Civic Practice Grants

Civic Practice Grants help Professional Company Members and their partners develop new and/or deeper relationships that lead to mutual understanding, sustained collaboration, shared projects, and programs that emerge from interconnections.

The grants are intended to support opera company efforts to learn more about civic priorities within their communities, to develop relationships with leading arts and non-arts organizations and their leaders, and to discover and deliver programs that serve the community as well as the presence and trust of the opera company within it.

Civic Practice Grants are supported by OPERA America's Opera Fund, which was launched by the National Endowment for the Arts with additional support from the Helen F. Whitaker Fund and the Mellon Foundation.

Grant Details

Civic Practice Grants are offered biennially with awards of up to $30,000.

Eligibility: OPERA America’s Professional Company Members based in the United States and Canada can apply.

Meet the Grantees

Grantee Survey

Name *

Email *

Grant(s) Received *

1. What is the current status of your granted project(s)? Are there any major project activities on the horizon that OPERA America should be aware of? *

2. Do you have any notable career accomplishments to share within the last 2 years? *

3. Do you have any videos of your work?

4. What is your website URL?

5. What social media platforms do you use the most and what are your handles? *

6. Do you have any upcoming public performances you would like us to highlight on our social media? *

7. (Optional) If this is your first time updating us in a while, what are 1-2 career highlights that have occurred since you received your OPERA America grant?

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In This Section

Civic Practice Grants

National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards

New Works Exploration Grants

Next Stage Grants

NYC Opera Grants: Support for Small-Budget Organizations

Opera Grants for Women Composers: Commissioning Grants

Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors

Repertoire Development Grants

Opera Company	Grant Project
Kentucky Opera	Songs of Transformation
Los Angeles Opera Company	Music as Medicine
Opera Baltimore	Avenue for Change
Opera Birmingham	Accessibility programs for low-vision/low-hearing artists and audiences
Opera on Tap	JOAN OF THE CITY
Pittsburgh Opera	Embracing Our Roots
The Santa Fe Opera	Pueblo Opera Cultural Council
Tulsa Opera	Songs by Heart

Opera Company	Grant Project
Anchorage Opera	Quyana Initiative: A Commitment to Decolonization and Indigenization
Baltimore Concert Opera	Baltimore after Freddie Gray: Building Community through Opera
Cincinnati Opera	Fierce World Premiere and Community Outreach
Los Angeles Opera	Music as Medicine
Opera Cultura	La Escuela Initiative
Opera Parallèle	The Bullhorn: Amplifying Unheard Voices
Opera Saratoga	Alzheimer's Music Therapy Initiative
White Snake Projects	Directory of Indigenous Performing Artists/Performing Arts Series

Opera Company	Grant Project
Chicago Opera Theater	Partnerships with Refugee Service Organizations
Houston Grand Opera	"We Belong": Serving Houston's Refugee Population
Lyric Opera of Chicago	EmpowerYouth! Afterschool Program
Minnesota Opera	Conversation Series with the Hmong-American Community
Opera Omaha	Expanding Civic Practice Partnerships
San Francisco Opera	Partnerships with Social Service Organizations Focused on Homelessness
Santa Fe Opera	Annual Event with Native American Tribes in New Mexico