2002 PERFORMING ARTS GRANTS
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LINCOLN CENTER back to top
$150,000
Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc. - Lincoln Center Theater
Andre Bishop, Artistic Director
Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer
General operating support for Fiscal Year 2001-2002.$150,000
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
David Shifrin, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.
$150,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director
Support for the 2002 season.
$100,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Beverly Sills, Chairman
Gordon S. Davis, President
Support of the Great Performers' New Visions program during the 2002-2003 season
$500,000
New York City Ballet, Inc.
Peter Martins, Ballet Master?in?Chief
Christopher Ramsey, Director of External Affairs
Support for the commisioning and the performance of new works during the 2001-2002 season$500,000
New York City Opera
Paul Kellogg, General and Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$300,000
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.
Kurt Masur, Music Director
Zarin Mehta, Executive Director
Support for the Saturday Matinee and the Rush Hour Concerts during the 2001-2002 season.$35,000
School of American Ballet, Inc.
Peter Martins, Chairman of Faculty
Suzanne Schwartz Davidson, President
Support for the 2001-2002 Music Program.
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DANCE back to top
$30,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
Judith Jamison, Artistic Director
Support of New Works Fund for the 2001-2002 season.
$7,500
Ballet Hispanico of New York
Tina Ramirez, Artistic Director
Support of the 2001 New York season at The Joyce Theater.
$10,000
Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.
Eliot Feld, Artistic Director
General operating support.
$15,000
Trisha Brown Dance Company, Inc.
Trisha Brown, Artistic Director
Support for "Winterreise," as part of the New Visions series at Lincoln Center
$25,000
Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
Merce Cunningham, Artistic Director
Support of 50th Anniversary celebration as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, July, 2002.
$7,500
Dance Continuum, Inc.
Susan Marshall, Artistic Director
Support for the development and performance of "One and Only You" at Symphony Space.$15,000
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
Arthur Mitchell, Founder and Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2 NYC season, and to match an Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone grant.$25,000
Dancing in the Streets Inc.
Aviva Davidson, Executive Director and Producer
General operating support.
$15,000
Danspace Project, Inc.
Laurie Uprichard, Executive Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season at the Joyce Theater.
$7,500
DOVA, Inc.
Doug Varone, Artistic Director
Support for the 2002-2003 season.
$10,000
Foundation for Dance Promotion
Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director
Support of the Company's residency work and performance season at Aaron Davis Hall in 2002-2003.
$7,500
Jose Limon Dance Foundation
Carla Maxwell, Artistic Director
Support for the December 2001 season at The Joyce Theater.$10,000
Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc.
David Parson, Artistic Director
General operating support.
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MUSIC back to top
$10,000
American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
Dennis Russell Davies, Music Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.
$7,500
Bang on a Can, Inc.
Michael Gordon, Artistic Director
David Lang, Artistic Director
Julia Wolfe, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 New York season.
$7,500
Bargemusic, Ltd.
Olga Bloom, President
Support for the 2002?2003 season.
$30,000
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Spano, Music Director
Catherine Cahill, Chief Executive Officer
Support for the 2001-2002 season.
$250,000
Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
Robert J. Harth, Executive and Artistic Director
Support for the 2002-2003 season.
$5,000
Early Music Foundation, Inc.
Frederick Renz, Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season
$10,000
Eos Music, Inc.
Jonathan Sheffer, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season$7,500
MATA
Philip Glass, Executive Producer
Eleanor Sandresky, Artistic Director
Lisa Bielawa, Artistic Director
General operating support.
$5,000
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts
Christopher W. London, President
Support for the 2002 season of free outdoor classical music concerts in Central Park.
$7,500
New York Festival of Song, Inc.
Michael Barrett, Artistic Director
Steven Blier, Artistic Director
General operating support for the 2001?2002 concert season.
$25,000
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
Ronnie Bauch, Artistic Coordinator
Support for the 2001-2002 Carnegie Hall season.
$10,000
Riverside Symphony, Inc.
George Rothman, Music Director
Anthony Korf, Artistic Director
General operating support for the 2001-2002 season.
$30,000
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Inc.
Marianne C. Lockwood, President and Executive Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.
$5,000
Speculum Musicae, Inc.
Allen Blustine, Executive Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$7,500
Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association
Sol Adler, Executive Director
Support of the Tisch Center's 2002-2003 concert season.
