David Hoose Commissioning Grant
NEW: The David Hoose Commissioning Grant Application is officially open! For a printable preview of the appilcation, click here.
2025 Alfred Nash Patterson Grant Recipients
Choral Arts New England is delighted to announce the funding of 16 project grants totaling $29,000. Award recipients represent choral organizations from all New England states, and were chosen out of 54 applications.
Award recipients will be honored at our grant ceremony in the fall of 2025, and the projects are described below from excerpts of the applications. In addition, where a recipient received a named grant, is listed next to the recipient’s name.
Congratulations to all our awardees, and please stay tuned for our next application cycle to open for 2026!
BHS Greater Boston Chapter — MA
Singspiration 2025 and Beyond
Featured choral events
Events supported by Alfred Nash Patterson Grants.
- Boston Children’s Chorus / Boston City Singers / Handel and Haydn Chamber Choir [MA] 4/11: Langston Hughes and Phillis Wheatley: I Dream a World.
- Counterpoint [VT] 4/18, 4/21, 4/25 & 4/28: An Act of Remembrance.
- Cantilena Women's Chorus [MA] 5/8 & 5/9: I Rise: Women in Song.
- Cappella Clausura [MA] 5/16 & 5/17: Worthy of the Highest Praise: Bembo and Vivaldi.
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“When things don’t seem right … and the news doesn’t feel good … and you’re singing at the top of your lungs, it’s a gift. There’s no downside to being part of a chorus.”
— Johanna Hill Simpson, 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient