2008 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ March 12, 2007 deadline ]

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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 2009 American Music Festival, The River. Marking the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's journey up the Hudson River, the month-long festival will examine the evolution of New York State, as well as the idea of "voyages of discovery" through numerous commissions and performances.

American Composers Forum
Saint Paul, MN
$25,000
To support Music In Motion. Composers will be paired with choreographers and their dance companies to create new works for performance.

American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the Orchestra Underground Concerts, New Music Readings, and Playing It UNSafe Concerts. Through commissions, readings, and performances of new work, 12 to 15 composers will have the opportunity to further their artistic development and expose their music to new audiences.

American Guild of Organists
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation and radio broadcast of performances of new organ works. A total of 11 new compositions will be premiered at the biennial national convention in Minneapolis.

American Music Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support online services for new American music. Services will include www.NewMusicBox.org, a monthly Web magazine about artists and issues in the new music community; www.NewMusicJukeBox.org, a searchable, encyclopedic database of contemporary American composers; and Counterstream Radio, a new online radio station.

American Music Center, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a study of new music in America and the presentation of the results. In partnership with the American Composers Forum, the center will present the study results at the June 2008 National Performing Arts Convention in Denver.

American Symphony Orchestra League
New York, NY
$135,000
To support services designed to strengthen orchestras through learning and leadership 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.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation of U.S. premieres, rarely performed works by established composers, and related educational activities. Plans include performances of works by composers Vladimir Shcherbachov, Arthur Louri, Ferdinand Hiller, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Andrzej Panufnik, Rued Langgaard, and Ildebrando Pizzetti.

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Cleveland Heights, OH
$7,500
To support Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Context and Creativity. The month-long project includes five subscription concerts, a national tour, national radio and television broadcasts, and educational activities.

Arts Alive Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
$12,500
To support the Fort Collins Jazz Festival. The weekend festival will feature performances by local, regional, and national jazz artists with accompanying educational activities.

Arts for Art, Inc. (aka Vision Festival)
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the 13th annual Vision Festival. The week-long festival of jazz will take place at the Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts in New York City.

Association of California Symphony Orchestras
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.

Astral Artistic Services
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support a series of solo recitals and concerts in Philadelphia and New York. The series will include debuts by violinists Jennifer Curtis and Saeka Matsuyama, soprano Dsella Lrusdttir, the Koryo String Quartet, and oboist Katherine Needleman.

Baltimore Classical Guitar Society, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$7,500
To support the commissioning, tour, and recording of a new work for guitar and string quartet by composer Gabriela Lena Frank. Guitarist Manuel Barrueco and Cuarteto Latinoamericano will perform the new work in several U.S. cities including Baltimore, Houston, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$20,000
To support composer residencies, performances, and educational activities. In the inaugural season of Music Director Marin Alsop, seven week-long composer residencies will each begin with Composers in Conversations programs and conclude with performances of their work coupled with a Beethoven symphony or other works from the standard repertoire.

Bang on a Can, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support the presentation of the Bang on a Can Marathon/Festival at venues across the country. In celebration of the 20th-anniversary season, the all-day, multi-stage new music festival will be presented at the Lied Center in Lincoln, Nebraska; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California; on the UCLA Live series at the University of California - Los Angeles; and on the Carolina Arts series at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Bard College (on behalf of Bard Music Festival)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$10,000
To support the Bard Music Festival. The festival will explore the music of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev and his contemporaries by presenting a range of musical forms including symphonic, choral, chamber, and piano music.

Bargemusic, Ltd.
Brooklyn, NY
$7,500
To support a string quartet residency for emerging musicians. The Vertigo String Quartet will perform 15 concerts as well as two after-school programs for children in neighborhood schools.

