GRANTS
Matinée Musicale Cincinnati Awarded $54,000 in Grants
In July 2024, Matinée Musicale awarded $54,000 in grants to the following 21 organizations:
- Activities Beyond the Classroom, for the benefit of the Benjamin Carlson-Berne Scholarship Fund
- Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony Orchestra in support of their Holiday Brass concert
- Chamber Music Network of Greater Cincinnati for Chamber Palooza and a commissioned chamber work
- Cincinnati Brass Band for their Operations Fund
- Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble for their High School Vocal Music Education
- ProgramCincinnati Hills Christian Academy for their Armleder Campus Private Music Lesson Program
- May Festival for the Cincinnati Choral Academy
- Cincinnati Song Initiative for The Fellowship of the Song workshop
- Cincinnati String Project for free private lessons and chamber music opportunities in area middle and high schools
- Clermont Chorale for their Sing Out My Soul concert
- Corryville Suzuki Project for their Saturday Ensemble and Music Theory program
- Forest-Aires Women’s Chorus for their Student Vocal Scholarships
- Immanuel Church for the benefit of Immanuel School of Music’s private lesson scholarships
- Kentucky Symphony Orchestra in support of their free Summer Park Series
- Price Hill Will for the benefit of MYCincinnati Youth Orchestra
- Peaslee Neighborhood Center for their Music Enrichment - Peaslee Piano Program
- Queen City Opera in support of their production of Tchaikovsky’s opera Iolanta
- School House Symphony for their Teaching Tomorrow’s Audience Today program
- Viva Voices Choral Organization for the 2024-2025 concert season of the Children’s Choir and Youth Chorus
- Wyoming Fine Arts Center for the Paul and Jan Bartel Scholarship Fund
- Clifton Cultural Arts Center for their Afro-Cuban Percussion program
Grants given by Matinée Musicale Cincinnati are made possible due to a generous bequest from the Louise Dieterle Nippert Estate. The Matinée Musicale Endowment Fund offers financial assistance annually to a select number of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofits in support of programs promoting music and music education. Applications for grants in 2025 should be submitted by May 15, 2025 using the Ohio Common Grant short form.pdf or the Ohio Common Grant short form.doc. Grants are awarded no later than July 31, 2025.
In order to qualify for a grant, applicants must have a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status and be within the Greater Cincinnati counties of Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clermont (Ohio), Dearborn (Indiana), Kenton, Campbell, or Boone (Kentucky). Click here for more info on HOW TO APPLY FOR GRANTS.
In addition to its annual Grants program, Matinée Musicale Cincinnati is active in these areas:
- Presents both up-and-coming and established artists from around the world in its renowned Recital Series, now in its 111th season. Artists such as violinist Joshua Bell and soprano Nadine Sierra performed in this Series before achieving acclaim in the classical music world.
- Holds the annual Nancy F. Walker Scholarship Competition for high school and college music students. In 2024, $53,500 in scholarships was awarded, making it one of the largest scholarship programs of its kind in Cincinnati.
Matinée Musicale Cincinnati welcomes instrumentalists, singers, music educators and those who appreciate fine music – both adults and students – into its membership.
