2007 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence
[ March 13, 2006 deadline ]
Dance |
Design |
Folk & Traditional Arts |
Literature |
Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts |
Museum |
Music |
Musical Theater |
Opera |
Presenting
Theater |
Visual Arts
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior
Endowment approval.
Music
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$25,000
To support the 2008 American Music Festival, Embracing the World. The festival will be the culmination of a season-long focus on music from, about, and influenced by cultures outside the western European tradition and will include performances of existing and commissioned works in concert halls, community centers, and area schools.
American Composers Forum (Consortium)
Saint Paul, MN
$25,000
To support "Minnesota Voices," in celebration of Minnesota's sesquicentennial. Minnesota Chorale and five other choirs from around the state will commission and perform new works by six composers. More than 10,000 people will attend the performances, which also will be broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
American Composers Orchestra, Inc. (aka ACO)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Emerging Composers Laboratory. Through commissions, readings, performances, and recordings of new work, 12 to 15 composers will have the opportunity to further their artistic development and to expose their music to new audiences.
American Guild of Organists (aka AGO)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works for organ. Premieres of 11 commissioned works will be performed during the 49th biennial American Guild of Organists National Convention in Minneapolis in 2008. The performances also will be broadcast nationally on the Minnesota Public Radio program Pipedreams.
American Music Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Virtual Information Center for new American music through the NewMusicBox.org and NewMusicJukeBox.org Web sites. NewMusicBox is a monthly Web magazine about artists and issues in the new music community, and NewMusicJukeBox is a searchable, encyclopedic database of contemporary American composers.
American Symphony Orchestra League
New York, NY
$135,000
To support services designed to strengthen orchestras through peer learning, professional development, research, and communications within the orchestra field. The project will assist nearly 1,000 member orchestras of every size and type in all 50 states.
American Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (aka ASO)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation of U.S. premieres, rarely performed works by established composers, and related educational activities. Plans are underway to program works by composers Harold Farberman, Albéric Magnard, Franz Schrecker, and Moisei Vainberg.
Association of California Symphony Orchestras (aka ACSO)
Sacramento, CA
$25,000
To support professional and leadership development and technical assistance programs for California orchestras. Plans include an annual statewide conference and workshops for artistic and administrative staff, trustees, and volunteers from more than 150 orchestras.
Aston Magna Foundation for Music and the Humanities, Inc.
Danbury, CT
$10,000
To support the Aston Magna Festival. The annual festival will feature period-instrument performances and educational activities over several summer weekends at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Bach Festival of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support Bach Festival Week. The 10-day festival will present 20 to 30 events in various Philadelphia venues, and educational activities including a performance for children.
Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc. (aka Baltimore Choral Arts Society)
Baltimore, MD
$7,500
To support concerts of works for chorus and orchestra. The two programs will include the local premiere of September Sun by David Conte for chorus and orchestra, composed in memory of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.
Bang on a Can, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
To support the Bang on a Can Marathon/Festival. In celebration of the 20th anniversary season, the all-day, multi-stage new music "Marathon" will be offered for the first time as a free event in lower Manhattan. The performances also will be broadcast on radio and the Internet.
Bangor Symphony Orchestra
Bangor, ME
$10,000
To support the premiere of a work for orchestra, banjo, guitar, and bass guitar. The performance of Jens Krüger's Music From the Spring: A Serenade for Orchestra and Traditional American Instruments, will feature the Krüger Brothers, a bluegrass band based in North Carolina.
Bard College (on behalf of Bard Music Festival)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$10,000
To support the Bard Music Festival. The project will explore the music of Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) and his contemporaries by presenting a range of musical forms including symphonic, choral, chamber, and piano music and songs.
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra (aka BSO)
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
To support Pushing the Boundaries of the Cello. Two concerts and related educational activities will explore the multi-faceted range of the instrument with a series of world premiere performances of cello concertos composed by Tod Machover, David Sanford, and Annie Gosfield and performed by cellists Matt Haimovitz and Felix Fan.