Boise State University
Boise, ID
$7,500
To support chamber music presentations with accompanying educational activities and a string quartet competition. Two concerts will take place featuring the Aulos Ensemble and the Ying String Quartet.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (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, under the direction of Boston Symphony Orchestra's music director James Levine, will feature a centenary celebration of composer Elliott Carter, who is expected to attend.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Boston, MA
$50,000
To support world premiere performances of newly commissioned works by composers John Harbison and William Bolcom, with associated educational activities. As part of the orchestra's 125th-anniversary season, the performances of the works will be preceded by lectures and an open rehearsal for local high school students.

Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek
Vail, CO
$10,000
To support the 21st annual Vail Valley Music Festival. The summer festival will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, open rehearsals, public workshops, and educational outreach concerts.

Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Detroit, MI
$12,500
To support the second annual Brazeal Dennard Chorale Spiritual Festival. Plans include performances, workshops, and a choral competition for high school, college, church, and community choruses.

Brevard Music Center, Inc.
Brevard, NC
$10,000
To support the Master Teacher Program. Internationally recognized musicians will offer coaching sessions and master classes and will perform concerts for students (high school through post-graduate level) in a seven-week summer program.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$22,500
To support Music Off the Walls. A series of thematic chamber music concerts will be performed in conjunction with current exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support the John Corigliano 70th Birthday Festival. The festival will include performances of his works, educational activities, and film screenings featuring scores by the composer.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$10,000
To support the performance and recording of composer Marcel Tyberg's Symphony No. 3. Many works of Tyberg, a promising young composer who lost his life in the Holocaust in 1944, were recently discovered in Buffalo by a student of the composer.

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Santa Cruz, CA
$12,500
To support a professional development program for conductors and composers. The training program, led by conductors Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier, will offer emerging conductors the opportunity to lead small and large ensembles in rehearsals and public performances, program contemporary works, and collaborate with composers.

California EAR Unit Foundation
Santa Clarita, CA
$7,500
To support concerts at the REDCAT Theater in the Disney Concert Hall complex. The series will celebrate the integration of advanced technologies in music by programming works scored for acoustic instruments and electronics such as tape, synthesizer, or computer.

California Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Walnut Creek, CA
$10,000
To support the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program. The residency with composer Mason Bates will include recorded reading sessions, high school visits, and the creation and presentation of a new work.

Cantata Singers Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support Slavery Documents 3, a commissioning, recording, performance, and audience engagement project. Continuing a series of commissions focusing on oppressed peoples, Israeli composer Lior Navok will create a new work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra using historic documents from the Holocaust.

Canton Symphony Orchestra Association
Canton, OH
$10,000
To support the 100th-anniversary commemoration of the death of pianist and composer Edward MacDowell. Plans include lectures, a composition contest for middle and high school students, and a performance of MacDowell's Piano Concerto No. 2 by pianist Kotaro Fukuma.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support the Leonard Bernstein Festival. The two-month festival, marking the 90th anniversary of Bernstein's birth, will feature performances of orchestral and vocal works and educational activities.

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
Leonia, NJ
$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
$10,000
To support American Voices: 1750-2008, a festival of concerts and educational activities. Five programs of music by 22 composers will explore American musical history covering a period of two-and-a-half centuries.

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN
$7,500
To support chamber music concerts, residency activities, and outreach activities for school students. The Colorado String Quartet and the piano trio Triple Helix will be presented.

Charleston Concert Association
Charleston, SC
$10,000
To support Keeping the Spirit Alive: Celebrating Charleston's Contributions to Jazz. Activities will include performances by artists from the Monterey Jazz Festival, collection of historical data on Charleston jazz musicians, and educational programs.

Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Freshly Scored Series. Activities for the series will include three thematic concerts of new chamber music including the performance and recording of the winning work of a composition competition.

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 WFMT-FM radio station, the free noontime concert series is a partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support a series of concerts. Programming will include a concert tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a concert featuring women in classical music, and a pairing of various styles of blues with a performance of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition with video projections.

Chicago Sinfonietta (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support concerts of classical chamber music influenced by traditional Mexican music and music of the Americas. Three concerts will be presented in partnership with the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.

