2005 Coming Up Taller Awards Semifinalists
The President's The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and its Coming Up Taller partners, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities, are proud to announce the 2005 Coming Up Taller Award Semifinalists. Thirty-five exceptional programs from across the country were selected, reflecting a diversity of arts and humanities disciplines and settings.


The After-School Music Program
Mountain Top Music Center
North Conway, NH

Braille Institute Johnny Mercer Children's Choir
Braille Institute of America
Los Angeles, CA

Children's Visual Arts Classes
Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes Inc.
Buffalo, NY

Community MusicWorks
Providence, RI

Crescendo Music Program
National Academy of Community Music
Fort Washington, PA

Dance Program
Miss Monica's School of Dance
A Place Called Home
Los Angeles, CA

Deaf Access
Imagination Stage, Inc.
Bethesda, MD

Film and Television Technology Center for Youth
Hollywood Entertainment Museum
Los Angeles, CA

Film and Television Technology Center for Youth
Hollywood Entertainment Museum
Los Angeles, CA

FolklÛrico Mexicano
AspenÝSanta Fe Ballet
Aspen, CO

Free Street Programs, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Hamilton Wings SCORE!
(Students Creating Opera to Reinforce Education!)
Hamilton Wings
Elgin, IL

Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts
Boys and Girls Harbor, Inc
New York, NY

The Hip-Hop and Urban Music Project (Thump) by Ethos
Ethos Music Center
Portland, OR

Identity Bridge
Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN

The Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts
The Kentucky Center for the Arts Endowment Fund, Inc.
Louisville, KY

Cultural Alternatives Division
Music and Arts Center for Humanity (MACH)
Bridgeport, CT

Media Works Project
Art Start, Inc.
New York, NY

Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts
Houston, TX

Music Advancement Program (M.A.P.)
The Juilliard School
New York, NY

New Urban Arts
Providence, RI

Our Piece of the Pie® (OPP®)
Southend Community Services
Hartford, CT

SE Project
The Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC

Short Stop Youth Center
Directions For Youth and Families
Columbus, OH

Songs of Hope Youth Leadership
Development Program
Sounds of Hope, Ltd
Saint Paul, MN

Strive Media Institute, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI

Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP)
Cleveland Public Theatre
Cleveland, OH

Studioworks
Communities In Schools of New Jersey, Inc.
Newark, NJ

Summer Arts and Leadership Camp
Women's Opportunity and Resource Development
Missoula, MT

TADA! Resident Youth Ensemble
TADA! Theater and Dance Alliance, Inc.
New York, NY

Techteens Internship Program
Children's Museum of Manhattan
New York, NY

T-Shirt Theatre
Alliance for Drama Education
Honolulu, HI

Urban Voices Media Arts Program
Global Action Project, Inc.
New York, NY

Young Musicians Program
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Young People's Chorus of New York City
New York, NY

Youth Action Research Institute (YARI)
Institute for Community Research
Hartford, CT

Young Shakespeare Workshop
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association
Seattle, WA