Staten Island NFP Association member organization Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble has received a prestigious Chamber Music America residency grant.  This national award, which will provide support for additiional MCCE programming over the next year, is rarely awarded to organizations on their first attempt. 

You can read a Staten Island Advance article about MCCE and this award at http://www.silive.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2009/07/musical_chairs_chamber_ensembl.html, and can read the Chamber Music of America Press Release at http://www.chamber-music.org/pdf/2009RPPress.pdf