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Grants
"Attending the 2005 World Symposium on Choral
Music in Kyoto, Japan, was an exhilarating eight-day excursion listening
to and learning from many of the world’s best choirs and lecturers."
“Each year the quality of my chorus continues to improve. Part of the reason for that is that I have had opportunities--like pursuing graduate studies with a grant from the FMC Endowment Fund--to continue to grow and improve as a conductor, vocalist and artist.” — Jane Ramseyer Miller, grant recipient
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Grants
The F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund offers grants in four categories, reaching conductors studying at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as conductors actively leading church, synagogue, school and community choirs.
Summer Dialogue Grants
Summer Dialogue is a 4-day event held in conjunction with the Minnesota All-State Choir camps each year. Conductors have the opportunity to share, communicate, discuss and exchange ideas in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Amount: Up to $250
Eligibility: Grants are available to conductors with 0-2 years of experience and conductors of any experience level who have never attended a Summer Dialogue. For more information, see http://www.acda-mn.org/ACDA_grants.asp
Convention Grants
Every year, ACDA hosts division and national conventions that showcase invited choirs, offer continuing education and provide a priceless opportunity for networking with peers in the industry. The convention location changes every year.
Amount: $150-$1,000 (pays for housing, registration and meals; may assist with transportation)
Eligibility: Grants are available to collegiate student members of ACDA-MN who are choral conducting majors in their junior or senior year or graduate students. For more information, see http://www.acda-mn.org/ACDA_grants.asp
World Choral Symposium Grants
Every three years, the International Federation for Choral Music convenes a World Symposium on Choral Music, the most prestigious choral event in the world. ACDA-MN co-hosted the first Symposium held in the United States, in Minneapolis-St. Paul in 2002.
Amount: Up to $3,000
Eligibility: One grant will be available every third year to a member with a minimum of five years active and current membership in ACDA-MN. The 8th World Symposium on Choral Music will be held in Denmark in July, 2008.
Graduate Study Grants
Supports the pursuit of graduate degrees in choral conducting for part-time and full-time students enrolled in reputable programs throughout the USA.
Amount: Up to $1,000 for part-time study; up to $3,000 for full-time study
Eligibility: Grants are available to conductors who have completed a minimum of two years of choral conducting in the state of Minnesota and who are current members of ACDA-MN. For more information, see http://www.acda-mn.org/ACDA_grants.asp
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