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Your contributions to NOA support its many efforts and activities. Please read this letter to learn how you can make a difference:

As Chair of the Finance Committee for the National Opera Association, I am once again soliciting funds for our 2013 Capital Campaign. The money we have been raising helps to finance many of the projects that the Board and the members of NOA deem necessary to keep the organization vital and flourishing. NOA continues its mission in the promotion of opera, opera performance, and opera pedagogy. This organization serves large and small colleges and universities, small companies, directors, students, composers, librettists, singers, and scholars, and has made a commitment to helping collaborative pianists, and designers.

We are fortunate to have the endowments that support our organization, and we encourage members to contribute to these endowments, but we also have many new projects that we have launched, such as the

• Opera Director Internship Program
• The Opera Scenes Competition
• Helping Opera Workshops
• Collaborative Artists Projects

As you know we have designed a tiered system of giving. Your membership in NOA doesn’t supply the organization with enough money to fund the projects that NOA sponsors. The Board wants to keep the membership dues reasonable, and has decided that a yearly Capital Campaign can help the organization to fulfill its mission and allow these projects to be successful. I am writing you again this year in the hopes that you will make a contribution to the organization. Remember also that any contribution to the organization is tax deductible. We will be recognizing the individuals who give to the campaign in the NOA Notes and also in the upcoming convention brochure as we did this year, but we have decided to invite you to contribute in the name of someone who was a teacher or mentor that you would like to recognize with your gift. And we in turn will recognize them as well in NOA Notes and in the Conference Program.

There are many ways that we as individual members can pool our resources and keep NOA strong and thriving, especially in our current economic situation. Remember that every penny adds up, and if you have ideas for a specific project not mentioned here that you would like to see targeted for funding, please contact us. Attached you will see areas that you may be interested in funding. I can guarantee that you will find it rewarding, and we’d like to know of any new ideas that you might have.

Sincerely,
Carol Ann Modesitt, Chair Finance Committees

Endowments of the National Opera Association

The Constance Eberhart Memorial Endowment provides scholarships for singers 18-24 in the NOA Vocal Competition

The Boris Goldovsky Endowment preserves the legacy of Boris Goldovsky and promotes excellence in operatic stage direction

The Clifford Edwin Bair Endowment provides prizes in the Artist Division of the NOA Vocal Competition

The Terry Cofield Endowment supports workshops in operatic stage direction

• The Legacy Fund provides career development grants and prizes for The Legacy Project, which encourages ethnic and racial diversity in opera
• The Marjorie Gordon Fund provides prizes in the Artist Division of the NOA Vocal Competition
• The Leland Fox Fund provides awards for outstanding scholarship in opera
• The Ruth Martin Memorial Fund Established in memory of Ruth Martin, to support projects in opera translation
• The Emily Hammood Memorial Fund Established in memory of Emily Hammood, founding member of Opera for Youth

Contributions

If you would like to contribute to one of the NOA Endowed Funds, you can do so online at the Member Service Area (external link). Go to Payments and Purchases and select "Annual Campaign" to choose your amount and what you would like your contribution to support.

If you prefer, you can send your check or credit card instructions, designating the fund of your choice to:

National Opera Association
Robert Hansen, Executive Director
PO Box 60869
Canyon, TX 79016-0869

(phone) 806.651.2843
(fax) 806.651.2958

Undesignated contributions will be applied where they are most needed.

Contributors to the 2012 Pledge Campaign

Contributors to the 2011 Pledge Campaign

Contributors to the 2010 Pledge Campaign