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OPERA back to top
$10,000
Bronx Opera Company
Michael Spierman, Artistic Director
Support for the 2002 season of two operas.
$20,000
City Grand Opera Society, Inc.
Vincent La Selva, Artistic and Musical Director
Support for the July Puccini Festival at Summerstage in Central Park.
$7,500
Dicapo Opera Theatre Corp.
Michael Capasso, General Director
Support for the 2001?2002 season.
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PERFORMANCE ART back to top
$10,000
House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
Meredith Monk, Performing Artist
General operating support for fiscal year 2000-2001.
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PRESENTERS back to top
$10,000
651 ARTS
Maurine D. Knighton, Executive Producer
Support for fiscal year 2002 public events and artistic development activities.
$10,000
Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
Patricia Cruz, Executive Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.
$250,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc.
Karen B. Hopkins, President
Support of the 2003 Spring Season.
$7,500
Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc.
Jack Walsh, Co-Producer
Support for the 2002 Celebrate Brooklyn! season.
$10,000
Center for Traditional Music and Dance
Ethel Raim, Artistic and Executive Director
General operating support for the 2001-2002 season.$7,500
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
George Campbell, Jr., President
Support for CooperArts 2002-03, a performing arts series.
$10,000
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd.
Kristin Marting, Executive Director
Support of the 2002-2003 season.
$7,500
Japan Society, Inc.
William Clark, President
Support for the 2002-2003 season.
$15,000
Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre
George Steel, Executive Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.
$10,000
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center
Lydia Kontos, Executive Director
Support for the 2001-2002 Merkin Hall season.
$7,500
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc.
Liz Thompson, Executive Director
Support for the 2002 "Evening Stars" series of free outdoor performances.
$10,000
Open Channels NY, Inc.
Ellie Covan, Founder/Director
Support for the 2001?2002 season of new works.
$10,000
St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc.
Susan Feldman, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.
$15,000
Symphony Space
Isaiah Sheffer, Artistic Director
Joanne Cossa, Managing Director
Support for "Wall to Wall Richard Rodgers'.$7,500
Town Hall Foundation
Lawrence C. Zucker, Executive and Artistic Director
Support for the 2002-2003 performance season.
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT back to top
$10,000
Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
Richard S. Weinert, President
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.
$5,000
George London Foundation for Singers, Inc.
Nora E. London, President
Support for the George London Workshop and Master Class series.
$7,500
Marilyn Horne Foundation, Inc.
Marilyn Horne, President & Artistic Director
Support for Master Classes as part of "The Song Continues--2002".
$25,000
Manhattan School of Music
Marta Istomin, President
Support of the 2002 Summer Professional Music Theater Workshop.
$7,500
New Dramatists, Inc.
Joel K. Ruark, Executive Director
General operating support for the 2001-2002 season.
$7,500
New York Youth Symphony, Inc.
Barry Goldberg, Executive Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$12,500
Opera Orchestra of New York, Inc.
Eve Queler, Music Director
Support for the Young Artists Program during 2002.
$7,500
Stage Directors & Choreographers Workshop Foundation, Inc.
Joe Miloscia, Executive Director
Support for the Observership Program and the Sir John Gielgud Fellowship for Assistant Directors of Classical Theatre during the 2001-2002 season.
$10,000
Young Concert Artists, Inc.
Susan Wadsworth, Founder and Director
Support for the 2002?2003 season.
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SPECIAL PROJECTS back to top
$5,000
52nd Street Project, Inc.
Carol Ochs, Executive Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.
$35,000
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc.
Virginia P. Louloudes, Executive Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.
$15,000
George Balanchine Foundation, Inc.
Barbara Horgan, Chairman
Paul H. Epstein, President
Support for the Interpreters Archive Project.
$5,000
Boys Choir of Harlem, Inc.
Dr. Walter J. Turnbull, President/Founder
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.$10,000
Dance/USA
Andrea Snyder, Executive Director
Robert Yesselmen, Director, Dance/NYC
General operating support for fiscal year 2002 for the Dance/NYC initiative.$5,000
DanceWorks, Inc.
Mara Greenberg, Director
Ivan Sygoda, Director
Support of the fourth cycle of "The Help Desk" technical assistance project.$15,000
Exploring the Metropolis, Inc.
Eugenie Cowan, Director
Support for a Feasibility Analysis for development of a central rehearsal complex for New York orchestras.
