SEASON AT A GLANCE
April 22 & 23 Arlene Schnizter Concert Hall
Circulation: 5,000 Ad Due: 4/12
Ten Grands features ten grand pianos and ten concert pianists playing a variety of classical and modern pieces both simultaneously and individually. Traditionally presented just once a year at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Concert proceeds benefit The Snowman Foundation, which in turn benefits youth service groups, helps generate scholarships and music lessons for disadvantaged youth in Oregon and Southwest Washington and helps purchase pianos for schools and organizations in need.
What began as the vision of Northwest composer and pianist Michael Allen Harrison has evolved into a community effort that shares the joy, the healing, the learning, and the life-changing gifts music has to offer. The Snowman Foundation was formed in September of 1999 to promote the musical arts in the Pacific Northwest.
The Foundation's primary source of funding comes from fundraising events such as the annual "Ten Grands" concert, as well as recordings, theater productions, and small concerts. Proceeds from these events support our schools, our children, and our community through the following:
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Musical instruments, materials, and supplies
for members of targeted groups - Performing arts lessons for members of
targeted groups - Scholarships for laboratory studies in the
performing arts - Artist-in-resident grants for targeted groups
- Grants to fund production and travel costs to bring
performing arts productions to target groups - Encouragement of multi-generational and multi-cultural interaction in artistic productions
School budget cuts continue to increase the demand for foundation funds and services. Over one half of our community's elementary schools have lost their music programs. To address this void, The Snowman Foundation launched a campaign to bring the music back to places where it has been dearly missed and desperately needed.