations, and transforms lives through every note.

What makes us truly unique is our approach. We are the first orchestra in Latin America to build a business model that is sustainable and future-focused. Our work isn’t just about ticket sales and donations—we create innovative programs that generate revenue, empower our community, and ensure long-term impact. We’re setting the example for other cultural organizations, showing that sustainability isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a reality we’re creating.

We’ve performed at psychiatric hospitals and conflict zones. We’ve created a choir for people affected by the armed conflict. We’ve built a mental health program for executives and designed learning experiences that help companies solve real-world challenges—through music.

We’ve played alongside legends, premiered daring new works, and turned shopping malls and rural parks into concert halls. We’ve taken the stage at international festivals, and we’ve stood by our community in its hardest moments.

Supporting Filarmed isn’t an act of charity. It’s an act of belief. It’s joining a movement that uses music to build community, awaken imagination, and spark change.

Every donation fuels concerts that surprise, programs that heal, and ideas that grow. If you’ve ever felt goosebumps in a performance, if you’ve ever thought “more people need to experience this,” if you’ve ever wondered how to be part of something that matters—this is your moment. 

Give today. Be part of the story. 

For more information, please visit www.filarmed.org or just write us to andres.tabares@filarmed.org

Orquesta Filarmonica de Medellin - FILARMED

WHCC is a vibrant, diverse, and welcoming community chorus in Upper Manhattan. 

ABOUT THE CHOIR
WHCC is a no-audition community choir, one of a handful in NYC and the only one serving Upper Manhattan. We're a lively, diverse, and welcoming group that loves to sing and believes in the power of music to spread joy and build community!

HELP KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE
Choir membership dues cover about 60% of our expenses. Your donation helps bridge the gap, supporting our Choir Director, accompanist, music licensing, marketing, space rental, insurance, and other administrative needs. 

With your help, we can keep singing and grow our presence in Upper Manhattan!

Washington Heights Community Choir is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc. a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, [ppf.org/pp](https://ppf.org/pp)). Contributions to Washington Heights Community Choir qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Washington Heights Community Choir

The largest cultural institution in Switzerland, enjoying a high reputation far beyond the country’s borders. 

With over 300 events annually – opera, ballet, classical concerts, recitals – the Zurich Opera House is one of the most productive and renowned cultural venues in Europe. Each season the Zurich Opera House features numerous opera and ballet (world) premieres such as classical concerts and attractive revivals presenting casts with the best singers from all over the world.

The Zurich Opera House is home of the Ballet Zurich and the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera.

Donations are critical to the AFZOH’s success in achieving its ambitious goals on behalf of the Zurich Opera House. This includes among others tours and guest performances in the US, young artist exchanges between Switzerland and the US and the support of young American artists in Switzerland (education program).

The AFZOH is a not-for-profit organization that raises visibility, expands appreciation and provides support for the Zurich Opera House.

American Friends of the Zurich Opera House (AFZOH)

The Together In Hope Project is a nonprofit organization focused on changing lives through music with a purpose. 

The Together In Hope Project is a nonprofit organization focused on changing lives through music with a purpose. We create unique, music-anchored projects on issues of our shared humanity to promote healing and reconciliation.

Together In Hope Project

Music library dedicated to collecting, preserving and providing information about popular music from around the world.

The ARChive of Contemporary Music is a not-for-profit music library dedicated to collecting, preserving and providing information about popular music from around the world.    Now in its twenty-eighth year of operation, ARC is the largest and most important popular music collection in the world – with over three million sound recordings and approximately four million  photographs, books, press kits, videos, memorabilia and related ephemera.   Our simple goal is to guarantee that the world’s musical heritage is preserved for future generations to study and enjoy.     We believe that all forms of popular music, jazz, be-bop, bluegrass, country, rock, rap, blues, enka, reggae, calypso, zydeco, and countless other forms are significant cultural expressions.  All musics entertain as well as reveal a people and their values to the rest of the world.

ARChive of Contemporary Music

The Academy is at the heart of the Verbier Festival — a dynamic laboratory where future talents are discovered and nurtured.

**BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS**

[Web site Friends of Verbier Festival](https://https://www.verbierfestival.com/en/support/friends/)

The Verbier Festival Friends Associaton was launched in 1993, when a group of music-loving donors was inspired by the idea of a two-week festival of classical music in the Swiss Alps in Valais. The Founder & Director Martin Engstroem calls his Verbier Festival "a waking dream"— a dream that would not have been realised without the consistent generosity and personal commitment of the Friends. Their support for the Festival as a whole, and notably for its learning programmes and major artistic projects, has been crucial to its rise to the top: the Verbier Festival is now one of the world's most renowned classical music events, blazing a trail into the 21st century.

