National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

To support music instruction for students from low-income communities across Los Angeles County. Students
have the opportunity to participate in musicianship classes, instrumental music lessons, and participate in
ensembles such as band, orchestra, choir, and jazz band. Older students in the program may become peer
mentors to younger students and act as teaching assistants to the music instructors. In addition to music
training, high school students have access to college prep workshops and all students may take advantage of the
Family/Parent Liaison to connect with outside social support resources. The program includes a field trip for
students and their families to a classical concert at the Hollywood Bowl, for which transportation is provided.
Heart of Los Angeles Youth, Inc. (aka Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA))
$50,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles at Heart of Los Angeles (YOLA at HOLA). The YOLA at HOLA
program is a partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and is directly inspired by Music Director Gustavo
Dudamel's formative experience with El Sistema, Venezuela's youth orchestra movement supporting social
change through music. Elementary and middle school students receive free after-school instruction from
professional teaching artists through orchestra rehearsals, musicianship classes, and singing classes. The
program involves parents through classroom volunteer opportunities, music fundamentals, violin lessons,
participation in HOLA's choir and the opportunity to perform with their children at some of the community
concerts. In addition to music instruction and performance opportunities, students benefit from individualized
academic support, positive youth development opportunities, counseling services, SAT prep courses, and private
tutoring.
Kentucky Center for the Arts Corporation (aka The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts)
$20,000 Louisville, KY
To support Rising Artists professional development and direct learning program in rural, eastern Kentucky. In
partnership with Morehead State University and Kentucky Department of Education, classroom teachers and
school administrators will receive professional development and create curriculum and assessment. As lessons
are used in the classroom, both teachers and their students will make use of a virtual teaching platform that
allows video recording of lessons, instructional feedback, upload of lesson plans, and instructional apps.
Levine Music, Inc. (aka Levine Music)
$10,000 Washington, DC
To support the First Music program, providing music instruction free-of-charge to young children in underserved
neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. Infants, pre-Kindergarten, and elementary aged students will participate in a
36-week music curriculum based on the early childhood methodologies of Orff, Kodaly, and Dalcroze that
nurture the development of cognitive, social, and motor skills. During class sessions at daycare and school sites
across the city, students, their teachers, and daycare providers will explore music through singing, movement,
children's literature, and rhythm instruments. Music instructors will focus on sensory learning and encourage
the children to develop skills in many areas, including rhythm, pitch, and expressive qualities.
Literature for All of Us
$20,000 Evanston, IL
To support Books Alive!, a literary arts program. Students will participate in weekly book group sessions
facilitated by teaching artists and will discuss literature, write poetry, publish their work in online and offline
publications, and present their work in public readings. Students will read and discuss the works of well-known
writers, such as Maya Angelou, Junot Diaz, and Luis Rodriguez. Visiting artists, writing retreats, and field trips to
drama and spoken-word performances and art centers are planned to enrich students' experiences in the arts.
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.