Borough of Manhattan Community College Performing Arts Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$17,500
To support Lost Jazz Shrines: Tin Palace, a concert series featuring the music of artists that performed at historic, lower-Manhattan jazz venues. The three-concert series at Tribeca Performing Arts Center will include music inspired by the Tin Palace, a haven for avant-garde musicians.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (aka BSO) (on behalf of Tanglewood Music Center)
Boston, MA
$40,000
To support the Festival of Contemporary Music at the Tanglewood Music Center. The week-long concert series, directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison, will feature performances of new music performed by pre-professional musicians and guest artists.
Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (aka Brooklyn Philharmonic)
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support performance of new works by composers Richard Danielpour and Julia Wolfe. Danielpour's Pastime and Wolfe's My Beautiful Scream will receive New York premieres at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (aka Brooklyn Philharmonic) (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support Music Off the Walls, a series of thematic chamber music concerts to be performed in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum of Art's current exhibitions. The four programs seek to attract new audiences to the orchestra.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc. (aka Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Buffalo, NY
$12,500
To support performances and residencies by American composers. Performances of works by David Felder, John Harbison, and Roger Reynolds will take place during the June in Buffalo new music festival and in Kleinhans Music Hall.
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (aka Cabrillo Music Festival)
Santa Cruz, CA
$12,500
To support a professional development program for conductors. The training program will offer emerging conductors the opportunity to lead small and large ensembles in rehearsals and public performances, to program contemporary works, and collaborate with composers.
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (aka Cabrillo Music Festival) (Consortium)
Santa Cruz, CA
$22,500
To support the co-commissioning of an orchestra concerto by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Rouse. Both the festival orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform the work under the direction of music director Marin Alsop.
California State University Long Beach Foundation (on behalf of California Institute f/t Preservation of Jazz)
Long Beach, CA
$17,500
To support Silver Serenade: A Tribute to the Musical Legacy of Horace Silver. The three-day festival honoring the 1995 NEA Jazz Master Horace Silver will feature performances of newly commissioned arrangements, panel discussions, and educational outreach activities in inner-city area schools.
California State University Sacramento Trust Foundation (on behalf of Festival of New American Music)
Sacramento, CA
$12,500
To support the Festival of New American Music. The annual two-week festival, held on the university campus and at various community venues, will feature concerts, workshops, master classes, lectures, seminars, concert previews, and open rehearsals.
California Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Walnut Creek, CA
$10,000
To support the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program. The year-long residency with an emerging composer will include recorded reading sessions, high school visits, and the creation and presentation of a new work.
Carnegie Hall Society, Inc. (aka Carnegie Hall)
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a new initiative called The Orchestra Residency. The Berlin Philharmonic will work with the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and the New York Youth Symphony during an eight-day residency of concerts, master classes, community outreach activities, and joint coaching and rehearsal sessions.
Chamber Music Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support the 66th annual June Music Festival. Activities will include the presentation of three chamber ensembles at the Simms Center for the Performing Arts at Albuquerque Academy, and scholar-led lectures and demonstrations.
Chamber Music America, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the National Leadership Initiative. Designed to build leadership skills in the chamber music field, the project will provide professional services to members through consultancies, on-site technical assistance, special publications, a Web site, and a national conference in New York City.
Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Philadelphia, PA
$7,500
To support composer residencies and a commissioning program as part of a summer chamber music conference. Activities will take place at Bennington College, Vermont.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support contemporary music performances. The Chamber Music Society Season Composer Program will focus on works by Nicholas Maw, Bright Sheng, and Leon Kirchner. The New Music in the Rose Studio series will feature works by Bruce Adolphe, Charles Wuorinen, and Tigran Mansurian.
Cheyenne Symphony Society, Inc.
Cheyenne, WY
$5,000
To support a gala choral concert. Performing under the direction of conductor and artistic director Dr. Stephen Alltop, a mass choir will be composed of local singers as well as those from statewide college-student choirs and a children's choir.
