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Maestra Music, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization based in New York that provides support, visibility, and community to the women and nonbinary people who make the music in the musical theater industry. Maestra envisions a world in which women and nonbinary people have equitable access, visibility, and creative impact in the musical theater industry. In this future, at least half of all music-related theater jobs and leadership roles are filled by qualified women and nonbinary musicians, decidedly inclusive of people of color. These musicians are historically and consistently under-represented in musical theatre. By delivering on our mission, we will be a catalyst and driving force to help achieve gender equity in our business.

The Country Music Foundation operates the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum and is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history and traditions of country music. It shares that history through exhibitions, publications, archives, and educational programs aimed at informing and engaging diverse audiences.

The Stamford Chorale (Stamford, Connecticut) is a non-profit organization that brings song and community together. Our musical abilities range from beginner to professional. The Chorale performs a winter and spring concert yearly. We also perform various outreach programs during the year. Our diverse repertoire ranges from Classical to Popular styles. We invite you to join, sing and meet our wonderful members from the lower Fairfield County community. All levels are welcome. Auditions are not required.

TO PROVIDE THE GIFT OF MUSIC TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF ALL AGES VIA PROVIDING INSTRUMENTS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND INSPIRATION, WHILE MENTORING AND COLLABORATING WITH FELLOW MUSIC-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS TO FOSTER AN APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AS A LIFE ENHANCING, LIFE CHANGING ACTIVITY.

Keen Company is an award-winning Off-Broadway theater creating narrative driven work that provokes identification, reflection, and emotional connection. In intimate productions of plays and musicals, the company tells stories about the decisive moments that change us. Through our educational arm, Keen Teens, we raise the quality of plays written for the high school stage and provide a free professional training program for teens. Through the Keen Playwrights Lab, we bring together three mid-career playwrights to develop new work and facilitate that work's exposure to a greater audience. On-stage Keen champions the impact of integrity, and we uphold that same mission backstage. It is important to our company, and our work, that everyone feels safe, valued, and inspired to do their best.

The New Group is an artist-driven, award-winning theatre company that develops and produces contemporary, ensemble-focused plays and musicals; it champions new works, runs festivals and development programs, and operates tuition-free education programs for young people to expand access to theatre.

TO PROVIDE YOUTH WITH FREE ACCESS TO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INSTRUCTION, AND A MUSIC-MAKING ENVIRONMENT SO THAT MUSIC CAN BECOME A PROFOUNDLY POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

Music is a unifying experience that the world shares. It is what unites us and makes us live in the moment together. We believe our mission is to share this experience with our community by providing access to the schooling, culture, creation, and performance of this art form. Kainga Music established its non-profit corporation 501(c)(3) in 2014 with a mission statement Creating Music, Uniting People, Building Communities. Music is uplifting, healing, and gives the opportunity for starting and strengthening the bond between people of different backgrounds, genders, and ages. The featured instrument in the school, the steel pan, is played throughout the country of origin, Trinidad & Tobago, in community centers called “Panyards” that welcome the variety of members in the surrounding neighborhoods to find a common place and common voice.

The mission of the Jazz Arts Group is to advance and celebrate the art of jazz through performance and education.

Theatre Within provides ongoing free workshops in creative expression and mindfulness to communities in need.  We provide workshops in songwriting, art, meditation and much more for those impacted by cancer. Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, we have provided over 700 workshops for children who have lost a parent to cancer, adult cancer patients, survivors and their family members. In addition, we provide the John Lennon Real Love Project songwriting program to elementary and middle schools. Since the program's launch in June 2021 we have brought the program to 16 schools. Since 1981, we have celebrated John Lennon’s music, life and timeless message of peace, love and racial/gender equality with our Annual John Lennon Tribute charity concert in NYC.

The Florida Orchestra builds community through music and programs that UNITE – EDUCATE - INSPIRE

The Brooklyn Youth Music Project is a community based non-profit organization dedicated to extending the reach of musical training to all young musicians ages 5 to 18 in the Brooklyn community and beyond, to supporting the development of lifelong learners and to contributing to a culture of youth musicianship that meets the highest standards of excellence. We are a stand-alone youth organization, not affiliated with a professional orchestra. Our organization is dedicated to extending the reach of musical training to all young musicians in the Brooklyn community and beyond, to supporting the development of life-long learners and to contributing to a culture of youth musicianship that meets the highest standards of excellence. We are the only program in Brooklyn to offer three levels in orchestra and two levels of Jazz ensemble. These different programs for different skill levels, coupled with our low tuition and need-based scholarships, allow us to include a great diversity of young musicians. Such a range allows students to develop their individual skills as performers as well as their sensitivity and responsiveness as collaborators. This in turn fosters the growth of the ensemble as a whole. BYMP has rapidly grown from a 25-member string orchestra to a multi-tiered program reaching over 200 children annually, largely from public schools. This vigorous growth attests to a need in the Brooklyn youth music community that we are proud to fill.