Member Organizations Archive - WCC https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/ Worcester Cultural Coalition Mon, 05 May 2025 15:03:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.6 https://worcesterculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-worcester-cultural-coalition-logo-1-32x32.png Member Organizations Archive - WCC https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/ 32 32 Joy of Music https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/joy-of-music/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:55:00 +0000 https://worcesterculture.org/?post_type=member_organizations&p=1484 Joy of Music Program (JOMP) was founded in 1986 by Wendy Webster Ardizzone. She created JOMP’s mission “to enrich lives and foster community through accessible music education and performance” in 1989 when JOMP became a not-for-profit organization. Today, JOMP is dedicated to creating community through joyful music learning and performance. With its core of outstanding […]

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]]> Joy of Music Program (JOMP) was founded in 1986 by Wendy Webster Ardizzone. She created JOMP’s mission “to enrich lives and foster community through accessible music education and performance” in 1989 when JOMP became a not-for-profit organization. Today, JOMP is dedicated to creating community through joyful music learning and performance. With its core of outstanding faculty of more than 40 musician educators, JOMP draws students of all ages (infants and children through teens and adults), families, and faculty together in a joyful community united by music education and performance. JOMP’s community participates in instrumental and vocal lessons, ensembles (chamber, jazz, youth orchestra, vocal, woodwind, brass, percussion), JOMP Start (a sequential, music-skills based class series for infants through age 7), low-cost group classes (piano, guitar, ukulele, strings), frequent performing opportunities, workshops, and more.

JOMP is dedicated to ensuring that anyone, regardless of determining factors, who wishes to participate in music learning has that opportunity through its programs. Tuition Assistance for any person with a demonstrated need has been, is, and always will be at the heart of JOMP’s mission. Since 1986, more than $2.8 million has been given in assistance to thousands of individuals from the Worcester area. In addition, JOMP has a series of partnerships and programs with organizations including Worcester Housing Authority, Boys & Girls Club, Head Start, OpporTUNEity that bring music opportunities into the community. Throughout the year, free performance events invite the community into JOMP’s space to experience a range of music.

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]]> Ritmos Dance Studio Inc. https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/ritmos-dance-studio-inc/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:59:56 +0000 https://worcesterculture.org/?post_type=member_organizations&p=13739 Since being established in 2002, the Ritmos mission has been to preserve Latin American culture through dance across the New England area. Ritmos dancers range in ages 4-20 learn both folkloric and modern styles of Latin dance from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Columbia, and Cuba. We educate others about Latino history as well as provide […]

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]]> Since being established in 2002, the Ritmos mission has been to preserve Latin American culture through dance across the New England area. Ritmos dancers range in ages 4-20 learn both folkloric and modern styles of Latin dance from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Columbia, and Cuba. We educate others about Latino history as well as provide affordable dance instruction, numerous travel and performance opportunities all within a family-oriented atmosphere. Ritmos’ presence in the community is of cultural-creative-preservation. Our cultural contributions ensure the LatinX community of Central Mass continue to be represented and acknowledged appropriately. It also creates a space for youth of low-economic status homes a therapeutic release that encourages physical health and cultural appreciation.

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]]> Calliope Productions, Inc. https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/calliope-productions-inc/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:26:29 +0000 https://worcesterculture.org/?post_type=member_organizations&p=11733 Calliope Productions is a non-profit community theatre founded in 1983, with a mission of providing both high-quality theatre productions for Central Massachusetts audiences and performance opportunities for local adults and students.  Calliope’s year-round performance seasons include comedies, dramas, musicals, and musical reviews. Calliope also operates a Youth Theatre Program for students, which consists of spring, […]

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]]> Calliope Productions is a non-profit community theatre founded in 1983, with a mission of providing both high-quality theatre productions for Central Massachusetts audiences and performance opportunities for local adults and students.  Calliope’s year-round performance seasons include comedies, dramas, musicals, and musical reviews.

Calliope also operates a Youth Theatre Program for students, which consists of spring, summer, and fall Theatre Workshops for students aged 9 – 12, as well as a Summer Musical for students aged 13 – 18.  Calliope’s Youth Theatre Program serves the needs and interests of more than 120 students per year from over a dozen Central Massachusetts communities.