Chicago Chamber Musicians (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the First Monday Concert Series. Presented monthly at the Chicago Cultural Center and broadcast live on the WFMT-FM radio station, the free noontime concert series is a partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the Composers Perspectives Series. Plans include three concerts of works composed since 1990 by emerging composers including Mason Bates, Derek Bermel, and Daniel Felsenfeld, and related educational activities.
Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association (aka Chicago Jazz Orchestra (CJO))
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support The Valdés Family: Three Generations of Cuban Jazz. Chuchito Valdés and his Afro-Cuban Ensemble will perform original arrangements of compositions by his works and those of his grandfather (Bebo) and his father (Chucho).
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$75,000
To support Silk Road Chicago. The citywide celebration of the ancient and contemporary arts and culture of the regions of the historic Silk Road of China will involve multiple community partners and include performances, educational activities, and a residency with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on behalf of Civic Orchestra of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support stipends and professional training for pre-professional musicians of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Performances and audition coaching will take place under the direction of resident and guest conductors.
Chorus America (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support professional development for choral conductors of youth choruses. The San Francisco Girls Chorus will partner with Chorus America to host conducting workshops in San Francisco.
Chorus America
Washington, DC
$60,000
To support services and technical assistance to the choral field. Activities will include an annual conference, publications, research, and leadership development forums for conductors, board members, and managers.
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
To support Living Composers and Their Music: A Multi-Generational Perspective. Performances of works by John Adams, John Harbison, Stephen Paulus, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Erkki-Sven Tüür are planned as well as a world premiere of Deep Woods, a new work by composer Charles Coleman.
Colorado Symphony Association (aka Colorado Symphony Orchestra)
Denver, CO
$12,500
To support performances of new American works featuring percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Two subscription concerts of music by Jennifer Higdon, Michael Daugherty, Mack Wilberg, William Billings, and William Schuman and a family concert with discussion and musical illustrations lead by music director Jeffrey Kahane and Glennie are planned.
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Pocket Concerto Project at the Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre. Plans include the commissioning and presentation of new works for instrumental soloists and small chamber ensemble of 15 to 20 players (a "pocket concerto").
Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Consortium)
Columbus, OH
$15,000
To support the Contemporary Music Festival. The six-day festival of new music, in partnership with Ohio State University (OSU), will feature the works of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gunther Schuller and will be broadcast on local radio.
Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support career development of emerging classical musicians through national concert engagements. In diverse venues across the country, 50 performance opportunities will allow 17 artists/ensembles on the Concert Artists Guild (CAG) roster to hone performance skills and improve their powers of communication.
Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia (aka Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the creation and performance of a new work by composer Steven Mackey. The one-movement work will be scored for string orchestra and will be conducted by Ignat Solzhenitsyn, music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support the annual Tri-C JazzFest. The project will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Thelonious Monk through concerts, commissions, and film screening.
Da Camera Society of Texas (aka Da Camera of Houston)
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support solo and chamber music concerts with related educational activities in Houston and New York City. Plans for the 20th anniversary season include performances of Beethoven's last three piano sonatas integrating poetry, video, and pre-recorded sound; chamber works of Pierre Boulez and Elliott Carter; and past commissioned works performed on tour.
Dallas Symphony Association, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$22,500
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by composer Augusta Read Thomas. Sir Andrew Davis will conduct the premiere at the Meyerson Symphony Center.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association (aka Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra)
Dayton, OH
$10,000
To support the Made in America Festival. Orchestral and chamber music performances of works by American composers, including a commissioned work by local composer Steven Winteregg, will take place during the festival.
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings
Southfield, MI
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works for chamber ensemble. Three composers each will write a new work that will be performed by the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings ensemble and student ensembles from the University of Michigan and Oberlin College.