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.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$65,000
To support choral orchestral concerts featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the chorus, 15 concerts of 6 programs will explore the full range of the choral repertoire.

Chorus America
Washington, DC
$60,000
To support services and technical assistance to the choral field. Activities will include an annual conference, publications, and leadership development forums for conductors, board members, and managers.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
To support a Stylistic Survey of Contemporary Composers. Performances of works by composers John Adams, Guillaume Connesson, Robert O. Johnson, Arvo Prt, Eino Tamberg, Jukka Tiensuu, Veljo Tormis, and Jrg Widmann are planned which will include U.S. and world premieres.

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 (aka Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the creation and performance of a new work by composer Sir John Tavener and associated educational activities by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Scored for string orchestra, voice, and timpani, Tavener's work will be performed under the direction of Music Director Ignat Solzhenitsyn.

Conspirare, Inc.
Austin, TX
$18,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new choral work by composer Eric Whitacre. The premiere of the concert-length oratorio will merge jazz and rock idioms within classical structures.

Contemporary Arts Center (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support NEA Jazz Masters concert presentations. NEA Jazz Masters Jim Hall (guitarist) and James Moody (saxophonist) will be presented in partnership with the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation (NOJHFF).

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (on behalf of Tri-C JazzFest)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support the annual Tri-C JazzFest. The festival will explore the concept of jazz interpretations by musicians, artists, and composers who have had an impact in musical genres other than jazz.

Da Camera Society of Texas
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support a series of chamber music concerts. Six concert programs with related educational activities are planned that will focus on the experiences and influences of composers in exile—whether fleeing war or exploring creative opportunities.

Dallas Symphony Association, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$12,500
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky and librettist Gene Scheer based on the life of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The work will be scored for orchestra and chorus.

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association
Dayton, OH
$10,000
To support the concert series Classical Connections. Prior to each concert, ticketholders will receive a Listener's Guide, and Music Director Neal Gittleman will lead an in-depth discussion and coordinate orchestral demonstrations about the music in the series.

Detroit International Jazz Festival Foundation
St. Clair Shores, MI
$15,000
To support the Detroit International Jazz Festival. During a four-day period, jazz performances presented on six different concert stages will focus on music known as Motown and "Philly Soul."

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (aka Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Detroit, MI
$35,000
To support the Eight Days in June Festival. The festival will include orchestral, chamber, and jazz performances.

Early Music America, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support services to the early music field. Plans include workshops in professional development, showcases at regional booking conferences, subscriptions to online services for members, and upgrades to the Web site.

Earplay
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support concerts featuring works of composer Peter Maxwell Davies. The British composer's works will be programmed in context with other works by a diverse group of local and international composers.

Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle
Seattle, WA
$12,500
To support the Earshot Jazz Festival in various Seattle venues. The festival will present more than 250 international and regional jazz artists in more than 50 concerts and outreach activities.

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music & Dance (on behalf of Merkin Concert Hall)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by composer David Rakowski. The premiere performance at Merkin Concert Hall will be the culminating concert in a series titled Written Jazz: From New to Now, which will address classical artists' ability to play jazz-inspired works.

Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association
Elgin, IL
$12,500
To support the George Gershwin Festival. Concerts, community events, and educational activities will examine the composer's efforts to fuse American jazz and popular song with the European classical tradition.

Elkhart Centre, Inc.
Elkhart, IN
$7,500
To support the Elkhart Jazz Festival. Held during three days in June, the festival will feature more than 150 musicians performing on seven different stages.

Embassy Series
Washington, DC
$7,500
To support the presentation of concerts in embassies in Washington, DC, and accompanying educational activities. Solo musicians as well as ensembles will perform the music of Haydn, Chopin, Schubert, contemporary American composers, and others as well as performances of traditional Indonesian and Afghan music.

