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The Choral Project

The Choral Project, founded by Artistic Director Daniel Hughes in 1996, has been hailed by the San Jose Mercury News as a Bay Area jewel, stating that there is nothing subtle about why this is one of the best choirs you will ever hear. This 52-voice award-winning ensemble has developed an outstanding reputation for performing high-level choral literature and bridging the gap between text and music, singer and spectator. The Choral Project’s musical programming is broad and diverse, ranging from early renaissance to contemporary, including world music, gospel, spirituals and jazz. The Choral Project is also a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization involved in community outreach, including a choral mentorship program for local high school students, a students for free program for kids 10-18, joint performances with visiting choirs, and an annual Choral Composition Contest for high school students and undergraduates. Mission: To connect to one another through choral theater, education and musical excellence.

The Foster, Palo Alto

Our mission is to share artist-explorer Tony Foster’s powerful exhibitions of watercolor Journeys to inspire reflection, discussion, and education about art, wilderness, and the natural world. The Foster offers a variety of options and activities for schools and teachers, including field trips, customized experiences, and teacher professional learning workshops.

The New Ballet School

The New Ballet School – San Jose (NBS) provides unparalleled training for serious pre-professional ballet students. NBS is proud to feature the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum and is one of only five schools nationwide designated as an American Ballet Theatre Certified School. Training at NBS focuses on developmentally appropriate instruction and dancer health for each student. NBS’ certified teaching staff has many years experience bringing high quality artistic training to students ranging from 18 months to 22 years old. The majority of the staff have danced professionally and understand firsthand the elements required for an artist’s development.

The Tabard Theatre Company

The Tabard Theatre Company is committed to making a difference in the community through the arts by providing professional-quality theatre experiences such as productions and workshops that are appropriate and affordable for audiences of all ages. Tabard focuses on new works or works not commonly produced. Especially engaged with altruism and philanthropy, Tabard reaches out to the under-served, such as the blind/visually impaired and children in low-income areas, and donates a portion of each production’s concession proceeds to a designated local charity.

The Tech Museum

The Tech Museum of Innovation is a hands-on technology and science museum for people of all ages and backgrounds. The museum — located in the Capital of Silicon Valley — is a non-profit learning resource established to engage people in exploring and experiencing technologies affecting their lives. Through programs such as The Tech Challenge presented by Cisco, our annual team design competition for youth, and internationally renowned programs such as The Tech Awards presented by Applied Materials. Inc.. The Tech Museum celebrates the present and encourages the development of innovative ideas for a more promising future.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

Education in and through the Arts can inspire an individual, electrify a school, and invigorate a community. Through our programs we strive to nurture the roots of creativity and encourage the instinct for art that lives in every corner of our community. Inquire! Discover! Master! Jump in and join our exceptional teaching artists for a journey sure to awaken the artist within. With a reputation for artistic excellence, innovation, diversity, and integrity, TheatreWorks is Silicon Valley’s leading professional nonprofit theatre company. TheatreWorks presents a year-round season of musicals, comedies, and dramas in the state-of-the-art Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and at the graceful California Mission-style Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto. Founded by Artistic Director Robert Kelley in 1970, TheatreWorks is dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices in the American theatre. It regularly stages new works — many developed in the company’s own New Works Initiative program. It frequently produces regional and West Coast premieres of important modern and contemporary works from Broadway, off-Broadway, and beyond. It also stages distinctive re-imaginings of the classics.

Traveling Lantern Theatre Company

Traveling Lantern is a year-round company that brings six shows each year to your area. All of our shows are interactive theatre performances that involve the audience directly in the story. We have been performing during the school year for elementary schools and in the summer for library branches in thirteen states for over two decades, and our company has been in business since 1985. We perform regularly for New York Public Library and New York Public Schools, Brooklyn and Queens Schools and Libraries, and for the National Theatre in Washington, DC. We wrote and performed the children’s show at Yosemite for the National Park Service. We wrote and produced two bilingual educational programs for the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Our mission is to bring great stories to children, to draw them into an active theater experience, to excite their minds and to tickle their imaginations. We are deeply committed to providing high quality, low cost arts programming to schools and libraries. We have over 30 shows in repertoire and build new ones yearly. Please explore more at our website: www.travelinglantern.com

Triton Museum of Art

The Triton Museum of Art collects and exhibits contemporary and historical works with an emphasis on artists of the Bay Area and California. It exists both to expand and embrace the lives ofÂ the local communityÂ through a program of art, education and community involvement. The Museum offers a learning environment in which curiosity, experimentation, and spirited dialogue are encouraged. Its aim is for each visitor, regardless of age, background or ability, to experience the Museum with enthusiasm and success, empowered by new perspectives and ideas. It is committed to providing exceptional programs in the creation and understanding of art for individuals and families of all ages.