Early Music America, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support an expansion and redesign of the Web site www.earlymusic.org. The new design will include an interactive membership directory database, a member's forum, a section devoted to score exchanges, educational resources for K-12 teachers and artists, and free downloadable music by early music ensemble members.
Early Music Foundation, Inc. (aka EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK)
New York, NY
$12,500
To support a research, performance, and recording project titled Venice and the Islamic World. In conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum's exhibit, performances will take place in New York City and at the Catskill Mountain Foundation in Hunter, New York.
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle (aka Earshot Jazz)
Seattle, WA
$12,500
To support the Earshot Jazz Festival in various Seattle venues. The project will present more than 250 international and regional jazz artists in more than 50 concerts and outreach activities.
EastSide Arts Alliance
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support the Malcolm X JazzArts Festival. The all-day, free jazz festival will include performances of African American jazz; Asian jazz; Latin jazz; and jazz combined with hip hop, soul, and spoken word.
Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association
Elgin, IL
$15,000
To support Aaron Copland: American Icon. The month-long festival will be the final installment of a three-year initiative, Exploring Our American Voices, tracing the development of American themes in music through its presentation of concerts, interdisciplinary community events, and education programs.
Eugene Symphony Association, Inc.
Eugene, OR
$7,500
To support the Visiting Masters Program. Free, public master classes and workshops by flutist Sir James Galway, conductor Victor Yampolsky, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and violinists Shannon Lee and Kathryn Lucktenberg will take place for aspiring professional musicians.
Florida Orchestra, Inc.
Tampa, FL
$12,500
To support The Festival de Musica Latina. The project will consist of six concerts of diverse programming that will feature Latin jazz along with classical masterworks by Latino composers and related educational activities.
Friends of Chamber Music (aka FCM or The Friends)
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To support educational programs and chamber music, solo piano, and early music presentations featuring artists and groups including the Moscow Soloists, Richard Goode, and Chanticleer. Eight concerts and three educational programs will be presented.
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Operating Corporation
Southfield, MI
$7,500
To support the Shouse Institute, a professional training program. Emerging, pre-professional ensembles will participate in coaching sessions, master classes, and performances.
Handel & Haydn Society
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support period-instrument performances of choral music by Franz Joseph Haydn and related educational activities. In his first season as artistic director, Sir Roger Norrington will conduct two performances of Haydn's last mass, Harmoniemesse (Harmony Mass).
Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc. (aka Healdsburg Jazz Festival)
Healdsburg, CA
$10,000
To support the ninth annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival. The 11-day June festival will include jazz concerts as well as educational activities such as demonstrations, presentations, and student mentoring. Proposed artists include NEA Jazz Masters Kenny Burrell and Wayne Shorter.
International Association for Jazz Education (aka IAJE)
Manhattan, KS
$45,000
To support the 35th annual International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference and Music Festival. The conference includes performances, workshops, master classes, and panel sessions and will be held in Toronto, Canada.
Jacksonville Symphony Association
Jacksonville, FL
$10,000
To support Fresh Ink 2008: Florida Composers' Competition. The biennial competition will include open rehearsal reading sessions, performances by finalists, and a commission.
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. (aka Jazz at Lincoln Center) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival and the Band Director Academy activities. In addition to the festival taking place in New York City, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will partner as host for a regional Essentially Ellington Festival; provide performance, clinic/workshop, and rehearsal space; and identify local high school jazz bands as participants.
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. (aka Jazz at Lincoln Center)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a series of jazz concerts by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. The performances in the Rose Theater at the Frederick P. Rose Hall will feature works that survey the major periods of jazz innovation throughout the last century.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (aka The Kennedy Center)
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support the Jazz In Our Time Festival. The eight-day festival will showcase the jazz art form through performance, film, photography, jam sessions, and panel discussions. As many as 23 NEA Jazz Masters, including Paquito D'Rivera and Billy Taylor, will peform alongside emerging jazz artists.
Juneau Jazz & Classics, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$10,000
To support the Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival. Approximately 32 jazz and classical musicians will be presented during the nine-day festival.
Kronos Performing Arts Assn (aka Kronos Quartet)
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support Kronos in Time: Past, Present, and Future Tense. The three-part project will feature a revival of the quartet's 1998 staged production of George Crumb's Black Angels, residency partnerships with three U.S. presenters, and three commissioned works.
Kuumbwa Jazz Society (aka Kuumbwa Jazz Center)
Santa Cruz, CA
$17,500
To support concerts of jazz artists that expose artists and audiences to unique combinations of jazz styles from various historical periods. Among the performances are appearances by NEA Jazz Masters Sonny Rollins and McCoy Tyner.
La Jolla Chamber Music Society (aka formerly known as)
La Jolla, CA
$17,500
To support SummerFest. Under the direction of Music Director and violinist Cho-Liang Lin, the three-week festival will include chamber music, jazz presentations, and educational activities.
Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$15,000
To support jazz presentations. The project will include five concerts featuring duos of jazz artists and residency activities. A local radio station will broadcast interviews with participating artists, including NEA Jazz Master pianlist Chick Corea and bassist Dave Holland.
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society, Inc. (aka Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
Los Angeles, CA
$22,500
To support concerts featuring emerging artists and related educational activities. British conductor Edward Gardner and Los Angeles violinist Lindsay Deutsch each will be featured in two repeated programs, including outreach to local elementary students.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Association (aka Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC))
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support a concert series dedicated to American composers. Plans include three concerts featuring the world premiere of Christopher Rouse's Requiem; the West Coast premiere of Steve Reich's Daniel Variations; and a concert devoted to jazz composer Mary Lou Williams, performed by the Luckman Jazz Orchestra and Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support the Tristan Project. Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde will be presented in a semi-staged concert production in Los Angeles and New York City. There will be two concerts designed for families, as well as pre-concert lectures as part of the Upbeat Live lecture series.
Marilyn Horne Foundation (aka MHF)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support professional development of emerging vocal artists through recitals and educational artist residencies. Recitals will be presented in New York and Los Angeles as part of the On Wings of Song series and recorded for later broadcast on WQXR-FM radio.
Marlboro School of Music, Inc. (aka Marlboro Music Festival)
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the Invited Master Artist Project. As many as 100 students (ages 18 to 32) will participate in a series of workshops, open rehearsals and concerts, master classes, and lecture-demonstrations led by a group of world-class concert artists, composers, and scholars.
Meet The Composer, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support Commissioning Music/USA. The program supports the creation and multiple performances of new American music works. The program will result in approximately 30 to 50 new works through partnering composers and participating chamber and symphony orchestras; opera, dance, and music theater companies, and jazz and chamber ensembles nationwide.
Monterey County Symphony Association (aka Monterey Symphony)
Carmel, CA
$10,000
To support concert programs featuring works by Beethoven, contemporaries Marques y Garcia, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky. Performances will be held in Salinas and Carmel and will reach approximately 4,000 people.
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$25,000
To support the 50th Monterey Jazz Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Key components of the project will be the premiere of a commissioned work by artist-in-residence NEA Jazz Master Gerald Wilson and performances by emerging jazz musicians.
Mount Saint Mary's College (on behalf of Da Camera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Da Camera Society's presentation of Chamber Music in Historic Sites. The series of chamber music concerts and outreach activities will match musical programming from a variety of cultures and periods with sites of architectural and historical significance in the Los Angeles area.
Music Associates of Aspen, Inc. (aka Aspen Music Festival and School)
Aspen, CO
$25,000
To support the Aspen Music Festival's American Academy of Conducting. The summer institute for post-conservatory conductors will engage participants in a comprehensive, professional development training program.
Music at Angel Fire, Inc. (aka Music from Angel Fire)
Angel Fire, NM
$10,000
To support Music at Angel Fire's 24th Anniversary Festival. Activities will include Music in the Schools classroom performances and touring to the rural northern New Mexico communities of Las Vegas, Raton, and Taos, offering specific programs for each community.
