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Next Raising Voices Grant
Raising Voices provides a flexible grant of $4,000-$5,000 for a locally based creative initiative that involves young people in choral music.
The program's latest grant went to Learning Assistance, Inc., an affiliate of the Durham Housing Authority. Collaborating with Grammy Award-winning 9th Wonder, Learning Assistance will create a "Hip Hop Chorus," engaging 60 DHA kids, ages 12-17, in music study and in editing and sound engineering. Their performance will be in spring 2012.
The first Raising Voices grant was for the Annual Chatham County All-County Chorus Festival. Organized by Marilyn Shugart, Northwood High School music teacher, the May 2011 Festival involved more than 100 middle school and high school singers in two choruses. Guest clinicians Dan Huff and Andy Beck worked with the groups and conducted the evening concert, which was open free to the public. Mark Manring recorded the event and took photos.
It hasn't yet been determined whether the third Raising Voices will be made in 2012 or 2013. Stay tuned!