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The Holiday Express mission is to deliver music, food, gifts, financial support and friendship to those with the greatest need for the gift of human kindness during the holiday season and throughout the year.

Los Angeles Opera created a sensation with its debut production of Verdi's Otello starring Plácido Domingo in October 1986. Under the leadership of Founding General Director Peter Hemmings and then Plácido Domingo, Los Angeles Opera has grown to become a company of international stature. Presenting leading productions in the standard repertory as well as new and rarely-staged operas, the Company brings prominent Los Angeles artists together with other world-renowned singers, designers, directors and conductors to create opera that attracts the attention of international audiences and critics. Since its inception, Los Angeles Opera has served nearly one million students, senior citizens, and other audiences through its internationally recognized Education and Community Programs.

New York City Ballet's contribution to dance in the 20th Century can be measured in many ways, perhaps none more significant than the extraordinary number of ballets - including those by co-founding choreographers, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins - that the Company has commissioned and that are performed today by dance companies across the United States and the world. Creating such an unparalleled collection of works would not have been possible without the support of contributors who recognized the immense value of furthering the art of ballet through the development of new works. With momentum from an extraordinary 50 years of creative activity, New York City Ballet entered the new millennium committed to further expanding the ballet repertory in the 21st Century by providing opportunities for choreographers, composers, designers, musicians, and dancers to create new work.

The mission of New York City Center is to present dance, musical theater and the other performing arts programs of the highest quality that are affordable and accessible to the broadest possible audience in its newly renovated theater. City Center offers a uniquely welcoming environment and engages audiences with inspiring programming that reflects the eclecticism, energy and spirit of New York City. 

As the Nation's foremost producer of Shakespeare, the Public Theater is dedicated to acheiving artisitc excellence while developing an American theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of challenging new plays, musicals and innovative stagings of the classics. 

Symphony Space's mission, as a pre-eminent multi-disciplinary performing arts center, is to offer artistic leadership that promotes innovation, excellence, engagement and accessibility to artists and audiences alike.

The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts presents and creates excellent and innovative performing arts programs for the enrichment, education, and enjoyment of diverse audiences and participants. Our vision is to harness the power of the performing arts to enrich and change lives by extending the Wolf Trap experience of millions people worldwide.

Harmony's mission is to enrich the lives of adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities through the power of art, music, and community.

To produce an annual theatre festival in California, offering a distinguished array of presentations and committed to broadening cultural understanding by means of community outreach, student training and cultural exchange through the performing arts.

Cabrillo Music Theatre’s mission is to introduce the musical theatre experience directly to socially, culturally, and economically diverse and underserved populations in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties.

The Guitar Center Music Foundation believes that music participation helps people reach the heights of human potential and is foundational to a healthy society.Though instrument grants and donations, we help ensure schools and music education programs get the resources they need to keep music alive and accessible.

ACM Lifing Lives is the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music dedicated to improving lives through the power of music.