Music From China, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
To support thematic concerts of new music for traditional Chinese instruments. The project will include the commissioning and premiere of new work by Jason Kao Hwang.
Music Journeys, Inc.
Fayetteville, NY
$10,000
To support mini-festivals and an artist residency to promote contemporary American music. In addition to performances, pianist Sodi Braide will participate in outreach programs in Syracuse public schools.
Musical Arts Association (aka The Cleveland Orchestra)
Cleveland, OH
$50,000
To support Evocations of Vienna, an exploration of the works of composer Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss II. The project will include concert performances by the Cleveland Orchestra of Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier, Johann Strauss's polkas and waltzes, and related educational activities.
National Symphony Orchestra Association (aka National Symphony Orchestra)
Washington, DC
$35,000
To support an audience engagement initiative designed to foster understanding of and participation in the performing arts by generations of orchestral audiences. The orchestra will perform concerts designed for sequential age groups from toddlers to young adults and families.
New School University (on behalf of New School Concerts)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the New York String Seminar Program for emerging young musicians. The professional development program, directed by violinist and conductor Jaime Laredo, will culminate in two concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$50,000
To support the Musician Professional Development Program. Under the artistic direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, the program will utilize performances, coaching, and community outreach activities to prepare young artists for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field.
Oakland East Bay Symphony (aka OEBS)
Oakland, CA
$15,000
To support premiere performances of new works by American composers. The project will include works by Nolan Gasser, Pierre Jalbert, Andrew Norman, and Argentine-born Osvaldo Golijov. The composers also will participate in pre-concert lectures.
Ojai Festivals, Ltd. (aka Ojai Music Festival)
Ojai, CA
$18,000
To support the Ojai Music Festival. The 61st annual music festival, directed by artistic director Thomas W. Morris and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, will present the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale with guest conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, duo pianists Amy Williams and Helena Bugallo, and percussion ensemble Nexus.
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
Eastsound, WA
$10,000
To support The Music Experience, a celebration of the festival's 10th anniversary in a rural community within Washington State's San Juan Islands. Performances will feature artists such as pianist Jon Kimura Parker and violinist William Preucil.
Orchestra 2001, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the performance of composer George Crumb's American Songbook. A three-day celebration of the work will be conducted by music director James Freeman at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
Oregon Symphony Association (aka Oregon Symphony)
Portland, OR
$22,500
To support the world premiere of Symphony No. 13, a newly commissioned work by Oregon composer Robert Kyr. Performances will be held at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland and recorded for subsequent radio broadcasts.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc. (aka Orpheus)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a new music initiative and related educational activities. The project will include a commission to composer Ingram Marshall, performances, touring to Virginia and South Carolina, and broadcasts.
Outpost Productions, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support the third annual Creative Soundspace Festival. The project will present an artistically diverse group of artists in performances of avant-jazz, experimental, and improvisational music. Participating artists will include NEA Jazz Master and pianist Cecil Taylor and koto player Miya Masaoka.
Pacific Chorale
Santa Ana, CA
$10,000
To support the closing concert of the chorale's inaugural year in the new Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony, under the artistic direction of John Alexander, will perform Osvaldo Golijov's Oceana and Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 1 (A Sea Symphony).
Pacific Symphony Association (aka Orange County's Pacific Symphony)
Santa Ana, CA
$45,000
To support the Los Sonidos de Mexico (Sounds of Mexico) Festival. The orchestra will explore works by Mexican composers through performances and educational presentations, and will premiere a commissioned work for percussion by Mexican composer Daniel Catan.
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support an art song concert series. The project's exploration of vocal music will include performances of works ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary music, along with master classes and lectures conducted by guest artists and scholars.
Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$75,000
To support Philadelphia Firsts, the orchestra's first performances of works by composers John Harbison, Oliver Knussen, John Adams, Hans Rott, and Olivier Messiaen. The concerts will be performed at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$12,500
To support performances of a semi-staged concert version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera in two acts, Il re pastore (1775). Under the direction of music director Nicholas McGegan, the performances on period instruments will highlight one of Mozart's early and rarely performed works.
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka The New York Philharmonic)
New York, NY
$75,000
To support Transformations: The Music of Luciano Berio. The four-week festival, presented by the New York Philharmonic at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, will be a retrospective of the composer's symphonic repertoire.
Pittsburgh Symphony Society (aka Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Pittsburgh, PA
$50,000
To support the Composer of the Year residency activities with composer Christopher Theofanidis. The project will include a commission and performance of his violin concerto, premiered by violinist Sarah Chang.
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra (aka Portland Symphony Orchestra(PSO))
Portland, ME
$10,000
To support an artist residency with the Le Vent du Nord quartet. The orchestra and the French-Canadian ensemble will perform orchestral arrangements of French folk music.
Pottstown Symphony Orchestra
Pottstown, PA
$10,000
To support a commissioned work by composer Robert Maggio, a premiere performance, and educational activities. Maggio's work will be paired in concert with the U.S. premiere of Dutch composer Jan Koetsier's Concertino per corno e orchestra d'Archi (No. 5, Op. 74), performed by Dutch horn soloist Ab Koster.
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$50,000
To support A King Celebration, a project that celebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A collaboration between the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Morehouse College, the project will include performances, educational outreach activities, and a national radio broadcast.
Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra
Ashland, OR
$10,000
To support artist residencies. Violinist Ian Swenson and pianist Joyce Yang will participate in workshops, master classes, and performances with the orchestra.
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra Association, Inc. (aka Sacramento Philharmonic)
Sacramento, CA
$10,000
To support an all-Beethoven concert in celebration of the orchestra's 10th anniversary season. Under the artistic direction of Michael Morgan, the performance will feature Chinese pianist Chu-Fang Huang, preceded by a week of school outreach visits.
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society (aka The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)
Saint Paul, MN
$50,000
To support the Living Composers Project. The orchestra will perform new works by Elliott Carter, Osvaldo Golijov, and David Lang, as well as two commissioned works by George Tsontakis and composer-in-residence Fred Lerdahl. More than 9,900 audience members are expected to attend the 10 concerts, which also will be broadcast on local radio.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support performances of works by composers Edmund Campion, Ellen Harrison, Brian Ferneyhough, Marco Stroppa, Manolis Manousakis, and James Matheson.
San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the Affiliates Program for chamber music ensembles. The project will include presentation of concerts and Web site improvements as well as services such as technical assistance workshops, educational outreach coaching, and the publication of a newsletter.
San Francisco Jazz Organization (aka SFJAZZ)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the residency and touring activities of the SFJAZZ Collective ensemble. Events will include open rehearsals, world premieres of new work, educational outreach activities, and a national tour.
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To support A Prokofiev Festival. The two-week series of performances and educational activities will explore the work of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, including The Love for Three Oranges, The Scythian Suite, and Piano Concerto No. 2. The festival will be broadcast on 300 local and national radio stations.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
$30,000
To support the 35th annual Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. The project will include a diverse range of repertoire, guest composers, and world premieres, as well as free community and youth concerts.
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Santa Fe, NM
$7,500
To support commissions and performances of new works by composers Kirke Mechem, Bradley Ellingboe, and David Yeagley. Performances will take place in the St. Francis Cathedral, Lensic Performing Arts Center, Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, and in Ranchos de Taos and Albuquerque churches.
Santa Rosa Symphony Association
Santa Rosa, CA
$10,000
To support the Early Romantics Festival. The project will feature the chamber music of Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, and Lizst performed by the Santa Rosa Symphony Chamber Players, and will culminate with an orchestral concert which will be broadcast on local radio.
Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$10,000
To support the Savannah Music Festival. Performances will be held in historic structures and venues of downtown Savannah. Programming for the festival will include orchestral performances and solo recitals featuring soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian and jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves.