Each donation made to The Friends of the Verbier Festival fund at Myriad (ex-KBFUS) is subject to a 5% administrative fee. These fees constitute costs to Myriad to administer donations made to the VF Friends Association; they total less than it would cost to operate a U.S. chapter of the Friends Association as a separate 501-C3 entity. The Association is nevertheless grateful to donors willing to top-up their donations by 5% to cover these fees.

The Verbier Festival is an international classical music event that takes place each summer in the mountain town of Verbier, Switzerland. The Festival's mission is to build a community of exchange between great masters and young artists from all over the world and to be a leader in its field by providing meaningful music education programmes.

Launched in 1994, and now globally renowned, the Festival welcomes audiences with a distinctive and exhilarating blend of events, both large-scale and intimate. Audiences from around the globe come to experience music-making at the highest level in a setting that brings them close to star performers, rising talent and a complete process of learning, rehearsal and performance.

The Festival's Academy is its respiratory system—a laboratory where future talents are discovered and nurtured. It sets the gold standard for the training of emerging soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians, singers and conductors. Each summer, audiences witness these musicians in action at more than 100 masterclasses, rehearsals and performances. The Verbier Festival Orchestra has become a rite of passage for today's exceptional young orchestral musicians and the Academy's programmes for soloists, chamber musicians and singers include an impressive list of alumni from over 60 countries who have been engaged by the world's leading concert presenters since their time in Verbier.

Verbier Festival Friends Association / Association des Amis du Verbier Festival

Indie Short Film Festival lifts diverse voices through films, panels, and youth programs that inspire culture, dialogue, & change.

The **2026 Indie Short Film Festival (ISFF)** returns March 20–22, 2026, bringing an expanded and dynamic program to downtown Charlottesville. Now in its third year, the festival will showcase **100+ short films** from independent filmmakers across the U.S. and abroad, alongside panel discussions, workshops, Brunch Awards, Screenwriting Competition,live music events, and community-centered programming that celebrates storytelling in all its forms.

The festival’s official selections span a wide range of **film blocks**, including **animation, documentary, and live-action short films**, curated around compelling themes that explore personal journeys, social issues, cultural identity, humor, resilience, and imagination. Together, these films reflect the diversity and creative ambition driving today’s independent film landscape.

The festival’s programming takes place in six venues, all conveniently located on the vibrant downtown mall. 

**Panels, Partnerships, and Conversations that Matter**

A cornerstone of ISFF 2026 is its robust lineup of **panel discussions** featuring filmmakers, industry professionals, scholars, and creatives. Topics include **Animation**, **Artificial Intelligence in Film**, **Distribution**, **Screenwriting**, **Women in Film**, **The Black Experience in American Cinema**, and more.

New for 2026 is a **premier partnership with the Festival of the Book**, debuting the panel **“Words on Pages to the Screen,”** which explores how novels and literary works are adapted into films. This timely collaboration bridges literature and cinema, offering audiences a deeper look at the creative and practical process of adaptation.

Also new for the festival, the Indie short Film Festival has partnered with the **School of Visual Arts New York** presenting an animation film block loaded with 14 outstanding animated films. 

**New Initiative**

**The Youth Internship Pathway Program** (YIPP) provides closer look for local youths into the world of opportunities the film industry offers in terms of careers. Often young people look at the "movie business" as something you can only dream about or be very lucky to achieve, as they are mesmerized by the stardom of the people in front of the camera. But have no idea of the people who actually make it all happen. The crafts of being a Gaffer, Grib, Assistant Camera Operator, Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Set Designer, and many other positions are not known to the average person watching a film. YIPP connects the intern with a visiting filmmaker with a film in the festival to shadow them part of the weekend with a formal sit down lunch, the intern attending panel discussions and the film screening of the paired filmmaker, and later providing the festival with a report of their learning,

**Launch Party, Competitions, and Workshops**

The festival kicks off with a high-energy Launch Party featuring the popular band SHAGWÜF, starring Sally Rose, with music by DJ Dutchie. The event brings filmmakers, artists, and the community together to celebrate the start of the weekend in true ISFF style.

ISFF 2026 also features a **Screenwriting Competition**, culminating in a live **Table Read Event**, where selected screenplays are performed before an audience—highlighting emerging voices and the craft of storytelling at its earliest stage.

