Emory Chamber Music Gets $1 Million Challenge Grant
Emory University has just gotten an opportunity to ensure there will be chamber music playing on campus for a very, very long time.
The Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation has awarded a one-million-dollar challenge grant to Emory for its chamber music program. That’s according to William Ransom, the Artistic Director of the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta.
Ransom says the foundation has supported the chamber music on an annual basis for several years. “If Emory can match this $1 million dollar gift with new donations as well, then we will be funded forever…in perpetuity.”
It’s been a tough time for classical music in Atlanta with the current labor dispute between the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and management.
But Ransom is hopeful that this endowment will help Emory promote classical music on campus and throughout the community. He hopes to create a new generation of chamber music fans. According to Ransom, “Most composers write, or say that they save their very best writing for their chamber works.”
Currently in residence at Emory is the Vega Quartet which will present more than twenty performances this season. All performances will be free to the public.
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