http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:17:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en KTRS - Saint Louis Talk Radio February 13, 2010 5:05 Philanthropist and string base player Jeanne Sinquefield could be heard discussing her dream of making Missouri a mecca for new music composition during the 6:00 p.m. Shaw Spotlight on Saint Louis Radio Station KTRS. The Sinquefield Charitable Foundation-sponsored Mizzzou New Music Initiative ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/in-the-news/sinquefield-music-composition-news-in-print-and-on-air-last-weekend/ Young Guns Battle for the U.S. Chess Championship Title, Slay and Associates Sinquefield's Give $1 Million to Mizzou, St. Louis Business Journal Sinquefields Give MU $1 Million, Columbia Tribune Genius Among Us Documentary Follows High School Composers, Columbia Missourian Neurofeedback Retrain Brain Waves, Slay and Associates About Mizzou's ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/uncategorized/links-in-the-news/ By Ralph Voss Unterrified Democrat Can Missouri produce another Mozart?  Can Missouri produce a series of great composers?  Can Columbia, Mo., become another Austria, which produced such great composers at Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven? Those are questions that frequently pass through the mind of Jeanne Sinquefield and invariably the answer she comes up ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/in-the-news/can-missouri-produce-another-mozart-a-unterrified-democrat-article/ December 17th, 2009 The Sinquefield Charitable Foundation has donated $100,000 to Teach For America, a non-profit group that recruits top college graduates to teach for two years in low-income communities.Run by Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield, of Westphalia, Mo., the foundation has long been involved in funding innovative efforts to improve education ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/announcements/sinquefield-charitable-foundation-gives-100000-to-tfa/ The 2009 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship, held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, already had a clear winner going into the final round, but there was heavy drama in the battle for money, place and qualification for other tournaments. Defending U.S. Champion Anna Zatonskih, of Long Island, ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/announcements/intense-action-marks-end-of-us-women%e2%80%99s-chess-championship/ Players in the US Women's Chess Championship have kept busy during their rest day on October 9 giving back to the community. [gallery link="file"] SCIFEST CHESS EVENT Almost 80 students joined seven of the 10 competitors and Evelyn Moncayo, a WIM from Ecuador, for a massive simul at the Saint Louis Science Center. ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/announcements/ccscsl-community-outreach-during-2009-us-womens-chess-championship/ The University of Missouri at Columbia has created the Mizzou New Music Initiative, a diverse array of programs intended to position the school as a leading center for music composition and new music. The initiative is a direct result of a $1 million donation by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, headed ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/announcements/initiative-seeks-to-make-mizzou-a-mecca-for-young-composers/ The 2009 U.S. Women's Championship will take place from October 2-12, 2009 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.  The championship will award the winner $15,000, the largest prize in its history, and will have a purse of $64,000.   Click here for the full press release. http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/announcements/chess-club-and-scholastic-center-to-host-2009-u-s-womens-championship/ While the championship chess players took Friday off to rest and relax, two local elementary schools’ 4th grade classes kept the competitive spirit going at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Fourth-grade students from City Academy in north St. Louis squared off against fourth graders from King of ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/announcements/u-s-chess-championship-scholastic-players-fill-the-tables-for-a-day/ Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield celebrated Mother’s Day last weekend at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, the host of the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship.  She is pictured with Rex, and their eldest son, Randy Sinquefield.  Randy is currently filming a documentary about the Championship, scheduled to be released ... http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/announcements/mother%e2%80%99s-day-at-the-u-s-chess-championships/