Resonance Ensemble awarded An Oregon Cultural Trust grant for championing new works.
Among the Oregon commissioned artists celebrated this season (from L to R) Poet A. Mimi Sei, composer Darrell Grant, Composer Judy A. Rose, and composer Renee Favand See
With over $4 million in requests, Resonance Ensemble is one of 86 successful applicants to be awarded a FY24 Cultural Development grant award.
The funding will support the production and presentation of concerts on the 15th anniversary season that celebrate collaborations with Oregon composers around equity and justice in Oregon.
“These awards will enrich the cultural life of every county in Oregon,” said Niki Price, chair of the Cultural Trust board. “Every year it is an honor to fulfill the vision of the Cultural Trust’s founders by ensuring our funding has broad geographic impact and benefits every part of the state.”
“We are proud to receive this award from the Oregon Cultural Trust. Resonance continues to commission and champion new works by composers and poets whose stories have been underrepresented on the concert stage,” says Liz Bacon, Resonance Director of Marketing and Operations and Board Member. “Support like this will certainly help us continue this work for the upcoming concerts on our season that highlight beloved Oregon composers.”
About Resonance Ensemble
Under the direction of Dr. Katherine FitzGibbon, Resonance Ensemble, a professional vocal ensemble based in Portland, Oregon, creates powerful programs promoting meaningful social change. Resonance’s award-winning programming takes a radically collaborative approach, developing concerts in conversation with community partners. Resonance commissions and champions new works by composers and poets whose stories have been underrepresented on the concert stage.
Resonance Ensemble works to amplify voices that have long been silenced, and they do so through moving, thematic concerts that highlight solo and choral voices, new music by composers and poets whose stories have been underrepresented on the concert stage, visual and other performing artists, and community partners.
About the Oregon Cultural Trust
Created in 2001 by the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Cultural Trust was established as an ongoing funding engine for arts, heritage and humanities across the state. Funding comes through the Cultural Tax Credit, which empowers Oregonians to direct more of the taxes they pay to supporting cultural opportunities for all. Oregon is the only state in the country that gives its citizens this choice. Sixty percent of the money goes directly to cultural organizations and agencies in the form of grants. The remaining 40 percent helps grow a permanent fund for culture. It’s described by the Oregonian as “A way to make paying state taxes satisfying.” #thankstoOCF
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