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HOUSTON GRAND OPERA RECEIVES $250K GRANT FROM HEARST FOUNDATION GRANT TO SUPPORT HGOco’s STUDENT PERFORMANCE SERIES AND TEACHER WORKSHOPS HOUSTON- Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has received at $250,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to support its Student Performance Series and Teacher Workshops for three years. These programs are administered by HGO’s education and community programs department – HGOco. The Hearst Foundation support will allow HGO to provide more opportunities for students and teachers to enjoy, learn, imagine, participate in and create through opera, said HGOco director Sandra Bernhard. This support will allow us to touch so many more young minds in a positive way and strengthen educators ability to integrate arts into the classroom though real experience. HGOco is a far reaching initiative that seeks to break down boundaries to the arts by creating opportunities for observation, participation and creation for everyone in the greater Houston…

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HOUSTON GRAND OPERA GENERAL DIRECTOR ANTHONY FREUD ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF OPERA AMERICA Former Chairman of Opera Europa begins 2-year term in June 2008 HOUSTON, TX — Anthony Freud, OBE, General Director and CEO of Houston Grand Opera, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of OPERA America, the national service organization for opera. The election took place at the annual OPERA America conference 2008 in Denver on June 11th. Freud will serve an initial term of two years and succeeds Charles MacKay, General Director of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. We at OPERA America are extraordinarily grateful to Charles MacKay for four years of outstanding leadership and especially pleased he will remain on the Board, stated Marc A. Scorca, President & CEO of OPERA America. The election of Anthony Freud as Chairman of the OPERA America Board of Directors reflects the high esteem in which he is held across the entire field. We are fortunate that he will support us with his unique…

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