$15,000
High 5 Tickets to the Arts, Inc.
Ada V. Ciniglio, Executive Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.
$5,000
Non-Traditional Casting Project, Inc.
Sharon Jensen, Executive Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.
$7,500
Theatre Development Fund, Inc.
Jack Goldstein, Executive Director
Support for the 22nd season of the Theatre Access Project (TAP) to provide people with disabilities equal access to the theater.
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$10,000
Atlantic Theater Company
Neil Pepe, Artistic Director
Beth Emelson, Producing Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.
$25,000
City Center 55th Street Theater Foundation, Inc.
Judith Daykin, Executive Director
Support for the 2002 "Encores" season.
$10,000
CSC Repertory Ltd.
Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director
Anne Tanaka, Producing Director
Support for the 2001-2 season.$7,500
Ensemble Studio Theatre, Inc.
Curt Dempster, Founder & Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$12,500
International Arts Relations, Inc.
Max Ferra, Artistic Director
Support for the Mainstage productions and the New Works Lab during the 2002-2003 season.$7,500
Irish Repertory Theatre Company, Inc.
Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director
Ciaran O'Reilly, Producing Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$7,500
Jean Cocteau Repertory
David Fuller, Producing Artistic Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.$7,500
Mabou Mines Development Foundation, Inc.
Lee Breuer, Sharon Fogarty, Ruth Maleczech, Frederic Neumann, Terry O'Reilly, Artistic Directors
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$10,000
Manhattan Class Company, Inc.
Robert LuPone, Artistic Director
Bernard Telsey, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$7,500
Mettawee River Theatre Company, Inc.
Casey Compton, Managing Director
Support for a new production entitled "Stone Monkey Banished.'
$10,000
New 42nd Street, Inc.
Cora Cahan, President
Support for The New Victory Theater's 2001-2002 season.$7,500
New Group, Inc.
Scott Elliot, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$15,000
New York School for Circus Arts/Big Apple Circus
Paul Binder, Artistic Director
Support for the creation and performance of the 25th anniversary production.$50,000
New York Shakespeare Festival
George C. Wolfe, President
Support for the 2002-3 season at the Delacorte and Public Theatres.
$15,000
New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
James Nicola, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$10,000
Ontological Hysteric Theater, Inc.
Richard Foreman, Artistic Director
Support for the 2002-2003 season featuring Richard Foreman's new play, "Why/Why Not?'$7,500
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Tisa Chang, Artistic/Producing Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.$12,500
Pearl Theatre Company, Inc.
Shepard Sobel, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$7,500
Ping Chong & Company
Ping Chong, Artistic Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.$15,000
Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
Tim Sanford, Artistic Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.
$5,000
Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theatre Collection, Inc.
Rosalba Rolon, Artistic Director
Support for thef 2001?2002 season.
$5,000
Primary Stages Company, Inc.
Casey Childs, Founder and Executive Producer
Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 mainstage season.
$30,000
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
Todd Haimes, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.
$7,500
Saratoga International Theater Institute, Inc.
Anne Bogart, Director
Support for the Tenth Year Anniversary production of "Room.'
$25,000
Second Stage Theatre, Inc.
Carole Rothman, Artistic Director
Support for the 2002-2003 season.
$15,000
Signature Theatre Company, Inc.
James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director
Support for the conclusion of the Tenth Anniversary All?Premiere Celebration in the 2001-2002 season.
$7,500
Soho Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Daniel Aukin, Artistic Director
General operating support for fiscal year 2002.
$7,500
Target Margin Theater, Inc.
David Herskovits, Artistic Director
Support for the 2001?2002 season.
$30,000
Theatre for a New Audience, Inc.
Jeffrey Horowitz, Artistic/Producing Director
Support for the 2001-2002 season.$12,500
Vineyard Theatre & Workshop Center, Inc.
Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director
Support for the 2002-2003 season.$20,000
Wooster Group, Inc.
Elizabeth LeCompte. Artistic Director
Support for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 seasons.2002 SPECIAL PERFORMING ARTS ENDOWMENT/CASH RESERVE GRANTS back to top
In Spring of 2002 the Performing Arts program of the Samuels Foundation issued a request for proposals for a special funding project. Organizations that were current/recent grantees of the Foundation and had an endowment fund or cash reserve were invited to apply for a one-time grant to be added to the existing endowment of cash reserve. For a list of the grants awarded under this one-time only program click here.
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