Strong: various ensembles; fundraising for scholarships to graduating HS seniors *** (impact and excellence) and partnerships in other cause fundraising; commitment to audience diversity

Improvement: Since this is s professional choir, consider broadening programming to include more contemporary and cultural diverse repertoire

I think the mission statement could be more compelling if reworded and perhaps revisited. First, the mission "to keep people singing" is relatively unambitious since the ensembles themselves only serve a couple hundred singers. Second, can you "inspire excellence in performance for adults and children through . . . diversity"? Diversity of what--audience, music selections, chorus members, or all? I am unclear what the mission is by reading this part of the statement. What part of your mission involves serving those outside your organization, i.e. your community or audience?

The "Partners in Concert" idea is nice!

Overall, apart from the "Partners in Concert" initiative, the grant seems to emphasize more what the organization does for its singers rather than how it is impactful on the community.

On the website, the only music example is a contemporary sacred piece, and in a church. This gives the impression the group is a church choir rather than community chorus, which is absolutely great unless it is a publicly-funded non-profit. (I'm also relatively certain the piece "Sunny Morning" is not this ensemble. Is this what you mean by 'under construction"?)