ASSOCIATION OF DOMINICAN CLASSICAL ARTISTS INC
699 E 137TH STREET APT2C, BRONX, NY 10454 www.adca.nyc

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Organizations Filed Purposes: FOUNDED IN 1980 BY PIANIST TILSIA BRENS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DOMINICAN CLASSICAL ARTISTS, INC. (ADCA)'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER APPRECIATION FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC, IT'S COMPOSERS, AND INTERPRETERS FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND LATIN AMERICA, THROUGH PERFORMING ART AND FOLKLORE. ADCA BRINGS LIVE PERFORMANCES OF CLASSICAL, FOLKLORIC AND TRADITIONAL LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC TO IT IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY AND NEW YORK CITY AS A WHOLE.

THE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CONSERVATORY OF FINE ARTS HAS AS ITS MISSION, TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, INWOOD AND HARLEM. THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED IN THE AREAS OF MUSIC AND ART INSTRUCTION. WE OFFER AN INCLUSIVE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT INSTRUCTION IN THE ARTS STRENGTHENS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND. BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC (COVID-19) AFTER MARCH 2020 WE OFFERED DISTANT OR REMOTE LEARNING. 120 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENT UNDER OUR RIGOROUS 6-YEARS CURRICULUM DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE ALSO HAD OUR CASA PROJECTS, ONE LOCATED IN PS 115 AND THE OTHER AT GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL. WE WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER A FREE SPANISH AND ENGLISH MUSIC AND FINE ARTS PROGRAM TO STUDENTS GRADES PRE-K-12. A TOTAL OF 43 STUDENTS, 20 FROM PS 115 AND 23 STUDENTS FROM GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL WERE ACCEPTED INTO OUR PROGRAM. THE MUSIC PROGRAM PROVIDED PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS, ORCHESTRA CLASSES AND THEORETICAL TRAINING TO THESE STUDENTS, WHO THEN PRESENTED TWO FREE CONCERTS TO THE COMMUNITY. THE WINTER STUDENTS RECITAL TOOK PLACE 0N JANUARY 8TH, 2020, AT ALIANZA TRIANGLE - WHICH ATTRACTED MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE IN WHICH THEY PERFORMED A SELECTION OF ORCHESTRAL, CHAMBER AND SOLO PIECES. THE CONCERTS WERE OPENED TO THE DELIGHT OF THE GENERAL COMMUNITY AND SHOWCASED THE TALENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS. THE END OF THE YEAR CONCERT TOOK PLACE VIRTUALLY JUNE 25TH, 2020 WHERE THEY PLAYED STANDARDS FROM THE CLASSICAL MUSIC CANON AND PERFORMED LATIN AMERICAN CLASSICAL WORKS AND ARRANGEMENTS FROM LATIN AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC.

AS A RESIDENT COMPANY AT AARON DAVIS HALL AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ADCA PRESENTED THREE (3) FREE OF CHARGE CONCERTS AND CONCERT SERIES VII DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020. WE REACHED A TOTAL CAPACITY OF AROUND 650 PEOPLE PER CONCERT, BASED ON EACH THEATERS' CAPACITY. WE HONORED THE SPIRIT OF VARIOUS COMPOSERS FROM LATIN AMERICAN. IT WAS OUR AIM TO PERFORM MUSIC WRITTEN BY COMPOSERS, THAT AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES WERE INFLUENCED BY OUR GREAT CITY. THESE SERIES HELPED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIVES WORK, ACHIEVEMENTS AND SPIRIT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AS A TRADITION, WE CELEBRATED THE DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE BY PRESENTING TRADICIONES DOMINICANAS CONCERT, WHICH HONORED RENOWNED DOMINICAN COMPOSER RAFAEL SOLANO. THIS CONCERT CELEBRATED DOMINICAN FOLKLORIC, AS WELL AS POPULAR MUSIC. THE LAST CONCERT OF THE SERIES, EXPLORED THE DIFFERENT GENRES OF THE DOMINICAN MUSIC THROUGH THE LENS OF LUIS DIAS - FROM FUSION TO BACHATA; ROCK TO FOLKLORE; AND NUEVA TROVA TO MERENGUE.

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