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About Us
PAL Mission Statement
The Performing Arts League (PAL) is dedicated to promoting and encouraging youth involvement in the performing arts -- Dance, Music, Theater -- through grants to non-profit performing arts organizations and scholarships to individual students located in Hamilton County, TN.
PAL History
Founded in 2011, the Performing Arts League (PAL) is an all volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging and supporting youth involvement in the performing arts throughout Chattanooga and Hamilton County. Focusing on the disciplines of dance, theater, and vocal / instrumental music, PAL annually raises funds and awards grants to nonprofit performing arts organizations to support their programs for young people, as well as scholarships to individual young performers for additional intensive training.
Since 2014, the Performing Arts League has awarded over $315,000 in grants and scholarships that benefit a wide range of youth arts programs and aspiring young performers throughout Hamilton County.
Arts and educational nonprofit organizations that have historically received grants from the Performing Arts League include:
- Ballet Tennessee
- Chattanooga Ballet
- Chattanooga Boys Choir (Only Men Aloud)
- Chattanooga Central High School (Piano Lab)
- Chattanooga Girls Choir
- Chattanooga High School Center for the Creative Arts Dance Department
- Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras
- Chattanooga Theatre Centre (Youth Theatre)
- Christian Family Theater
- East Lake Expression Engine
- Hixson High School (Music Program)
- The Tivoli Theatre Foundation (Camp Broadway)
- The Howard School Band
- The Pop Up Project (Summer Dance)
- String Theory (Outreach Programs)
- Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga for Clifton Hills Elementary (Musical Playground)
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Scholarships and Grants Awarded
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Testimonials
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Performing Arts League Grants & Scholarships
program is at the heart of our mission
2025 GRANTS
Funds were awarded to the following local performing arts organizations for youth programming
Funds were awarded to provide funds for 21 Hamilton County student artists to attend:
Past Funding: from 2014 to the present, the Performing Arts League has supported both individuals and organizations through our Grants & Scholarships program, including:
Funds were awarded to the following local performing arts organizations for youth programming
- Chattanooga Ballet for Summer Making Moves Program & New Open Studio Class
- Chattanooga Boys Choir for “Only Men Aloud!” tenor-bass festival
- Chattanooga Theatre Centre Youth Theatre 2025-26 productions
- Center for Creative Arts Dance Department to host Ignite! Youth Dance Festival in Fall 2025
- Christian Family Theater for 2025-26 Youth Musical Theater Season
- Eastlake Expression Engine for their Summer Intern program
- The Pop-Up Project for Summer Dance '25
- Tivoli Theatre Foundation for Camp Broadway
- String Theory for artist in residence educational community outreach
Funds were awarded to provide funds for 21 Hamilton County student artists to attend:
- Bands of America Summer Camp
- Music City Drum Corp
- School of American Ballet Summer Intensive
- National Junior Theater Festival - Atlanta
- Joffrey Ballet South Summer Intensive
- Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute
- Louisville Ballet Summer Intensive
- AMDA Summer Conservatory
- Chattanooga Ballet
- Interlochen Musical Theater Camp
- Stagedoor Manor Performing Training Center - New York
- Belmont University Music Camp
- Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive
Past Funding: from 2014 to the present, the Performing Arts League has supported both individuals and organizations through our Grants & Scholarships program, including:
- Awarded grant to Central High School Music Department for Piano Music Lab
- Awarded grant to Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestra for recording equipment
- Awarded a grant to the Chattanooga Theatre Centre, in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club, for A Dramatic Arts Experience, summer theatrical arts classes for underserved children in grades 1-3
- Awarded grant to Hixson High School Band for vibraphone
- Awarded grants to the Chattanooga Girls Choir for a commissioned piece by Susan LaBarr for their 30th Anniversary and for the Hamilton County All-Female Choral Festival
- Awarded a grant to the Hamilton County Department of Education for Lookout Valley Middle/High School’s “Build the Band of Gold”
