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THE FOLLOWING LIST DETAILS MAJOR ARTISTIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ARTISTIC: BCC CHOIRS PRESENTED OVER 50 PERFORMANCES OVER THE 2022-2023 SEASON. NOTABLE PERFORMANCES INCLUDE: 1.PERFORMING FOR THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE 2.OPENING PERFORMANCE FOR GRAMMY NOMINATED ESEMBLE, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK 3.PRODUCTION OF 20TH ANNUAL MLK CONCERT, FEATURING GUEST APPEARANCES BY BOSTON'S MAYOR WU AND MASTER ARTIST ZAKIYYAH 4.PERFORMANCE FOR THE CELTICS 5.SPRING PERFORMANCE AT THE ISABELLA STUART GARDNER MUSEUM, FEATURING BCC'S PREMIER AND RECITAL CHOIRS 6.ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, MIRA, AND WHITE SNAKE PRODUCTIONS 7.BCC SINGERS PERFORMED WORLD PREMIERS OF THE FOLLOWING COMMISSIONS: CLIMATE CANTATA BY SUAD BUSHNAQ AND THRIVE BY ZAKIYYAH SCHOOL PROGRAMS: BCC'S IN-SCHOOL ENGAGEMENTS AND PROGRAMMING GREW BY 238% IN THE 2022-2023 SEASON WITH 88 MUSICAL WORKSHOPS DELIVERED TO SCHOOLS IN AND AROUND BOSTON, BCC PROVIDED PROGRAMMING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1380 CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2022-2023 MARKED THE LAUNCH OF THE BIG SING PROGRAM. BIG SING IS A FESTIVAL THAT CONVENED OVER 400 ELEMENTARY SINGERS FROM 5 SCHOOLS IN EAST BOSTON IN A CHORAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATION, HOSTING AT THE EXCEL ACADEMY IN EAST BOSTON AT THE ELLISON PARKS SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN AND THE MARY C. BURKE COMPLEX IN CHELSEA, BCC RAN TWO FULL YEAR IN-SCHOOL CHOIR PROGRAMS. STUDENTS FROM BOTH PROGRAMS WERE FEATURED IN BCC'S ANNUAL MLK CONCERT AND CULMINATED THEIR PROGRAMMING WITH COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES. ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: IN MARCH 2023, BCC ANNOUNCED KENNETH GRIFFITH AS THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR. KENNETH HAS EXPERIENCE WITH SINGERS RANGING FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL ELEMENTARY THROUGH COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS AT INSTITUTIONS LIKE BARD COLLEGE AND WELLESLEY COLLEGE. OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS ASSISTED IN PREPARING ENSEMBLES HEARD AT THE LINCOLN CENTER, CARNEGIE HALL, AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER, AND THE VERBIER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN SWITZERLAND. A VERSATILE MUSICIAN, KENNETH COLLABORATED ON PROJECTS WITH VOCALISTS INCLUDING IDINA MENZEL AND JAVIER MUOZ, MOVEMENT ARTISTS LIKE CHANEL DASILVA, AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES SUCH AS THE BOSTON-BASED EUREKA ENSEMBLE AND CASTLE OF OUR SKINS. ON THE PROFESSIONAL STAGE, KENNETH RECENTLY PREPARED THE CHORUS AND ENSEMBLE FOR ANTHONY DAVIS' PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING OPERA X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X, WITH THE BOSTON MODERN ORCHESTRA PROJECT. THE RECORDING OF THIS PROJECT WAS GRAMMY-NOMINATED IN 2023. IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK WITH BCC, KENNETH IS THE MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF GREATER LYNN. 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THE FOLLOWING LIST DETAILS MAJOR ARTISTIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ARTISTIC: BCC CHOIRS PRESENTED OVER 50 PERFORMANCES OVER THE 2022-2023 SEASON. NOTABLE PERFORMANCES INCLUDE: 1.PERFORMING FOR THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE 2.OPENING PERFORMANCE FOR GRAMMY NOMINATED ESEMBLE, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK 3.PRODUCTION OF 20TH ANNUAL MLK CONCERT, FEATURING GUEST APPEARANCES BY BOSTON'S MAYOR WU AND MASTER ARTIST ZAKIYYAH 4.PERFORMANCE FOR THE CELTICS 5.SPRING PERFORMANCE AT THE ISABELLA STUART GARDNER MUSEUM, FEATURING BCC'S PREMIER AND RECITAL CHOIRS 6.ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, MIRA, AND WHITE SNAKE PRODUCTIONS 7.BCC SINGERS PERFORMED WORLD PREMIERS OF THE FOLLOWING COMMISSIONS: CLIMATE CANTATA BY SUAD BUSHNAQ AND THRIVE BY ZAKIYYAH SCHOOL PROGRAMS: BCC'S IN-SCHOOL ENGAGEMENTS AND PROGRAMMING GREW BY 238% IN THE 2022-2023 SEASON WITH 88 MUSICAL WORKSHOPS DELIVERED TO SCHOOLS IN AND AROUND BOSTON, BCC PROVIDED PROGRAMMING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1380 CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2022-2023 MARKED THE LAUNCH OF THE BIG SING PROGRAM. BIG SING IS A FESTIVAL THAT CONVENED OVER 400 ELEMENTARY SINGERS FROM 5 SCHOOLS IN EAST BOSTON IN A CHORAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATION, HOSTING AT THE EXCEL ACADEMY IN EAST BOSTON AT THE ELLISON PARKS SCHOOL IN MATTAPAN AND THE MARY C. BURKE COMPLEX IN CHELSEA, BCC RAN TWO FULL YEAR IN-SCHOOL CHOIR PROGRAMS. STUDENTS FROM BOTH PROGRAMS WERE FEATURED IN BCC'S ANNUAL MLK CONCERT AND CULMINATED THEIR PROGRAMMING WITH COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES. ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: IN MARCH 2023, BCC ANNOUNCED KENNETH GRIFFITH AS THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR. KENNETH HAS EXPERIENCE WITH SINGERS RANGING FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL ELEMENTARY THROUGH COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS AT INSTITUTIONS LIKE BARD COLLEGE AND WELLESLEY COLLEGE. OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS ASSISTED IN PREPARING ENSEMBLES HEARD AT THE LINCOLN CENTER, CARNEGIE HALL, AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER, AND THE VERBIER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN SWITZERLAND. A VERSATILE MUSICIAN, KENNETH COLLABORATED ON PROJECTS WITH VOCALISTS INCLUDING IDINA MENZEL AND JAVIER MUOZ, MOVEMENT ARTISTS LIKE CHANEL DASILVA, AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES SUCH AS THE BOSTON-BASED EUREKA ENSEMBLE AND CASTLE OF OUR SKINS. ON THE PROFESSIONAL STAGE, KENNETH RECENTLY PREPARED THE CHORUS AND ENSEMBLE FOR ANTHONY DAVIS' PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING OPERA X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X, WITH THE BOSTON MODERN ORCHESTRA PROJECT. THE RECORDING OF THIS PROJECT WAS GRAMMY-NOMINATED IN 2023. IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK WITH BCC, KENNETH IS THE MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF GREATER LYNN. KENNETH HOLDS A BM IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE FROM CAPITAL UNIVERSITY AND AN MM IN CHORAL CONDUCTING FROM BARD COLLEGE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR APPROVAL. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES ARE ASKED TO SIGN ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS. 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