Ethel's Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
$7,500
To support Truck Stop, a new work drawn from collaborations during residencies across the United States. At each of seven or more residency "stops," the string quartet Ethel will collaborate with regional artists to create a different chapter of the musical diary as part of the larger set of Truck Stop creations.

Eugene Symphony Association, Inc.
Eugene, OR
$7,500
To support American Encounters: Roberto Sierra. The series will include performances of Sierra's recent compositions, a radio broadcast, and a composer residency.

Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association
Moorhead, MN
$10,000
To support performances of Carmina Burana by composer Carl Orff. The chorus will comprise 175 adults and students from the community.

Fontana Chamber Arts
Kalamazoo, MI
$7,500
To support the Fontana Chamber Arts Summer Music Festival. Plans include 19 concerts representing a range of chamber music styles including classical, jazz, contemporary, and world music.

Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To support presentations of chamber music, solo piano, early music, and educational programs. Seven concerts and three "What Makes It Great?" educational programs will be presented.

Future of Music Coalition
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the annual Policy Summit. The three-day conference will engage speakers and panelists to discuss and examine key issues impacting independent professional musicians including digital technology, artists' rights, and the current state of the music industry.

Grand Center, Inc. (Consortium)
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the Meredith Monk Festival. Plans include the commissioning of a new work by Monk for chamber chorus and orchestra to be performed in partnership with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and chorus.

Grant Park Orchestral Association
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support performances of works by composer John Adams and associated educational activities of the Grant Park Music Festival. Four works will be performed including choruses from two of Adams's operas, The Death of Klinghoffer and Doctor Atomic; The Dharma at Big Sur for orchestra and solo electric violin; and the nativity oratorio El Nio.

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
$10,000
To support historically informed performances of Haydn's Mass in Time of War and associated educational activities. Two concerts will be conducted by artistic adviser Sir Roger Norrington.

Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc.
Healdsburg, CA
$5,000
To support the 10th 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.

Heifetz International Music Institute, Inc.
Ellicott City, MD
$8,500
To support communication training for young musicians. Activities will take place during the summer institute held in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

Houston Symphony Society (aka Houston Symphony)
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support The Beethoven Experience. The day-long investigation of Beethoven's life and music will include concerts, a lecture, and a film screening.

International Association for Jazz Education
Manhattan, KS
$45,000
To support the 36th annual International Association for Jazz Education Conference and Music Festival. The conference in Seattle will include performances, workshops, master classes, and panel sessions.

Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
Kalamazoo, MI
$25,000
To support the Gilmore Keyboard Festival. More than 100 classical concerts, master classes, lectures, and public educational programs will be presented throughout southwestern Michigan.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a series of jazz concerts by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. The performances will take place in the Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall and will feature works that survey the major periods of jazz innovation throughout the last century.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
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.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the A Cappella: Singing Solo Festival. The 10-day festival will feature more than 25 groups in 13 performances throughout the Kennedy Center, with accompanying educational activities.

Juneau Jazz & Classics, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$7,500
To support the Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival. Approximately 32 jazz and classical musicians will be presented during the nine-day festival.

Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
$15,000
To support the East-West Confluence Project. Plans include performances of works by composers Lou Harrison and Zhou Long, both known for incorporating elements of Asian music together with Western compositional approaches.

Kronos Performing Arts Assn. (aka Kronos Quartet)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support commissioning and performances by the Kronos Quartet. Composers Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and Hanna Kulenty will write new works for string quartet.

Kuumbwa Jazz Society
Santa Cruz, CA
$15,000
To support jazz presentations. Plans include the presentation of two NEA Jazz Masters and an emerging jazz vocalist from San Francisco, Paula West.

La Jolla Music Society
La Jolla, CA
$15,000
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, commissioning, and residency activities. The project will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Williams Center for the Arts through the presentation of four concerts by pianist and artist-in-residence Mulgrew Miller.

Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
To support the commissioning and premiere of a new work by Ricky Ian Gordon and the premiere of a work by David O. Both works will be performed in concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$80,000
To support Concrete Frequency, a celebration of the city reflected in the music of our time. Festival activities will include symposia focusing on urban issues and concerts featuring orchestral music as well as elements from contemporary urban culture.

Louisville Orchestra, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$20,000
To support musical activities celebrating the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln. Activities will include a live broadcast concert on public television, the commissioning of a work by composer Peter Schickele, and four educational concerts.

Marilyn Horne Foundation
New York, NY
$12,500
To support professional development of emerging vocal artists through recitals and educational artist residencies. Recitals will be presented in New York, St. Louis, and Santa Barbara as part of the On Wings of Song series and recorded for later broadcast on WQXR-FM radio.

Marlboro School of Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the Invited Master Artist Project of the Marlboro Music Festival. 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 the America Commissions Initiative. The program is designed to stimulate commissioning and performances of new American music through technical assistance and enhanced communication and active engagement with communities.

Melodia Women's Choir of NYC, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
To support performances of Olivier Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine. The concerts will celebrate the centenary of the composer's birth and will be held at Merkin Hall in New York City.

Mills College
Oakland, CA
$7,500
To support the presentation of concerts by the Center for Contemporary Music. Guest composers and performers Jonas Baes, Ann Warde, David Dunn, Cheryl Leonard, Krys Bobrowski, Sergi Jorda, and Hilda will participate in performances of their work at the Mills College Concert Hall in Oakland.

Minnesota Orchestral Association
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. The professional development project will be directed by the orchestra's Composer Institute Co-Chairs: composer and new music adviser Aaron Jay Kernis and artistic planning associate Beth Cowart.

Monadnock Music
Peterborough, NH
$10,000
To support free community concerts in rural southwestern New Hampshire towns. Summer concerts by soloists, ensembles, and chamber orchestras will be performed in churches and meeting houses each week during the two months of the festival.

Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$22,500
To support the 51st Monterey Jazz Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Key components of the festival will be the premiere of a commissioned work by composer Maria Schneider, an artist residency by Christian McBride, and performances by emerging jazz musicians.

Mount Saint Mary's College (on behalf of Da Camera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of Chamber Music in Historic Sites by the Da Camera Society. 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
$20,000
To support the American Academy of Conducting of the Aspen Music Festival. The summer institute for post-conservatory conductors will engage participants in a comprehensive, professional development training program.

Music at Angel Fire, Inc.
Angel Fire, NM
$10,000
To support the 25th-anniversary festival. Activities will include Music in the Schools classroom performances and touring to rural northern New Mexico communities of Las Vegas, Raton, and Taos, with specific programs offered for each community.

Music at the Anthology, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the 10th-anniversary festival of new music. In collaboration with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the festival will include a concert featuring orchestral work by young composers.

Musical Arts Association (aka The Cleveland Orchestra)
Cleveland, OH
$50,000
To support the Cleveland Orchestra's concert performances of two operas, Bela Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle and Antonin Dvorak's Rusalka. The performances will be held at Severance Hall.

Nashville Public Radio (aka WPLN)
Nashville, TN
$5,000
To support Live in Studio C, a weekly live radio broadcast of performances and interviews with Nashville area musicians on WPLN. The locally produced program will feature primarily classical and jazz music.

National Repertory Orchestra, Inc.
Breckenridge, CO
$7,500
To support professional development for emerging orchestral musicians. The project will include guest conductors, master classes, and a summer seminar program.

National Symphony Orchestra Association of Washington, DC
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support the ninth annual National Conducting Institute. The professional development program for conductors will culminate in concerts at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center (aka The Egg)
Albany, NY
$7,500
To support the Hudson River Quadricentennial Commissioning Project presented at The Egg. Three new works by composers and instrumentalists Mark O'Connor, Don Byron, and Daniel Bernard Roumain will be premiered.

Network for New Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$7,500
To support The Poetry Project concert program. The ensemble will perform new music works reflecting the collaboration between area composers and poets.

