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Sarasota Youth Opera Awarded $20,000 NEA Grant

Grant To Support Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten.

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $20,000 to the Sarasota Youth Opera program to support their 2018 re-mount of The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten. The Art Works category is the NEA’s largest funding category and supports projects that focus on the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and/or the strengthening of communities through the arts.

“The variety and quality of these projects speaks to the wealth of creativity and diversity in our country,” said NEA Chairman Jane Chu. “Through the work of organizations such as the Sarasota Youth Opera program in Sarasota, FL, NEA funding invests in local communities, helping people celebrate the arts wherever they are.”

“The unique musical and educational opportunities offered to members of the Sarasota Youth Opera program are the direct result of the continued support of the NEA,” says Executive Director Richard Russell. “We welcome this grant as an endorsement of our mission to continue making music education a priority in our community.”

Tickets for The Little Sweep are currently available for purchase by 2018/19 Sarasota Opera Subscribers. Single tickets will be available exclusively online August 1st and in the Sarasota Opera box office September 4th. For more information, please visit www.sarasotaopera.org [1] or call (941) 328-1300.

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