Music: FY 2004 Grants Panelists

Challenge America: Access to the Arts Panel A

Susan Bush
Record Producer
Albany Records
Albany, NY

Eileen Cline
Dean Emerita, Peabody Conservatory of Music
The Johns Hopkins University
Sarasota, FL

Tim Jackson
Executive Director
Monterey Jazz Festival
Kuumbwa Jazz
Monterey, CA

Steven Ovitsky
Arts Consultant
Whitefish Bay, WI

Paul Salerni
Composer and Professor
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

Maurice B. Wheeler (Layperson)
Associate Professor of Library and Information Sciences
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Challenge America: Access to the Arts Panel B

Christine Bullin
President
San Francisco Chanticleer
San Francisco, CA

Catherine Cahill
Chief Executive Officer
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
Brooklyn, NY

Eileen Cline
Dean Emerita, Peabody Conservatory of Music
The Johns Hopkins University
Sarasota, FL

Eva Jacob
Performing Arts Organization Board Member
Washington, DC

Steven Ovitsky
Arts Consultant
Whitefish Bay, WI

Shoko Kato Sevart (Layperson)
Attorney
Sevart & Sevart Law Firm
Wichita, KS

Michael A. Smith
Arts Administrator
Boulder, CO

Maurice B. Wheeler (Layperson)
Associate Professor of Library and Information Sciences
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Creativity Panel A

Brent Assink
Executive Director
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA

David Dzubay
Composer and Assistant Professor of Music
Indiana University School of Music
Bloomington, IN

David Hyslop
President
Minnesota Orchestra
Minneapolis, MN

Rebekah Lambert
Executive Director
Eugene Symphony
Eugene, OR

Josephine Lee
Artistic Director
Chicago Children's Choir
Chicago, IL

Sharon Litwin
Executive Director
Louisiana Philharmonic
New Orleans, LA

Christopher Paddack (Layperson)
Retired Program Officer
U.S. Information Agency
Washington, DC

Earl Tucker
Director of Trinity Concert Series
Trinity Church
New York, NY

Davey Yarborough
Flutist, saxophonist, bandleader, Instructor
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Washington, DC

Creativity Panel B

Daniel R. Gustin
Director
Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
Kalamazoo, MI

Joseph Jennings
Music Director
Chanticleer
San Francisco, CA

Arnie Malina
Chief Programming Officer
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
Burlington, VT

Arturo O'Farrill
Music Director, Pianist
Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York, NY

Paula Parker-Sawyers (Layperson)
Associate Director, The Polis Center
Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Indianapolis, IN

Marna Selzer
Director of the Concert Series
University of Chicago Presents
Chicago, IL

Joan Squires
President
Omaha Performing Arts Society
Omaha, NE

Leonard David Stone
Executive Director
The Florida Orchestra
Tampa, FL

Zhou Long
Visiting Professor in Music Composition
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
Kansas City, MO

Services to Arts Organizations and Artists

Brent Assink
Executive Director
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA

David Hyslop
President
Minnesota Orchestra
Minneapolis, MN

Sharon Litwin
Executive Director
Louisiana Philharmonic
New Orleans, LA

Christopher Paddack (Layperson)
Retired Program Officer
U.S. Information Agency
Washington, DC

Earl Tucker
Director of Trinity Concert Series
Trinity Church
New York, NY

Music Creativity Panel C
July 2, 2003

Brent Assink
Executive Director
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA

David Hyslop
President
Minnesota Orchestra
Minneapolis, MN

Sharon Litwin
Executive Director
Louisiana Philharmonic
New Orleans, LA

Christopher Paddack (Layperson)
Retired Program Officer
U.S. Information Agency
Washington, DC

Heritage & Preservation Panel A

Susan Bush
Record Producer
Albany Records
Albany, NY

Eileen Cline
Dean Emerita, Peabody Conservatory of Music
The Johns Hopkins University
Sarasota, FL

Tim Jackson
Executive Director
Monterey Jazz Festival
Kuumbwa Jazz
Monterey, CA

Steven Ovitsky
Arts Consultant
Whitefish Bay, WI

Paul Salerni
Composer and Professor
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

Shoko Kato Sevart (Layperson)
Attorney
Sevart & Sevart Law Firm
Wichita, KS

Maurice B. Wheeler (Layperson)
Associate Professor of Library and Information Sciences
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Heritage & Preservation Panel B

Catherine Cahill
Chief Executive Officer
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
Brooklyn, NY

Eileen Cline
Dean Emerita, Peabody Conservatory of Music
The Johns Hopkins University
Sarasota, FL

Eva Jacob
Performing Arts Organization Board Member
New Performing Arts
Washington, DC

Steven Ovitsky
Arts Consultant
Whitefish Bay, WI

Shoko Kato Sevart (Layperson)
Attorney
Sevart & Sevart Law Firm
Wichita, KS

Michael A. Smith
Arts Administrator
Boulder, CO

Maurice B. Wheeler (Layperson)
Associate Professor of Library and Information Sciences
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships

Regina Carter
Violinist
New York, NY

Sara Piccillo Donnelly (Layperson)
Former Arts Administrator
Washington, DC

Murray Horwitz
Director and Chief Operating Officer
Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
American Film Institute
Chevy Chase, MD

Billy Taylor
Pianist, Composer, Producer, and Educator
1988 American Jazz Master
Riverdale, NY

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