Cecily Bolding, Richard Holt and Hal Brierley
It was Christmas at the Wyly tonight! TACA held its annual presentation of grants from the funds raised in 2014. A whopping $1.3M was distributed to the following groups:
Dance
- Avant Chamber Ballet – $15,000
- Bruce Wood Dance Project – $25,000
- Dallas Black Dance Theatre –$80,000
- Texas Ballet Theater – $65,000
- TITAS – $65,000
Youth Arts
- Big Thought – $15,000
- Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas – $35,000
- Dallas Children’s Theater – $75,000
- Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra – $44,000
- Junior Players – $36,000
- Lone Star Circus – $8,000
Musical Ensembles
- Chamber Music International – $10,000
- Dallas Bach Society – $8,000
- Fine Arts Chamber Players – $27,000
- Orchestra of New Spain – $17,000
- Richardson Community Band – $5,000
- Sammons Center for the Arts – $10,000
- Texas Winds Musical Outreach – $10,000
- Tuesday Nite Jazz – $5,000
- Voices of Change – $10,000
Theater Arts
- African American Repertory Theatre – $10,000
- Cara Mia Theatre Company – $17,000
- Dallas Theater Center – $100,000
- Echo Theater – $15,000
- Kitchen Dog Theater – $40,000
- Lyric Stage – $45,000
- Second Thought Theatre – $18,000
- Shakespeare Dallas – $35,000
- Teatro Dallas – $6,000
- Theatre Three – $30,000
- Uptown Players – $20,000
- WaterTower Theatre – $40,000
Symphonic
- Dallas Chamber Symphony – $10,000
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra – $105,000
- Dallas Winds – $35,000
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra – $10,000
- Plano Symphony Orchestra – $10,000
Operatic
- The Dallas Opera – $110,000
TACA’s Collaborative Partners
- AT&T Performing Arts Center – $5,000
- Dallas Museum of Art – $5,000
- Nasher Sculpture Center – $5,000
- SMU Meadows School of the Arts – $10,000
Spoken Word
- WordSpace – $8,000
Choral Arts
- Arts District Chorale – $5,000
- Orpheus Chamber Singers – $21,000
- Plano Civic Chorus – $5,000
- Turtle Creek Chorale – $15,000
More deets to follow in the days ahead, but did want you to know why all those people were smiling and clutching envelopes in the Dallas Arts District tonight. Now, on to raising even more funds for the performing arts.