All productions are staged in Calliope’s 150-seat theatre located at 150 Main Street in Boylston, Mass.

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]]> The Shakespeare Concerts https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/the-shakespeare-concerts/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:21:38 +0000 https://worcesterculture.org/?post_type=member_organizations&p=14335 Begun in 2003 with concerts in Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands, The Shakespeare Concerts presents recitals of music inspired by the immortal bard: from original English text settings to settings in translation by composers from the classical period to the 21st century. The mainstay of the series is the music of Joseph Summer, with […]

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]]> Begun in 2003 with concerts in Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands, The Shakespeare Concerts presents recitals of music inspired by the immortal bard: from original English text settings to settings in translation by composers from the classical period to the 21st century. The mainstay of the series is the music of Joseph Summer, with premieres of two dozen of his four score Oxford Songs; settings, primarily, of text by William Shakespeare. In addition to concert performances, The Shakespeare Concerts records Shakespearean music as well as the chamber music and operas of Joseph Summer.

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]]> Creative Hub Worcester Inc. https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/creative-hub-worcester-inc/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 04:30:00 +0000 http://wcc.avatar-development.com/?post_type=member_organizations&p=13423 Creative Hub Worcester is dedicated to providing affordable, accessible, and equitable Arts and creative opportunities to all Worcester community members, focusing on youth who may be at-risk or underserved. We believe that art heals, and art changes lives.

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]]> Creative Hub Worcester is dedicated to providing affordable, accessible, and equitable Arts and creative opportunities to all Worcester community members, focusing on youth who may be at-risk or underserved. We believe that art heals, and art changes lives.

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]]> WCLOC Theater Company https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/wcloc-theater-company/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:29:00 +0000 https://worcesterculture.org/?post_type=member_organizations&p=1920 Founded in 1937, WCLOC Theater Company, Worcester’s oldest community theater, entertains, informs, and nurtures local actors, writers, musicians, production enthusiasts and audiences of the City of Worcester and throughout Central New England. We’re passionate about building an inclusive creative environment that promotes and values diversity through the production of high-quality, affordable musicals, plays and children’s educational […]

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]]> Founded in 1937, WCLOC Theater Company, Worcester’s oldest community theater, entertains, informs, and nurtures local actors, writers, musicians, production enthusiasts and audiences of the City of Worcester and throughout Central New England. We’re passionate about building an inclusive creative environment that promotes and values diversity through the production of high-quality, affordable musicals, plays and children’s educational workshops.

The Grandview Playhouse has been owned and operated by WCLOC since 1948. This historic building now hosts four in-house productions each season. In addition to popular musical theater, WCLOC has expanded their seasonal repertoire to include non-musicals. In recent years, WCLOC has staged popular comedies, classic American dramas, and Pulitzer Prize winning plays, as well as new works by local playwrights.

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]]> Flamenco Worcester https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/flamenco-worcester/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:02:43 +0000 https://worcesterculture.org/?post_type=member_organizations&p=14340 Flamenco is a form of song, dance, and music commonly associated with the Andalusian Roma (Gypsies) of southern Spain. Flamenco Worcester is a group of Spanish/Flamenco dance and music aficionados, students and performers building a community of dancers in Central Massachusetts.

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]]> Flamenco is a form of song, dance, and music commonly associated with the Andalusian Roma (Gypsies) of southern Spain.

Flamenco Worcester is a group of Spanish/Flamenco dance and music aficionados, students and performers building a community of dancers in Central Massachusetts.

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]]> African Community Education https://worcesterculture.org/organizations/african-community-education/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:52:36 +0000 https://worcesterculture.org/?post_type=member_organizations&p=14329 The mission of ACE is to assist African refugee and immigrant youth and families in achieving education and socio-economic stability through access to academic support, leadership development, cultural expression, and community outreach in Worcester, MA.

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]]> The mission of ACE is to assist African refugee and immigrant youth and families in achieving education and socio-economic stability through access to academic support, leadership development, cultural expression, and community outreach in Worcester, MA.

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