For filmmakers and creatives looking to sharpen their skills, the festival will host a **Cinematography Workshop**, offering practical insights into visual storytelling, camera techniques, and creative decision-making behind the lens.

**Celebrating Excellence**

The weekend concludes with the **Sunday Brunch Awards** **and screenings**, honoring outstanding films, performances, and creative achievements across multiple categories. The awards ceremony provides a celebratory close to a weekend dedicated to independent voices and cinematic excellence.

The **2026 Indie Short Film Festival** continues its mission to serve as a platform for diverse storytelling, education, and meaningful dialogue—connecting filmmakers and audiences through film, conversation, and community.

**Tickets, passes, and full schedule information will be announced soon.**
For updates, visit [**www.indieshortfilmfestival.net**](http://www.indieshortfilmfestival.net/) and follow the Indie Short Film Festival on social media. To join the festival as a sponsor, email asureshot1@gmail.com

Indie Short Film Festival

A catalyst for creative freedom and cultural vitality across the Arab world.

As the largest fund for independent artists and cultural institutions in the Arab world, AFAC serves the collective necessity to pursue bold ideas, reclaim space, and share stories from our region on our own terms.

Culture shapes how we see ourselves, how we remember the past, and how we imagine the future. Independent voices are being silenced by war, repression, and economic collapse. Youth, who represent the region’s largest demographic, are largely excluded from cultural production and denied platforms to shape their futures. The threat of talent drain and cultural fragmentation has never been higher.

Since 2007, we have supported over 2,400 projects across 22 countries and their diasporas, awarding over $40 million in grants. Our model sustains not only the production of art but the long-term resilience of the cultural ecosystem. 

AFAC stands at the forefront of expression—investing in independent storytellers, visionaries, and institutions who challenge convention, spark dialogue, and preserve the richness of our collective narratives. We must act now to preserve cultural sovereignty and ensure that artists continue to imagine, question, and build the future of the region.

Our support spans cinema, music, literature, performance and visual arts, documentary photography, research, and critical training, reaching emerging talents and established voices, from the heart of the region to the edges of the diaspora. 

AFAC is more than a funder. We are a platform for connection, advocacy, and continuity. Through open calls, mentorship, strategic partnerships, and direct support to institutions, we create ecosystems, for the region and by the region, that allow independent culture to thrive.

At a time when global attention often overlooks the nuance of Arab realities, AFAC helps ensure that our stories—rooted in diversity, contradiction, and creative force—are not just told, but heard, remembered, and felt. We invite you to imagine a world where every voice can create, connect, and contribute to the cultural future of the region.

**With your support, AFAC can:**

- Sustain and expand critical funding for artists and institutions
- Launch bold new programs in underserved geographies
- Build a long-term ecosystem for Arab cultural philanthropy

Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

c89.5 is listener-supported public radio, playing uplifting dance music and providing career-connected learning for our students.

c89.5 is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station owned by the Seattle Public Schools and operated by professional adult staff and students in the electronic media program at Nathan Hale High School. The station is almost entirely self-funded: over 95% of its operating revenue comes from listener donations and local businesses.

Over 150,000 listeners throughout Puget Sound tune to c89.5 every week for a diverse range of music celebrating individual differences and focusing on the joy in life. The station reaches a broad range of listeners, with a high concentration in both the 18-24 and 45-54 age ranges. Over 30% of c89.5 listeners identify as LGBTQ+.

c89.5 supports the personal and professional growth of our students, giving them the skills and confidence to succeed in careers in media and other professions. Our students gain practical experience in digital media production, public speaking, and professional presentation. Many of our alumni have gone on to careers in journalism, radio, television, and digital media.

The station is also a pioneer and worldwide leader in dance music, monitored by Nielsen and by MediaBase, and one of eight stations tracked for the Billboard Dance chart.

c89.5 has won numerous awards and is recognized as an influential radio station on the cutting edge of dance music as well as a premier high school broadcast facility.

Your donation is fully tax-deductible and supports the general operating fund of c89.5.

c89.5 Public Radio

The Civic Circle empowers students students to understand and participate in democracy through music and the arts.

The Civic Circle launched in 2018 to empower low-income students with civic skills, lift youth voices through the arts, and close a well-documented equity gap in civic learning and engagement.

Since then, we’ve reached more than 5,000 underserved students with our after-school workshops, assembly shows and community civic events. The heart of our program is seven civic skills we call “steps to democracy”— Listen, Learn, Choose, Join, Speak, Act and Lead. In other words, be a compassionate, informed, engaged citizen.