New School University (on behalf of New School Concerts)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the New School Concerts' 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 Sounds Music, Inc. (aka PRISM Quartet)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the premiere of a work by composer Zhou Long performed by the Prism Quartet and guest artists Music from China. The work is written for saxophone quartet with traditional Chinese instruments.

New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$45,000
To support the Advanced 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.

New York Pops, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Gershwin: Great Moments from Porgy and Bess and Dayful of Song. The concert performance will be directed by guest conductor Andrew Litton at Carnegie Hall.

Newark Museum Association (Consortium)
Newark, NJ
$7,500
To support Jazz in the Garden summer concerts. In partnership with Newark Public Radio (WBGO-FM), the museum will present jazz concerts and lecture-demonstrations for emerging musicians.

Oakland East Bay Symphony
Oakland, CA
$15,000
To support performances of works by living American composers. The project will include premieres of new works by Jon Jang and Roberto Sierra, as well as works by John Adams and Stephen Sondheim.

Ojai Festivals, Ltd.
Ojai, CA
$15,000
To support the Ojai Music Festival. The 62nd annual music festival, directed by artistic director Thomas W. Morris, will feature music director David Robertson, soprano Dawn Upshaw, the vocal ensemble Synergy, and the Ojai Festival Orchestra.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support commissioning, performances, and educational activities. The project will include a commissioned work written by composer Charles Wuorinen, performances, touring in New Jersey, and live radio broadcasts.

Other Minds
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support OM13, the 13th annual new music festival. The festival will be held at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, with guest composers participating in a five-day residency that will include a panel discussion, free workshop, and lecture-demonstration session.

Pacific Symphony
Santa Ana, CA
$45,000
To support The Idea of the West, an American composers festival. Programming will feature music inspired by open spaces, Native American culture, cowboy songs, and other influences that forged an authentic American voice during the last century.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$12,500
To support Voices of Our Time, a program of Philadelphia premieres of new works by living composers. Performances will be held at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art, American Philosophical Society, and Seaport Museum.

Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Inc.
Merion, PA
$10,000
To support Reawakenings of American Indian Music, a commissioning and performance of new works based on the culture of the Lenni-Lenape Indians of Delaware. Composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate will participate in an artist residency that will include educational programming in Philadelphia and Norristown area schools.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$70,000
To support Philadelphia Firsts, the orchestra's first performances of works by composers Jennifer Higdon, Anders Hillborg, Herbert Willi, Marc-André Dalbavie, and Thierry Escaich. The concerts will be performed at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a festival commemorating the 250th anniversary of George Frideric Handel's death. Under the direction of music director Nicholas McGegan, the performances on period instruments will be presented in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and Lafayette, California, and at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka The New York Philharmonic)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the New York Philharmonic's Leonard Bernstein Festival. Performances of Bernstein's works and other related educational activities will celebrate his important legacy and the 50th anniversary of his appointment as music director of the Philharmonic.

Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$7,500
To support Bridges: A Festival of String Quartets. Performances by the Hugo Wolf, the Shanghai, the Belcea, and the Alexander string quartets will be held at the New Hazlett Theater.

Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Pittsburgh, PA
$27,500
To support the Composer of the Year residency activities with composer John Corigliano. The project will include the commissioning and performance of a percussion concerto, which will be premiered by guest artist Evelyn Glennie.

Post-Classical Ensemble, Inc.
Washington, DC
$17,500
To support Artists in Exile. The project will explore the creative lives of German composers Kurt Weill and Arnold Schoenberg through performances that will be supplemented with discussion and commentary by artists and scholars.

Present Music, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$7,500
To support the Emerging Composers Initiative. The project will include the commissioning and premiere of a new work and an artist residency by composer Alex Mincek.

Red {an orchestra}
Cleveland, OH
$7,500
To support "Bernard Herrmann: More than the Movies."

