Cappella Romana Awarded New Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

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 ArtWorks grant of $10,000 to Cappella Romana to launch a new three-concert series in San Francisco.

The ArtWorks 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 Cappella Romana, NEA funding invests in local communities, helping people celebrate the arts wherever they are.” 

“We are thrilled with the endorsement of our work by the NEA,” said Mark Powell, executive director of Cappella Romana. “Cappella Romana has the power to engage audiences all over the world, and we are looking forward to sharing three beautiful programs in San Francisco at the very place where Cappella Romana gave its first concert in 1991.”
 
After a successful presentation in January 2018 of The 12 Days of Christmas in the East in San Francisco, Cappella Romana will launch its series there with three concerts in the 2018-19 season, all at St. Ignatius Parish, 650 Parker Avenue on Fulton Street, in the heart of San Francisco: