Center for the Development of Arts Leaders in Boston

"This program changed the way I think about my future and changed the way I think about the kind of musician I want to be and what I want to do with the rest of my life." Anna DeLoi, Class of 2011 Arts Leader

Center for the Development of Arts Leaders (CDAL) Boston

From the Top’s outreach efforts in Boston, our hometown, are housed under the umbrella of our Center for the Development of Arts Leaders in Boston (CDAL Boston), the first center of its kind focused on developing and training teen musicians to be arts leaders.

CDAL Boston offers a range of opportunities for young musicians in the Boston area to use the transformative power of music to engage new audiences, give back to their communities, and explore their individual leadership pathways as 21st century musicians. These opportunities require varying levels of commitment and are continually adapted to respond to the needs of our community partners and the interests of the young musicians we hope will aspire to take their music beyond the concert hall.

Funding for the CDAL Boston 2012-2013 Year-Long Arts Leadership Program has been generously provided by The Krupp Family Foundation, The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust, and the Mabel Louise Riley Foundation. Major funding to launch the CDAL Boston program in 2010 was provided by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, with additional support from the Boston Foundation, Hunt Alternatives Fund, The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust, and The Wallace Foundation.