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Your support today will allow us to build a strong and sustainable organization.
Your support today will allow us to expand our creative team of staff and volunteers, the masterminds of our organization. Your support today will allow us to support the interdisciplinary artists and creatives who make our programming so unique. Your support today will help ensure our 2021 and beyond is rich with the interactive education experiences and collaborative concert programs you’ve grown to love. |
Join our COOS Giving Levels and receive
the following in return:
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799) : $50 - $149 |
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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 |
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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 and special COOS keepsake. Plus your name included on all appearances of our donors list! |
L. Viola Kinney (c. 1890 – 1945) : $300 - $499 |
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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 |
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“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 a signed copy of our Black Composer Miniature Challenge Anthology vol. 1, featuring 19 works by African diasporic composers for viola and piano! |
Marian Anderson (1897 — 1993) : $1000 - $4,999 |
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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+ |
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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. |
Three ways to give
1.Donate online
2. text 'castleskins' to 443-21
3. mail a check made payable to:
Castle of our Skins, Inc
Boston Center for the Arts, Studio #206
539 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116
Boston Center for the Arts, Studio #206
539 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116
