Crescendo Music Grants have been awarded annually since 2019. Recent grant recipients and amounts are provided below. 

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2025 Crescendo Grants :

1. DESMARAIS, Megan (Megan's Piano Lessons): $4,500, professional development intensive workshop for pianists in France

2. Glenpool Intermediate Music Program (Glenpool Public Schools): $4,000 for a new digital piano.

3. HAHN, Rachel (Owasso Public Schools Elementary Music Teacher): $1,300 to attend an Orff training workshop

4. JONES, Brie (Brie Jones Institute of Music): $1,500 to attend professional development pedagogy workshop

5. STARLING, Emma (Tulsa Public Schools Elementary Music Teacher, Eisenhower International School): $1,700 to attend an Orff Training Workshop and purchase materials for use in her classroom.

6. Owasso Public Schools Saxophone Ensemble: $1,800 for new equipment

7. Sequoyah Middle School Choir (Sequoyah Public Schools): $2,550 for new folio and music folders

8. TEAGUE, Poppy (Undergraduate Voice Major): $1,500 to assist with the cost of attending summer opera workshop in Germany

9. Tulsa Community Band: $2,000 to support music library and timpani costs.

10. WALL, Arabella (Piano Student): $750 to participate in a summer chamber music festival

11. WALL, Danelle (Violin Student): $750 to participate in a summer chamber music festival

12. Zuniga, Chelsea (Tulsa Public Schools, Grades 6-12 Band Director, Daniel Webster Middle & High School): $2,000 to participate in the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic in Chicago

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​2024 Crescendo Grants:

1. Lydia Grey (Vocalist): $7,000 to participate in an opera festival in Europe

2. Jade Holt (5th Grade Pianist): $2,000 (including the special $500 Bob Lengacher Award) to support a summer music camp experience

3. Signature Symphony: $3,000 to support an educational conducting workshop

4. Sistema Tulsa: $8,000 to support new instrument purchases

5. Tulsa Symphony Orchestra: $6,000 to support the LinkUp educational program for local school children.