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Choral Arts New England extends the mission of the Alfred Nash Patterson (ANP) Foundation, providing grants that support innovative programming, commissions, and improved management for choral organizations. Alfred Nash Patterson Grants have been awarded continuously since 1985. In 1994, Choral Arts New England initiated a Lifetime Achievement Award to honor significant contributions to choral singing and its culture within New England.

2010 Alfred Nash Patterson Grants Announced

Choral Arts New England as announced the recipients of Alfred Nash Patterson grants for 2010 (to be used for projects from Fall 2010 to Summer 2011). Ten choruses received awards totaling $14,500. These were Youth Pro Musica (Boston, Mass.), for a 40th anniversary scholarship project; New Hampshire Master Chorale (Meredith, NH), for “Voices of Light;” Nashua Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Nashua, NH), for a collaborative performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand); Women in Harmony (Portland, Maine), for a concert celebrating immigration; The Providence Singers (Providence, RI), for a young men's choral festival; the Rhode Island Children's Chorus (Harrisville, RI), for an apprentice program; PALS Children's Chorus (Brookline, Mass.), for the “Light at the Edge of the World” Voices Concert; Exsultemus (Cambridge, Mass.), for a concert of Christmas music from Early Portugal; Con Brio Choral Society (Centerbrook, Conn.), for “Seven Joys, a Family Project;” and Cappella Clausura (Newtonville, Mass.), for a performance of “The Great Motets of Sulpitia Cesis.” This year's grants bring the total amount of Alfred Nash Patterson Grants awarded by Choral Arts New England to nearly $200,000.

Grants will be presented at Choral Arts New England's 27th annual Awards Ceremony on the afternoon of Sunday, October 17, at Hancock Church in Lexington, Mass. Details about the ceremony will be provided shortly.

The Chorus Directory can now be updated by anyone using the online form. Please review the entry for your chorus! The new directory was launched on October 24, 2006, and changes are now being made continuously as new information reaches us. Thank you for sending in your additions and corrections. The new directory is more flexible, in that it can be listed several different ways; it can display more information about choruses; and it can be more rapidly updated. Updates can now be made instantly. Please keep in touch!

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