Chance Theater

$10,000

Anaheim, CA FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater & Musical Theater To support two new play development programs. On the Radar and Playwrights-in-Residence will provide emerging playwrights with resources to develop their work. The On the Radar (OTR) series will provide a safe, collaborative writing environment for playwrights and will offer theater patrons an opportunity to "peak behind the curtain" and engage in work-in-progress activities. OTR playwrights will be given the support of a director, actors, and production team, and a rehearsal process in which to experiment and further develop their plays before they are presented for an audience.

$20,000

Irvine, CA FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance To support the National Choreographers Initiative (NCI). Founded in 2004, NCI is a workshop to promote the creation and production of new dance works, engage the community in the creative process, and strengthen the national dance field. Artistic Director Molly Lynch will assemble four choreographers to each create a dance. They will each be provided with dancers and afforded full license to experiment. The process will conclude with a public performance of the four works-in-progress followed by a question-and-answer session.

$10,000 Irvine, CA FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music To support the Discovery Series. The series of artist residencies will feature performances and educational activities by chamber ensembles and emerging musicians. The residencies will feature artists such as eighth blackbird, the Meccorre String Quartet, cellist Julie Albers, pianist Orion Weiss, instrumentalist, composer, and conductor Jordi Savall, and harpist Andrew Lawrence-King. Activities will include master classes, a composer symposium, workshops, clinics, classroom visits, and performances in diverse venues.

Arts Orange County 

$25,000 Santa Ana, CA FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies To support Dia del Nino. An annual festival celebrating the artistic and cultural heritage of Orange County's Latino community, the event consists of interactive arts workshops and performances by numerous selected regional artists, as well as several pre-event workshops that culminate in the exhibition and presentation of work during the main festival. Artists under consideration include Trio Ellas, a female, all-string Latin-American music group from Los Angeles; Quattro, an ensemble that fuses Latin pop, jazz, and classical music; and Quetzal, a Los Angeles Chicano rock band. Dia del Nino - which translates to "Day of the Child" - is scheduled to take place in downtown Santa Ana's historic Birch Park.

Pacific Chorale 

$10,000 Santa Ana, CA FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music To support a music educational program with community outreach. Titled Everyone Has a Voice, the initiative will engage singers ranging from young children to older adults through several programs. The Pacific Chorale Academy will continue to be a free vocal educational program based on the orchestral El Sistema program providing elementary school students with intense choral instruction. Pacific Chorale Choral Camp will provide a summer enrichment program for a diverse group of high school students. Pacific Chorale Choral Festival will provide hundreds of adult singers the opportunity to rehearse and perform choral works alongside Pacific Chorale members under the direction of Artistic Director John Alexander in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.