Reno Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
Reno, NV
$50,000
To support the premiere of a new work by composer Joseph Schwantner, the second round of Made in America, a collaborative commissioning, performance, and outreach project. The work will be performed by as many as 60 small-budget orchestras throughout the United States.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
To support A King Celebration, a project of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra that will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In collaboration with Morehouse College, the project will include performances, educational outreach activities, and a national radio broadcast.

Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Inc.
Rockport, MA
$7,500
To support the world premiere performance of Quintet for Piano and Strings, a new work by composer Charles Wuorinen. Pianist Peter Serkin and the Brentano String Quartet will perform the work in Jordan Hall in Boston.

Roulette Intermedium, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Concert Series of Experimental and Adventurous Music. Director Jim Staley will curate the programming of diverse musical works.

Rova:Arts (aka Rova Saxophone Quartet)
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support Fissures, Futures, a series of performances and lecture-demonstrations on music improvisation by the Rova Saxophone Quartet. Programming will feature guest artists and composers and focus on the ideas of Buckminster Fuller, the visionary American architect.

S.E.M. Ensemble, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support concerts of new music. Under the direction of artistic director and composer Petr Kotik, programming will feature chamber and orchestral work performed in Brooklyn and New York City.

Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra Association, Inc.
Sacramento, CA
$10,000
To support Building Bridges to Peace, a concert and artist residency project exploring cross-cultural understanding through music. Under the direction of music director Michael Morgan, orchestral performances and master classes will be held in community venues in Sacramento.

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
St. Louis, MO
$27,500
To support performances of the Doctor Atomic Symphony by American composer John Adams. Music director David Robertson will conduct the New York and St. Louis premieres of the new work - a suite of music from his opera Doctor Atomic.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
Saint Paul, MN
$45,000
To support the Living Composers Project. The orchestra will perform new works by Pierre Boulez, Osvaldo Golijov, Leon Kirchner, Libby Larsen, Roberto Sierra, and works by composer-in-residence Lee Hyla.

San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant, a commissioning and performance project. Composer Lucas Richman will create an orchestral work for children based on the poetry of Jack Prelutsky, the first American Children's Poet Laureate.

San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc. (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support a residency project of choral workshops, youth choral festivals, and a symposium. In partnership with North Dakota State University and other national educational residency collaborators, Chanticleer will present a series of day-long workshops and festivals for high school choruses and adult singers.

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support performances of works by composers Edmund Campion, Elliott Carter, Steve Mackey, Jorge Liderman, Frederic Rzewski, David Sheinfeld, and Reynold Tharp. The chamber works will be performed at the Yuerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

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
$75,000
To support A Brahms Festival. The three-week series of performances and educational activities will explore the work of 19th-century Romantic composer Johannes Brahms.

San Jose Jazz Society
San Jose, CA
$12,500
To support the annual San Jose Jazz Festival. The three-day festival will be held in downtown San Jose.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
To support the 36th annual Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. The festival will include a diverse range of repertoire, guest composers, and world premieres, as well as free community and youth concerts.

Santa Rosa Symphony Association
Santa Rosa, CA
$10,000
To support Latin Waves: A Festival of Rhythm, Melody and Dance. The festival will feature chamber and symphonic work under the direction of Dr. Richard Loheyde.

Seattle Chamber Music Festival
Seattle, WA
$7,500
To support summer festivals at Lakeside School in Seattle and the Overlake School in Redmond. The festival concerts will be curated by artistic director and founder Toby Saks.

Seattle Chamber Players
Seattle, WA
$7,500
To support Icebreaker IV, a festival of world premieres of seven commissioned works for chamber ensemble. The festival will be curated by artistic adviser Dr. Elena Dubinets, music critic Alex Ross, and music critic and composer Kyle Gann.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$27,000
To support Coming to America: Composers in Pursuit of a Dream, a festival exploring works by composers who immigrated to the United States. Under the direction of Gerard Schwarz, the orchestra will perform music by composers such as Kurt Weill (German), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Austro-Hungarian), Arnold Schoenberg (Austrian), Igor Stravinsky (Russian), and Darius Milhaud (French).

