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October 27, 2009 - New York, NY – The Apogee Foundation has announced that in its 2009/2010 season it will build on its historic record of success by introducing new multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural programs empowering creative excellence worldwide.
Apogee President Kenneth Schneider said: "It is my pleasure to applaud Apogee's dedicated supporters around the world for the extraordinary levels of recognition and success their efforts have now achieved. The continued expansion of the Foundation's programs around the world demonstrates our ability to inspire mankind in fulfilling its greatest vision of itself."
During the 2008/2009 season just concluded, Apogee achieved new milestones of prominence and effectiveness, being named “Top Non-Profit” in the inaugural Fast Pitch! Business Awards. For more information on this award, see: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/media/2009/apogee_foundation_top_nonprofit.php
Apogee also partnered with international media and technology group Aurience Ltd. to enhance the Foundation's ability to fulfill its mission through film, broadcast, recording and interactive media. Joint Apogee-Aurience productions have created greater awareness of Apogee Awards laureates, increased the impact of Apogee Academy educational programs, and expanded the reach of Apogee Artists performance events worldwide. For more information on this partnership, see: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/media/2008/aurience_apogee_kenneth_schneider.php
During the year to come, Apogee’s trademark Synergy Programs, which offer artists from diverse cultural backgrounds the opportunity to transcend boundaries together, will take center stage. In the next phase of Synergy's evolution to come this season, the Foundation will be focusing on the power of sacred music as a transcendent medium conveying new forms of understanding and enabling the sharing of values across cultural boundaries. For more information on Apogee's cultivation of synergy among spiritual traditions, see: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/media/2008/collaboration_spiritual_traditions.php
As Apogee begins its new season, the Foundation's primary focus will be placed on transforming creative artists' entire career paths by re-envisioning the types of institutions within which those careers evolve. The Foundation is now exploring possibilities to launch global creative centers where gifted artists can discover unique forms of expression as well as the means of sharing these with each other and the world. In these institutions, Apogee plans to integrate the most effective educational and artistic traditions from both East and West into holistic, multi-disciplinary educational environments where creative artists can fulfill their greatest potential together.
The Foundation aims to empower people everywhere experience and in turn inspire creative excellence. Apogee’s management therefore invites the public's participation in shaping the Foundation's future efforts in this direction by responding to a brief questionnaire at the conclusion of the Foundation's newly released newsletter, which can be found at the following url: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/documents/newsletters/apogee_newsletter_fall_2009.pdf
About The Apogee Foundation ®
The term "apogee" means "the highest point, the culmination." The Apogee Foundation believes in the power of the performing arts to embody and inspire the pursuit of human excellence. By virtue of its innovative approach to implementing this vision, the Foundation has become an internationally recognized platform for the promotion of humanity’s greatest vision of itself.
Contact:
Marjorie Schneider, Ass't Corporate Secretary
The Apogee Foundation
1001 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10018-5460 (USA)
+1.646.224.6960
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