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George london foundation
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Hi - I am the executive director of the foundation and I am just trying to create a page for our organization. I am trying to reword the text from our web-site as it doesn't except a straight copy but, even with that, your system is not allowing me to save it and keeps marking it as copyright infringement. Please let me know how to mark that it is approved by us as owners of the web-site. Thank you. (Londonfound (talk) 11:48, 9 September 2008 (UTC))

George London Foundation
Hi - I am the executive director of the foundation and I am trying to set up an article on Wiki about us. Since a straight copy of our web-site was flagged, I did rework the wording but it still is being flagged. Please let me know how to let it be approved as we are owners of the web-site. Thanks. (Londonfound (talk) 11:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC))

The George London Foundation for Singers is a non-profit organization based in New York City, which was created thirty-five years ago to help promising young professional opera singers in the early stages of their careers, often a financially difficult time. George London, through his own experiences, understood the struggles artists faced and wanted to make the path a little easier. When he passed away, his widow, Nora London took over administership of the organization. The foundation began in Washington, but since 1990 it has been based in New York and remains a living legacy to George London’s own exceptional talent and generosity.

The Foundation holds an annual juried competition in New York City for American and Canadian singers and more than $75,000 is awarded each year to the most promising performers. International opera singers, such as Christine Brewer, Renée Fleming, Catherine Malfitano, James Morris, Matthew Polenzani, Sondra Radvanovsky, Neil Shicoff, and Dawn Upshaw, received George London Awards in the early stages of their careers.

Besides the cash awards given yearly, the foundation sponsors the Vienna Prize, a two-week stay in Austria where the winner receives intensive coaching in the German language and repertoire and an audition with the Vienna Opera.

In 1995, the Foundation began a collaboration with the Morgan Library and Museum which is now their home for the George London Recital series and holds three recitals a year. Each concert consists of an international artist and a young, promising George London winner. It gives the recent winner important publicity and exposure as they share the recital stage with an accomplished star. Recitalists in the past several years have included Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Ben Heppner, James Morris, René Pape, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, and Dawn Upshaw. These recitals are also recorded for delayed broadcast on WQXR.

The George London Foundation for Singers is a non-profit corporation supported by tax-deductible contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations. Further information is available at www.georgelondon.org