Armand Ranjbaran of Garden City is one of five Julliard School students and alumni to receive a newly created grant that will help support innovative projects in the 2012-13 season.

The competitive application process took place in the Spring of 2012, and is a component of Juilliards curriculum drive to add entrepreneurial courses and opportunities across all its disciplines.

Ranjbaran will be working with two other winners, singers John Brancy and Tobias Greenhalgh (both graduating in 2013) to create Operation Superpower which uses classical music as a means for students of all ages to discover and develop their talents, or superpowers exploring the values of courage, hope, honesty, imagination, and friendship, while addressing the issue of bullying. The project will also help symphony orchestras build new audiences at the grassroots level. For additional information or to make a donation to Operation Superpower, visit http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile? id=5409.

The Jonathan Madrigano Entrepreneurship Grant is open to individual or group applicants who are current students or recent graduates of The Juilliard School. Entrepreneurial ventures may include but are not limited to performance projects, business ventures, recording projects, services, online platforms, products, films, interdisciplinary endeavors, and educational initiatives. Through a detailed project description, applicants may request a grant amount up to $4,000 to fund their projects that should address issues such as community or market value, competitive advantage, world impact, and resource availability. Grantees are obliged to publicly present their projects and perform one creative act of kindness at the New York University Langone Medical Center within the academic year.

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