- Awarded a grant to the Kiwanis Club for the Clifton Hills Elementary School Outdoor Music Playground
- Awarded grants to the Christian Family Theater for their youth production of Matilda the Musical and for the purchase of sound equipment
- Awarded grants to East Lake Expression Engine for their summer program
- Awarded grants to String Theory to co-sponsor and support introductory musical programs for young children at selected Chattanooga and Cleveland public elementary schools, of which several are Title 1 schools
- Awarded grants to Unity Performing Arts for their Rising Star Summer School Program which offers dance, voice, keyboard, brass, and drum instruction to students at Carver, Avondale, and Washington Hills Recreation Centers
- Awarded scholarships for music lessons and/or music camps for young musicians of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras
- Awarded scholarships to dancers to attend the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts
- Awarded scholarships to young dancers to attend summer intensive dance programs in New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina
- Awarded a scholarship for a young organist to attend Westminster Choir College’s Organ Camp
- Awarded tuition scholarships for summer intensive study to young dancers of Ballet Tennessee
- Awarded tuition scholarship for summer study to a Chattanooga Ballet dancer
- Awarded tuition scholarships to young singers of the Chattanooga Girls Choir
- Awarded a scholarship for a young flutist to attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival
- Held annual Vocal Competition among aspiring high school classical singers
- Provided funds to help sponsor the Chattanooga Boys Choir’s Only Men Aloud, a weekend choral workshop
- Provided funds for the Chattanooga Clarinet Choir’s Clarinet Concerto Competition
- Provided the Chattanooga Theatre Centre with production funds for their Youth Theatre performances
- Purchased uniforms for The Howard School Band and provided funds for secure storage
Testimonials from past Scholarships and Grants Recipients
Libby O'Neil (East Lake Expression Engine / 2023 Grant)
“Thank you so much for your continued support of Expression Engine’s Intern Program. Interns shared that Expression Engine feels like a family, and that their favorite parts of the job included working together and teaching the kids. It is also important to our interns, all of whom would have needed to get other jobs to help out their families this summer if they were not employed by Expression Engine."
Jubilee Elliott (Chattanooga Ballet Summer Intensive / 2023 Scholarship)
"Thank you! Not every child has the resources to follow their dreams without additional financial support, and the PAL has provided these incredible scholarships which allow young people to keep dreaming big and pursue their passion"
Nadia Giles (Vocal Studies / 2023 Scholarship)
"The Performing Arts League Scholarship has allowed me to continue voice lessons this summer and improve my skills for musical theater auditions, self-tapes, and film."
Luke Bryant (Lee University Summer Music Camp / 2023 Scholarship)
"Lee University has been life-changing. This was one of the biggest opportunities I ever had to grow as a musician, student and human. Without this scholarship I may not have gone. Thank you for investing in me!
Finley Holmes (Chattanooga Ballet Summer Intensive / 2023 Scholarship)
"The Performing Arts League (PAL) Scholarship allowed me to participate in Chattanooga Ballet’s Summer Intensive, and I am so grateful! I simply would not have been able to dance this summer without it, and I cannot express how appreciative I am."
Jasper Sewell (2023 Harpa International Music Academy, Reykjavík, Iceland / 2023 Scholarship)
"I am extremely thankful to the Performing Arts League for their most generous support in funding my tuition for the 2023 Harpa International Music Academy. Not only was it an opportunity for me to make significant musical growth, but it gave me the wonderful privilege of working with teachers and other young musicians living outside the United States for the first time."
Harrison Wells (Sewanee Summer Music Festival / 2023 Scholarship)
Being around so many amazing musicians, mostly college students, gave me a new appreciation for musicianship and my instrument, and inspired me to push myself to new heights. I left the festival passionate and invigorated about music, people, my future, and what life has to offer."
Board of Directors '25-26
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Standing Committee Chairs '25-26
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