Schubert Club, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the fourth annual Saint Paul Summer Song Festival. The 10-day event, focusing on the art song through recitals, master classes, and lectures, will be held in the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts McKnight Theatre in downtown St. Paul.
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
$10,000
To support the Skidmore Jazz Institute. Hosted by the college's Bernhard Theater, the two-week summer jazz program will include master classes, daily classes on improvisational techniques, private instruction, and a mini-jazz festival.
Sphinx Organization, Inc.
Detroit, MI
$55,000
To support the artistic development of the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra. The ensemble of professional African American and Latino musicians from orchestras and institutions around the country will perform concerts in Ann Arbor and at Orchestra Hall in Detroit, and feature talented, young soloists in each of the concerts.
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Inc. (aka Orchestra of St. Luke's)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a festival featuring music by American women composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, such as Amy Beach and Chen Yi. Concerts will be held at the Chelsea Museum in New York City and the Dia: Beacon Riggio Galleries in Beacon, New York.
Stanford Jazz Workshop
Stanford, CA
$20,000
To support the annual Stanford Jazz Festival. The programming will feature NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter, emerging jazz artists, and free events such as outdoor concerts, informal jam sessions, and performances by students participating in the concurrently running jazz camp and jazz residency program.
Stockton Symphony Association, Inc. (aka Stockton Symphony)
Stockton, CA
$10,000
To support a composer residency program with Christopher Brubeck. The residency will include a commission and premiere of a new work, community outreach, and performances in the California communities of Stockton, Tracy, Manteca, and Calaveras County.
Symphony Society of San Antonio (aka San Antonio Symphony)
San Antonio, TX
$15,000
To support The Cutting Edge, performances of music by living American composers Chen Yi, Osvaldo Golijov, and Timothy Kramer. The concerts will be held in San Antonio's Majestic Theatre and will be accompanied by community outreach activities at local schools, universities, and public venues.
Tempesta di Mare, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support Hoshanna, a concert program of three Hebrew cantatas from the baroque and early classical period for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. Performances will be held at Haverford College and at a venue in Philadelphia.
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
$10,000
To support the 37th annual UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. Performances will feature NEA Jazz Master Roy Haynes, Mary Stallings, and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.
Virginia Symphony (aka Virginia Symphony Orchestra)
Norfolk, VA
$20,000
To support a community engagement residency program. The orchestra will perform concerts in conjunction with Jamestown 2007, a national celebration of the 400th birthday of the Jamestown settlement.
Vocal Arts Society (aka VAS)
Washington, DC
$12,500
To support the presentation of solo vocal recitalists, including mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and tenor Quinn Kelsey. Performances will be held in the Terrace Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and other venues in Washington, DC.
VocalEssence
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
To support the Witness program. An annual celebration of contributions by African Americans, the program will focus on the life of Rosa Parks in a young people's concert, a residency program in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, performances of Hannibal Lokumbe's oratorio Dear Mrs. Parks, and regional and national broadcasts on public radio.
VocalEssence (Consortium)
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support Illuminating Bolcom, a collaborative project with the Minnesota Boychoir. The 10-day festival will feature performances of William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience (William Blake) at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.
Walla Walla Symphony
Walla Walla, WA
$10,000
To support Soundscapes, a concert celebrating the orchestra's 100th season. The program will include the world premiere of a commissioned work by composer Forrest Pierce.
Young Concert Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Young Concert Artists Series. The professional development program of recitals and concerto debuts in New York City and Washington, DC, will include the commissioning of a new work by a young composer and provide career management for emerging classical performers and composers.
Youth Orchestra of the Americas (aka YOA)
Arlington, VA
$10,000
To support tour concerts. Four concerts will take place at festivals in Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Virginia. Founded in 2000, the multicultural orchestra comprises 110 musicians (ages 18 to 26) from 20 countries in the Western Hemisphere.
National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20506
|
