ARTS & CULTURE DONATE ONLINE MCGIVES.COM MONTEREY PENINSULA BALLET THEATRE Year Founded: 2017 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 7 paid, 120 volunteers Budget: $222,100 998-0793 mpballettheatre.org BIG IDEA: Does your holiday season feel incomplete without a performance of the classic ballet The Nutcracker? For the last eight years, Monterey Peninsula Ballet Theatre has helped complete the season, providing a local outlet for this beloved holiday tradition. The organization’s Big Idea delivers four performances to nearly 3,000 audience members each December, and helps more than 130 Monterey County students between ages 5 to 18 who are cast members learn Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece— an achievement that takes more than 350 training hours. “Monterey Peninsula Ballet Theatre has had a profound impact on my life, shaping me both artistically and personally. As I step into my senior year at UC Santa Barbara as a dance major, I know that I would not be where I am today without the perseverance and adaptability that MPBT instilled in me; for this I have a deep sense of gratitude.” -Grace Lino, 2018 Sugar Plum Fairy MONTEREY PENINSULA VOICES Year Founded: 1962 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 2 paid, 9 volunteers Budget: $88,500 275-0176 mpvoices.org BIG IDEA: Monterey Peninsula Voices is known for its joyful, themed concerts, like the recent “CommUnity” that featured local dance troupes and artists, and “Stronger Together,” a multi-generational theme highlighting area youth singers. This year’s Big Idea is to stage the group’s annual spring concert with the theme “Mosaic,” a program curating musical experiences from across our region’s multicultural community. Donations also support Monterey Peninsula Voices’ additional activities, including an annual fall concert, July Fourth concerts and the organization’s chamber group, Ambassador Choir. “I rediscovered the joys of singing later in life. As with many members of our choir, my participation in choral music was put aside during career and family-raising years. When I joined Monterey Peninsula Voices my skills were rusty, but I felt welcomed and encouraged to share in a community of song and friendship.” -Sandra Weaver MONTEREY SYMPHONY Year Founded: 1947 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 7 paid, 25 volunteers Budget: $2,500,000 646-8511 montereysymphony.org 34 Monterey County GIVES! 2024 mcgives.com CamerataSingers Christmas with the William McMillan Artistic Director & Conductor 2024 FRIDAY 7:30PM DECEMBER 6 NEW! St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Salinas Adults $20 • Students Free SATURDAY 7:30PM DECEMBER 7 SUNDAY 2:30PM DECEMBER 8 First Presbyterian Church, Monterey Adults $25 • Students Free visit camerata-singers.org for more information “If we know the song, may we sing along?” asked the gentleman at the skilled nursing facility. They sang. They smiled. We remembered. We added a “Sing-Along” to our programs, which surely will inspire fond memories— theirs and ours. We are committed to taking our December and Spring concerts to those living in Salinas/Monterey nursing facilities. Please, be a part of this joy. We sincerely appreciate your donation. Visit montereycountygives.com/camerata PLAY TO LEARN & LEARN TO PLAY! PROVIDING THE POWER OF PLAY TO FAMILIES THAT NEED IT NOW MORE THAN EVER! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR BIG IDEA & BRING THE FUN OF LEARNING TO FAMILIES IN NEED! 831.649.6444 425 Washington Street Monterey, CA 93940 montereycountygives.com/mymuseum
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