Cabarrus Arts Council Donors

The arts council is grateful to our generous donors. Without you, our work would not be possible. Please take a moment to view the corporations and individuals who help make art a part of our community. Click here to see our donor list.

Corporate Donations

Businesses enjoy supporting the arts council and receive considerable marketing benefits for their contributions. Many businesses sustain the work of the arts council in the schools and community as a Corporate Donor. Donations may be paid in full or the arts council will bill you quarterly. All contributors receive recognition of support on our website and in the quarterly newsletter. Pledges may be paid with cash, check, credit card, or stock. For more information on the benefits of giving and how to give as a corporation, please contact Liz Fitzgerald by phone at 704-920-2787 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Commitment to Privacy

The Cabarrus Arts Council, a nonprofit, respects and protects your privacy.  The Cabarrus Arts Council will never sell, trade or rent your personal information to other individuals or companies.  The information you provide is for the arts council’s private use only, and is collected as a means of properly crediting and acknowledging your donation, with your permission, and communicating with you more efficiently.  As a matter of policy, we will never sell or share any of your information to any other organization.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact Liz Fitzgerald by phone at 704-920-2787 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

2015-2016 Organizations Grant Recipients

NC Music Hall of Fame

The NC Music Hall of Fame promotes, commemorates and preserves the rich musical heritage of the state of North Carolina in a treasure-filled museum.

Old Courthouse Theatre

The Old Courthouse Theatre is a community theater that uses local talent to perform five shows annually. Actors, set builders, light and sound technicians and box office personnel are all community volunteers.

Piedmont Choral Society

The Piedmont Choral Society is a vocal group that includes singers from across the community. Its mission is to provide high-caliber performances of both sacred and secular choral masterworks that have stood the test of time and have become standards to which all other musical literature is compared.

Piedmont Prime Time Community Band

The Piedmont Prime Time Community Band is a performance oriented band that presents concerts in the spring, fall and Christmas seasons. The band also performs at other special events in the area such as outdoor celebrations in the park and for other events upon invitation. We have musicians ranging in age from accomplished high school musicians to silver seniors.

Southern Piedmont Woodturners

The Southern Piedmont Woodturners is dedicated to the art of woodturning through education. They achieve this mission through monthly meetings that feature a variety of national, regional and local woodturners. SPW hosts A Day at the Lathe, an annual two-day woodturning conference featuring three nationally renowned artists.

2015-2016 Project Grant Recipients

Union Street Live - Concord Downtown Development

Union Street Live is a series of outdoor concerts in downtown Concord.

Spring into Arts Festival - Concord Downtown Development

The Spring into Arts Festival is a day-long arts event in Concord provides local and regional performing and visual artists an opportunity to show, share knowledge, demonstrate, sell their work and perform. There are children’s art activities, musical performances, a display of fine art for sale, and food offered for sale by food vendors and local restaurants.

Rockin the Burg Concert Series - Town of Harrisburg

Rockin the Burg Concert Series is a new outdoor concert series that kicked off in April 2015 will include a Pops in the Park concert by the Charlotte Symphony.

Interlude Music Program - Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County

The Interlude Music Program is a music program for patients and families.

Summer Concert Series - Kannapolis Parks & Recreation

The Summer Concert Series is a full summer of events includes, concerts, movies and children's programs highlighted by a patriotic Pops in the Park concert by the Chrlotte Symphony. 

After-School Dance Program - Multi-Cultural Community Student Union

The After-School Gaston Dance Theatre will present a six-week after-school program to 60 children.

2015-2016 Arts Education Grant Recipients

"Global Tales"- Harrisburg Elementary School

Master storyteller Ramona Moore Big Eagle will share her "Global Tales" in two assemblies at the school. Teachers will follow up the program by integrating global storytelling activities in the classroom.

"Learning Through Drama" - Mount Pleasant Middle School

The Children's Theatre of Charlotte will conduct a workshop using works by Shakespeare.

Energizing our community through arts excellence includes supporting cultural arts groups, artists and programs.

Grants, community art walks, gallery exhibitions, school programs and a thriving theatre season are a few ways that the Cabarrus Arts Council nourishes its community.

The arts create a sense of place and an identity for communities. It encompasses various mediums of expression and has the power to reach down and touch us deep inside. We are constantly striving to make arts accessible to all members within the community, so that singing, dancing, writing, acting, drawing, painting…can inspire, comfort and excite both the creator and the audience.

Communities with active cultural arts programs take tremendous pride in their neighborhood and are pleased to invite guests to visit and participate. The arts open minds and lead the way to constructive communication and innovation. The arts also benefit the county by attracting audience members who shop, eat and enjoy its various accommodations.

By supporting arts groups and providing visual and performing arts programs, the Cabarrus Arts Council serves our community in a fundamental way that benefits all!

All non-profit arts organizations in Cabarrus County have the opportunity to apply for annual funding from the Cabarrus Arts Council.

Community Theatre

Old Courthouse Theatre
OCT is a community theater, using local talent to perform five shows annually. Actors, set builders, light and sound technicians and box office personnel are all community volunteers.

Choral Music

Piedmont Choral Society

The Piedmont Choral Society is a chorus that includes singers from across the community. Its mission is to provide high-caliber performances of both sacred and secular choral masterworks that have stood the test of time and have become standards to which all other musical literature is compared.

Instrumental Music

Piedmont Prime Time Community Band
The community band creates an opportunity for people who play a musical instrument to enjoy practicing and performing with others in the community. The band also performs at special events in the area such as outdoor celebrations in the park and are available upon invitation.

Music History

NC Music Hall of Fame
This organization was organized to promote, commemorate and preserve the rich musical heritage of the State of North Carolina.

Visual Arts

Cabarrus Art Guild
The Art Guild provides opportunities for visual artists to gather, learn from each other and enjoy lectures and workshops conducted by visiting artists. Twice annually the guild exhibits the work of its members.

ClearWater Arts Center and Studios
The old city water works facitily has been converted by the City of Concord into afforable artist studios. A diverse group of artists explores many different media offering classes, lectures and more.

Woodturning

Southern Piedmont Woodturners
The Southern Piedmont Woodturners is dedicated to the art of woodturning through education. They achieve this mission through monthly meetings that feature a variety of national, regional and local woodturners. SPW hosts A Day at the Lathe, an annual two-day woodturning conference featuring three nationally renowned artists.