Civic learning correlates to better school performance, and college and career readiness. Students in our programs do Social Studies and service-learning activities, and work with teaching artists to create and perform their own civic songs, poems, and art pieces. Along the way they build literacy, confidence, self-expression, and social and emotional skills.

Our innovative, multicultural program equips students with the civic skills they will need to become voters and leaders in their communities, a mission that is increasingly crucial both for student achievement, and for our success as a democratic society. For more information, please contact info@theciviccircle.org, or visit www.theciviccircle.org.

The Civic Circle

A world-class chamber orchestra at the highest standards of artistic excellence that enriches the Twin Cities community.

Our mission is to sustain a world-class chamber orchestra at the highest standards of artistic excellence that enriches the Twin Cities community by sharing dynamic, distinctive and engaging performances. We are actively committed to accessibility and intentional inclusivity in all aspects of our work and continually strive to provide all people in our community with opportunities to connect with the music we perform.

Renowned for its artistic excellence, remarkable versatility of musical styles and adventurous programming, The Grammy Award-winnning [Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra](https://www.thespco.org/) is one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world. Now in its 67th season, the SPCO is primarily an unconducted ensemble that performs a broad range of repertoire, from Baroque works to new music, in close collaboration with a dynamic roster of [Artistic Partners](https://www.thespco.org/meet-our-musicians/artistic-partners/). The current roster of Artistic Partners consists of British Baroque specialist Richard Egarr, American pianist Richard Goode, South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy and German violist Tabea Zimmermann.

In its commitment to making music accessible to everyone, the virtuoso musicians of the SPCO present over 80 concerts each season, sharing live music with over 70,000 people throughout the Twin Cities from September through June. Regular subscription series are performed in [a variety of different venues](https://content.thespco.org/events/venues/) across the Twin Cities metropolitan area each season — a unique commitment to geographic accessibility for a major orchestra. The SPCO offers the most affordable ticket prices of any professional orchestra in the United States, with over 50 percent of tickets available for $15 or less and with free tickets for children and students as a part of its [New Generation Initiative](https://www.thespco.org/newgeneration). The orchestra also offers an innovative ticket membership model in which members pay a monthly fee to attend unlimited concerts, with a $5 per month Concert Membership option for first-time Concert Members and members of [Club2030](https://www.thespco.org/club2030), the orchestra’s discount program for audience members in their 20s and 30s.

The SPCO’s free, online [Concert Library](https://content.thespco.org/music/) offers audio and video concert recordings — both live and on-demand — that can be accessed anytime, completely free of charge thanks to donors. Through its partnership with YourClassical Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media, the SPCO is regularly played on public radio programs that reach nearly 850,000 listeners each week on over 250 stations. Additionally, the SPCO has released [68 recordings](https://www.thespco.org/about-us/recording-discography/), including its recent critically acclaimed album of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concertos with former Artistic Partner Jeremy Denk and the 2018 Grammy Award-winning [recording](https://www.thespco.org/about-us/death-and-the-maiden-cd/) of Franz Schubert’s *Death and the Maiden* with violinist and former Artistic Partner Patricia Kopatchinskaja. In addition to its programs in the Twin Cities, the orchestra also tours nationally and internationally, including recent engagements in Europe and New York City, and prestigious residencies at the 2021 and 2022 [Bravo! Vail Music Festival](https://www.bravovail.org/) with violinists Joshua Bell and Stefan Jackiw, bassist Xavier Foley, and pianist and Bravo! Vail Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott.

The SPCO is deeply committed to expanding orchestral repertoire, [commissioning nearly 200 new works](https://www.thespco.org/about-us/premieres-and-commissions/) throughout its 65-year history and receiving 17 ASCAP awards for adventurous programming. In a divergence from the industry standard of commissioning individual works from composers, the SPCO’s [Sandbox Residency program](https://www.thespco.org/sandbox/) invites composers to experiment freely across a variety of new works created in collaboration with the orchestra. This groundbreaking residency model allows composers to workshop new pieces, experiment and revise, take risks, develop relationships with SPCO musicians and engage with SPCO audiences.

The SPCO is a proud member of the [Arts Partnership](https://artspartnership.org/), a strategic alliance of four performing arts organizations — Minnesota Opera, the Ordway, the SPCO and Schubert Club — that ensures equitable sharing and effective care of the Ordway Center as a vital cultural asset in the Twin Cities.

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