Long Island City
,
New York
,
January 8th, 2007
- InCollaboration, Incorporated, a well-known
New York City-based non-profit arts education organization, announced today that it is the recipient of a $75,000 Matching Grant from The New York State Music Fund (“The Fund”) for its program proposal
Program participants will work with professional musicians and/or certified music teachers, and will learn to write and create hip hop music of their own, create their own music CDs and gain, as they go, an understanding of how the current music industry works, and how they can distribute and promote the works they create.
Outreach: Reaching and keeping both audience and students enthused and energized will require ongoing promotion through student and community projects including mural paintings, graffiti art contests, celebrity auctions, poetry slams, guest artist appearances and rhyming Rap “battles.” These activities will be planned and scheduled periodically throughout the duration of the project, which runs through March 2008. The New York State Music Fund was created when the New York State Attorney General’s Office resolved investigations against major record companies that had violated state and federal laws prohibiting “pay for play” (also called “payola”). The Rockefeller Advisory Group developed and manages the $26 million grant program.
The New York State Music Fund published guidelines and criteria and accepted grant applications in a number of categories, including music education and public performances of music by artists working in hip hop, reggae, fusion, jazz, classical and folk music of all cultures. Applications related to recording, distribution, or broadcast through traditional or new media were also eligible. Special emphasis was placed on reaching underserved populations and broadening awareness of artists, genres or styles with limited access to commercial broadcast or other mass distribution vehicles.
An Advisory Panel comprised of recognized leaders from a cross-section of the music world evaluated and recommended applications based on criteria focusing on artistic merit and community impact, and recommended 218 of 402 applications the Fund received for its second cycle.
Awards to the 218 grantees represent every region of
New York
State
and range from $10,000 to $500,000. Diverse forms of popular or experimental music, including indie rock, salsa, electronic, fusion and reggae account for almost 37 percent of grants and more than 15 percent celebrate a spectrum of jazz; nearly 25 percent include new classical music. The state’s ethnic or racial minority communities are served by close to a third of all programs, while 28 percent specifically target rural communities. The Fund’s size and emphasis on music of our time in all its forms set it apart from other arts grant programs.
InCollaboration, Inc., also widely known for one of its most successful programs as the Readers Theatre Workshop, was founded in Queens,New York, in1983, and incorporated in New York
State
in March 1986. The Company is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, not-for-profit corporation, and is comprised of two complementary groups working together: the Educational Services Group and the Performing Arts Group.
Our mission is to improve the learning and thinking skills of our young people, especially those living in socially or economically disadvantaged neighborhoods and attending under performing schools; those newly arrived students for whom English is a second language; students with physical and/or learning disabilities; and all students seeking full and equal access to the arts and technology as we help them progress toward their educational personal best.
For further information contact: Bob McInnes, 2927 Queens Plaza North, Rm 508, LIC, NY 11101-4009
Tel:718-391-0354 E-mail: theinbox@readers.org Website: www.readers.org Fax: 718-391-0357
Students at PS752Q