Skaneateles Festival, Inc.
Skaneateles, NY
$7,500
To support the annual summer festival. Concerts of chamber music will be presented in varied venues in the lakeside village of Skaneateles, New York.

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.

Society for New Music
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
To support concerts and the commissioning and presentation of a new work by composer Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. The winter concerts will include repeat performance programs in venues such as colleges, universities, and libraries.

Sphinx Organization, Inc.
Detroit, MI
$50,000
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, featuring talented, young soloists in each of the concerts.

Stanford Jazz Workshop
Stanford, CA
$20,000
To support the annual Stanford Jazz Festival. The programming will feature faculty and master teachers, 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.

Symphony Society of San Antonio (aka San Antonio Symphony) (Consortium)
San Antonio, TX
$12,500
To support the San Antonio Symphony's residency at St. Philip's College, a historically black and Hispanic college in San Antonio. In partnership with the Alamo Community College School District, the project will include master classes, open rehearsals, lectures, and concerts for primary and secondary school children.

Symphony Society of San Antonio (aka San Antonio Symphony)
San Antonio, TX
$10,000
To support concerts performed by the San Antonio Symphony, featuring flutist Sir James Galway. Performances will coincide with the Texas Music Educators Association annual convention and will be held in San Antonio's Lila Cockrell Theatre and the Majestic Theatre.

Symphony Space, Inc. (aka Symphony Space)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation of thematic music programming. Performances will be held in the Peter Jay Sharp and the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theaters at Symphony Space.

Syracuse Children's Chorus, Inc. (aka Syracuse Children's Chorus)
Syracuse, NY
$7,500
To support the commissioning and performance of a new work by composer Libby Larsen. The work will be created for children's chorus and string quartet.

Tempesta di Mare, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$7,500
To support performances of orchestral works by 18th-century composer Johann Friedrich Fasch. Concerts will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Swarthmore and at St. Mark's Church in Philadelphia.

Tempesta di Mare, Inc. (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$7,500
To support No Strings Attached: Love and Death with Music and Puppets. In collaboration with the Mock Turtle Marionette Theater, the performances will be held at the Plays and Players Theater in Philadelphia.

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support an artist residency by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. The orchestra and faculty musicians will present concerts, composition readings, chamber music coaching and master classes, as well as community-based educational events for elementary schoolchildren and their families.

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$10,000
To support artist residencies by the ensembles Time for Three, Chiara String Quartet, and Imani Winds, and pianist Alpin Hong. Concerts will take place in the university's Hancher Auditorium.

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
$10,000
To support the 38th annual UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. Performances will feature NEA Jazz Masters Ron Carter, Jim Hall, and Slide Hampton.

University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
$10,000
To support Jazz Composers' Symposium II in Park City, Utah. The symposium will include premieres of new work and explore the use of technology for global participation.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the presentation of solo vocal recitalists. 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
$30,000
To support the Witness program. An annual celebration of contributions by African Americans, the program will focus on American jazz composer and performer Duke Ellington.

Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Waterbury, CT
$7,500
To support Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem project, a commissioning and presentation project by composer Dr. Ysaye Barnwell. The new orchestral work will be premiered in the 2,400-seat Palace Theater.

Yellow Barn, Inc. (aka Yellow Barn Music School and Festival)
Putney, VT
$7,500
To support professional development for chamber musicians. Young emerging musicians will participate in rehearsals, coaching sessions, master classes, and performances during the annual summer chamber music festival.

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.

Zeitgeist
St. Paul, MN
$7,500
To support the commissioning and presentation of For the Birds-A Bird Opera, a new work by composer Victor Zupanc with text by Kevin Kling. The ensemble will premiere the new work in Minneapolis/St. Paul venues and schools.

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