New York, NY – The Apogee Foundation has begun its 2009/2010 season building on its historic record of success cultivating creative excellence worldwide by introducing new multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural programs empowering creative artists to achieve their fullest potential. Apogee President Kenneth Schneider said: "It is my pleasure to applaud Apogee's dedicated supporters around the world on the extraordinary levels of recognition and success their efforts have achieved. The continued ...

New York, NY and Odessa, Ukraine – Throughout the month of May, Apogee Awards laureates representing five leading music academies in four countries will be participating in Apogee Artists performance events and Apogee Academy training programs in the legendary musical city of Odessa. Featured in these events are multi-instrument prodigy Simion Gronic from Kishinev, Moldova; violinist Yuri Wassilewski from Minsk, Belarus; pianist Akim Anum-Dorhuso from Odessa, Ukraine; trumpeter Bogdan Dekhtyaruk ...

New York, NY – The Fast Pitch! Business Awards committee has named The Apogee Foundation “Top Non-Profit” in the First Annual Fast Pitch! Business Awards. The Apogee Foundation is an international philanthropy that helps gifted emerging artists achieve their full potential and that celebrates their achievements on the world stage. Fast Pitch!, one of the fastest growing business networking communities, established the Fast Pitch! Business Awards to recognize and honor businesses demonstrating ...

New York, London and Tokyo – The Apogee Foundation is expanding its internationally recognized Synergy Programs, which are designed to enhance the creative excellence of artists and to enrich the aesthetic awareness of the public through the fostering of collaborative engagement among diverse cultural traditions. A special focus of these programs will be the promotion of mutually empowering collaboration ...

London, UK and New York, NY – Aurience Ltd., a London based media consulting group, and The Apogee Foundation, a New York based philanthropic organization, have announced the expansion of their alliance to introduce media and technology enhancements into Apogee's worldwide programs for discovering, developing and celebrating artistic excellence. Apogee President Kenneth Schneider, also now serving as CEO of Aurience Media following the successful first stage of this joint venture, said: "Apogee's ...

New York, London and Tokyo – The Apogee Foundation announced today that it is continuing the expansion of its internationally-recognized Synergy Programs with new Apogee Academy educational projects, Apogee Artists performance events, and Artists in Residence music commissions fostering intercultural collaboration among the world's great traditions of sacred music. The Foundation's Synergy Programs are designed to provide gifted artists from diverse cultures opportunities for creative empowerme ...

New York, London and Tokyo – The Apogee Foundation has announced that it is introducing programs to foster intercultural collaborations among sacred musical traditions. These programs will constitute a core component of the Foundation's Synergy Programs, which provide gifted artists from diverse cultures opportunities for creative empowerment through the sharing of their artistry with each other and the world. Each culture defines the sacred as its supreme aesthetic values. The world's sacred ...