donate today!
Please consider making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION
so we can keep celebrating Black artistry and
the artists who make it all possible.
now more than ever.
Your donation helps us:
Join our COOS Giving Levels and receive the following in return:
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799) : $50 - $149
Composer, conductor, violinist, and prize-winning fencer, Saint-Georges remains the only world class
musician to have taught music to Marie Antoinette and to have fought in the French Revolution.
PERK: A digital thank you, and your name included on all appearances of our donors list!
Florence Price (1887 — 1953) : $150 - $299
An alumna of New England Conservatory, Price became the first Black woman to have an orchestral
work performed by a major symphony orchestra, and was also a teacher to Margaret Bonds.
PERK: A personalized thank you card mailed straight to you with a special COOS keychain keepsake.
Plus your name included on all appearances of our donors list!
L. Viola Kinney ( c. 1890 – 1945) : $300 - $499
Lady Viola Kinney’s only surviving work, the incredibly moving and prize-winning “Mother’s Sacrifice”
for solo piano, is among the few works of published music by Black women composers before 1910.
PERK: Everything from the Florence Price level PLUS access to a digital playlist curated by co-founders
Ashleigh and Anthony!
William Grant Still (1895 —1978) : $500 - $999
“The Dean of Afro-American Composers,” Still is a prestigious composer-conductor whose career
included many firsts for Black musicians, and he was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
PERK: Everything from the L. Viola Kinney level PLUS your very own limited edition COOS scrap book
complete with never before seen images, behind-the-scenes tidbits, a signed page from an original
COOS manuscript, and a special BIBA Blog article!
Marian Anderson (1897 — 1993) : $1000 - $4,999
Internationally acclaimed contralto, Marian Anderson performed in the world’s most prestigious venues
as well as on the Lincoln Memorial Steps for an audience of 75,000, and millions more on the radio.
PERK: Everything from the William Grant Still level PLUS complimentary tickets for you and a guest to
two (2) COOS programs of your choice AND special backstage access to any event!
Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson (1932 — 2004) : $5,000+
Composer, conductor, and pianist, “Perk’s” music can be heard in concert halls as well as in films,
including “A Warm December” (1973), starring Sidney Poitier.
PERK: Everything from the Marian Anderson level PLUS a custom-made musical experience with
our artists for you and your selected guests.
- Pay our musicians, composers, and creatives of various disciplines who make our programming possible.
- Pay our teaching artists who center cultural representation and history in every workshop.
- Pay our administrative team who lead by example the fight for equity in classical music.
- Build a robust library filled with books, scores, and CD's by/about composers from the African diaspora.
- Spread our mission loudly and proudly through marketing efforts.
Join our COOS Giving Levels and receive the following in return:
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799) : $50 - $149
Composer, conductor, violinist, and prize-winning fencer, Saint-Georges remains the only world class
musician to have taught music to Marie Antoinette and to have fought in the French Revolution.
PERK: A digital thank you, and your name included on all appearances of our donors list!
Florence Price (1887 — 1953) : $150 - $299
An alumna of New England Conservatory, Price became the first Black woman to have an orchestral
work performed by a major symphony orchestra, and was also a teacher to Margaret Bonds.
PERK: A personalized thank you card mailed straight to you with a special COOS keychain keepsake.
Plus your name included on all appearances of our donors list!
L. Viola Kinney ( c. 1890 – 1945) : $300 - $499
Lady Viola Kinney’s only surviving work, the incredibly moving and prize-winning “Mother’s Sacrifice”
for solo piano, is among the few works of published music by Black women composers before 1910.
PERK: Everything from the Florence Price level PLUS access to a digital playlist curated by co-founders
Ashleigh and Anthony!
William Grant Still (1895 —1978) : $500 - $999
“The Dean of Afro-American Composers,” Still is a prestigious composer-conductor whose career
included many firsts for Black musicians, and he was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
PERK: Everything from the L. Viola Kinney level PLUS your very own limited edition COOS scrap book
complete with never before seen images, behind-the-scenes tidbits, a signed page from an original
COOS manuscript, and a special BIBA Blog article!
Marian Anderson (1897 — 1993) : $1000 - $4,999
Internationally acclaimed contralto, Marian Anderson performed in the world’s most prestigious venues
as well as on the Lincoln Memorial Steps for an audience of 75,000, and millions more on the radio.
PERK: Everything from the William Grant Still level PLUS complimentary tickets for you and a guest to
two (2) COOS programs of your choice AND special backstage access to any event!
Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson (1932 — 2004) : $5,000+
Composer, conductor, and pianist, “Perk’s” music can be heard in concert halls as well as in films,
including “A Warm December” (1973), starring Sidney Poitier.
PERK: Everything from the Marian Anderson level PLUS a custom-made musical experience with
our artists for you and your selected guests.
Donate ONLINE below or mail a check made payable to Castle of our Skins, Inc to:
Our Address:
Castle of our Skins, Inc
Boston Center for the Arts, Studio #206
539 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116
Our Address:
Castle of our Skins, Inc
Boston Center for the Arts, Studio #206
539 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116
