Programs

  • Earplay Concert Series

    EARPLAY PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FYE2023:EARPLAY CONTINUED ITS LIVE PERFORMANCES IN OCTOBER 2022, PRESENTING A PENDEMIC-DELAYED CONCERT AT OLD FIRST CHURCH.EARPLAY PRESENTED THREE ADDITIONAL CONCERTS IN ITS SAN FRANCISCO HOME SERIES:IN JANUARY 2023 AT OLD FIRST CHURCH, IN MARCH AT NOE VALLEY MINISTRY, AND IN MAY AT OLD FIRST CHURCH.THE PERFORMANCES INCLUDED SEVEN WORLD PREMIERES AND ONE US PREMIERE, AND FOUR WORKS COMMISSIONED BE EARPLAY, AND THE WINNER OF THE 2022 EARPLAY DONALD AIRD COMPOSER'S COMPETITION.EARPLAY CONDUCTED THE 2023 EARPLAY DONALD COMPOSERS COMPETITION, NOW IN ITS 23ND YEAR. THE 2023 COMPETITION GENERATED 149 ENTRIES FROM 131 COMPOSERS, REPRESENTING 26 US STATES AND 24 OTHER COUNTRIES. EARPLAY ALSO CONDUCTED THE SECOND YEAR OF ITS VIBRANT SHORES COMPETITIONFOR COMPOSERS IDENTIFYING AS BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATINX, ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, OR PEOPLE OF COLOR. EARPLAY WILL PERFORM THE 2023 AIRD COMPETITION WINNERAND THE INAUGURAL VIBRANT SHORES PRIZE WINNER IN THE 2024 SEASON.2023 MARKED THE SEVENTH YEAR OF EARPLAY'S ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH WEST EDGE OPERA ON THEIR SNAPSHOT SERIES, WHICH INCUBATES NEW OPERAS BY PAIRING COMPOSERS AND LIBRETTISTS OF AN IN-PROGRESS WORK WITH A MUSICAL ENSEMBLE, SINGERS, DIRECTION, AND VENUE FOR PERFORMING STAGED READINGS. SNAPSHOT 2023 PRESENTED A PROGRAM CONSISTING OF FOUR WORKS-IN-PROGRESS IN SAN FRANCISCO.EARPLAY PARTICIPATED IN TWO CONCERTS WITH THE STANFORD MUSIC DEPARTMENT, ONE PRESENTING STUDENT COMPOSITIONS AND THE OTHER PRESENTING FACULTY COMPOSITIONS.EARPLAY ALSO PERFORMED A CONCERT AT CSU SACRAMENTO.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $116K

  • Program 1 [2025]

    EARPLAY PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FYE2025EARPLAY'S 40TH SEASON PRESENTED THREE EXCEPTIONAL LIVE CONCERTS IN ITS SAN FRANCISCO HOME SERIES AT NOE VALLEY MINISTRY.THE PERFORMANCES INCLUDED FOUR WORLD PREMIERES, ONE US PREMIERE, AND FOUR WEST COAST PREMIERES, WITH TWO WORKS COMMISSIONED BY EARPLAY. THE LIVE CONCERTS WERE STREAMED TO A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC ONLINE AUDIENCE. EARPLAY ADDED AUDIO RECORDINGS OF THE CONCERTS TO EARPLAY'S ONLINE ARCHIVES AND CAPTURED CONCERT VIDEO FOR ARCHIVAL USE.EARPLAY ALSO PERFORMED TWO CONCERTS FEATURING THE MUSIC OF EARPLAY FOUNDER PETER JOSHEFF, IN SAN FRANCISCO AND BERKELEY.EARPLAY CONDUCTED THE 2025 EARPLAY DONALD AIRD COMPOSERS COMPETITION, NOW IN ITS 25TH YEAR, AND PERFORMED THE 2024 AIRD PRIZE WINNER CONCERT. THE 2025 COMPETITION GENERATED ENTRIES FROM COMPOSERS REPRESENTING 20 US STATES AND 20 OTHER COUNTRIES.EARPLAY CONTINUED ITS D.E.I. OUTREACH WITH THE THIRD YEAR OF ITS VIBRANT SHORES COMPETITION FOR COMPOSERS IDENTIFYING AS BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATINX, ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, OR PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND PERFORMED THE 2024 VIBRANT SHORES PRIZE WINNER.EARPLAY WILL PERFORM THE 2025 AIRD AND VIBRANT SHORES PRIZE WINNERS IN THE UPCOMING 2026 SEASON.2025 MARKED THE NINTH YEAR OF EARPLAY'S ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH WEST EDGE OPERA ON THEIR SNAPSHOT SERIES. THE SERIES INCUBATES NEW OPERAS BY PAIRING COMPOSERS AND LIBRETTISTS OF AN IN-PROGRESS WORK WITH A MUSICAL ENSEMBLE, SINGERS, DIRECTION, AND VENUE FOR PERFORMING STAGED READINGS.SNAPSHOT 2025 PRESENTED A PROGRAM CONSISTING OF FOUR WORKS-IN-PROGRESS IN BERKELEY AND IN SAN FRANCISCO.EARPLAY SOLIDIFIED ITS CONNECTION TO ITS DONOR BASE IN A DIFFICULT PERFORMING ARTS FUNDRAISING CLIMATE WITH DONOR EVENTS AND RECEPTIONS FOLLOWING CONCERTS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $82.6K