They also support many other organizations, including Live Arts Maryland, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Anne Arundel Medical Center, the American Heart Association, the Chesapeake Legal Alliance and Harris’ alma mater, Rochester Institute of Technology. The youth orchestra has been developed from this program and is conducted by the Maestro José-Luis Novo. Pratt said the program has been successful. The academy was a way for the couple to contribute to the growth of the youth in the area.

There is a lot of young people in this community with incredible potential, who don’t have the opportunities to pursue that.” The companies stand jointly at 4 in recognition of more than 4.64 million in total contributions to local charitable and business organizations in the Baltimore region in 2019. “We did research that the sooner a young person gets involved with the arts, the better citizens they become. Casino & Hotel Rank Among Top Five Corporate Philanthropists in Greater Baltimore Region in Recognition of More Than 4.64 Million in Charitable Giving () The Cordish Companies and Live uses cookies on this site. Casino & Hotel have once again ranked among the Top Corporate Philanthropists in the Greater Baltimore Region, as released by the Baltimore Business Journal. “We were one of the first donors to get this program started, we believed all along in it,” Pratt said.

Three years ago, Harris and Pratt also provided seed money to create a business plan for the Annapolis Symphony Academy, which provides musical education to students of all cultural and economic backgrounds and to get minority musicians in the classical music field.

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