Venus Jones - Poet and Professor

Venus Jones is more than an author, actress, professor, and poet. She’s a social change agent waging peace through poetry. She writes and speaks about empowerment, diversity, and being true to yourself. As a writing coach and performer, she inspires individuals to rise to their highest potential. She has been compared to Maya Angelou and praised by Whoopi Goldberg and poet Nikki Giovanni. The Langston Hughes Family Museum even referred to Venus as, “Langston Hughes in the form of a black girl.” With an MFA in English and Creative Writing from Mills College, she’s a MALI Fellow and serves as a board member for Poetry Center San Jose. This former MTV intern and accomplished actress also opened for Def Poetry on Broadway. Her play “Race and War: An Awkward Conversation” was featured at the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival, and “Poetic Soldier” was awarded “Most Inspiring Solo Performance” at the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival. She is the author of four spoken word albums and two books: “She Rose” and “Lyrics for Langston.” Her favorite quote is by Alice Walker: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Visit venusjones.com.

Vivace Youth Chorus

Vivace provides the opportunity to experience the power and poetry of song in an inclusive and nurturing environment that fosters community, confidence, and artistic growth, and creates awareness of our participants’ cultures and shared human experience. Vivace Youth Chorus is an engaging, inclusive, high-quality music education program offering six levels of instruction to youth, ages 5-18 in the Silicon Valley. Rooted in the Kodály methodology, we teach first through singing, movement, and games, followed by music reading, writing, and theory. This pedagogical approach allows students to naturally progress from our introductory Preparatory choir to our advanced Teen Men’s, Women’s, and A Cappella Ensembles. Our program is located in Willow Glen, San Jose. Kristina Nakagawa joined Vivace Youth Chorus as Artistic Director in December 2020. She is also the founding Artistic Director of Resounding Achord, an adult auditioned community choir in San José. Previously, Kristina directed the choirs at Saratoga High School and St. Francis Episcopal Church in Willow Glen, served as the Interim Director of Choral Activities at San José State University, and taught 7th-12th grade music at Pinewood School in Los Altos Hills. She has prepared choirs for the Fauré Requiem, Rutter’s Gloria, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Mozart’s Requiem, Hayden’s Lord Nelson Mass, and the Bernstein Mass. Ms. Nakagawa holds a degree in Vocal Performance from UC Irvine, a master’s degree in Choral Conducting from San José State University, and training in the Kodály method from Holy Names University. As a soloist Kristina has performed cabaret shows throughout the bay area, and was featured with the San Francisco and Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Choruses. HERE ARE SOME RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS: “Vivace has been a force for good in the lives of our kids and the kids in the San Jose area.” “Vivace is wonderful youth choir program with fantastic music directors who are serious in educating young people to enjoy music as an art for their lifetime.” “Fondest memories of Vivace and so pleased it continues its marvelous contribution to the children of San Jose” “So fortunate to have had Vivace in my son’s childhood. It sparked and nourished his love of music and set the best of examples. A wonderful opportunity for any child.” “So happy to be a part of this amazing choir!”

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Young Audiences of Northern California

Young Audiences of Northern California delivers arts education to schools and community centers through four Signature Core Programs: assembly performances, long-term residencies, hands-on workshops, and teacher professional development. All of our programs are delivered by practicing professional artists who are also experts at reaching young people through their art. We work in all four arts disciplines: visual art, music, theater, and dance. Our 54 teaching artists represent the traditions of 20 distinct world cultures. We have been serving the Bay Area for over 55 years. We are part of the Young Audiences Inc. national network. With 30 affiliates around the country, Young Audiences Inc., is the largest provider of arts education in the country.

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