Music: FY 2009 Grants Panelists

2010 NEA Jazz Masters Panel A January 27, 2009 (via teleconference)

David Baker NEA Jazz Master (2000) Composer Distinguished Professor of Music Indiana University Bloomington, IN William Barke (Layperson) Chief Executive Officer Pearson Higher Education Arts & Sciences Chair, Pearson Canada Cambridge, MA Sara Donnelly Jazz Program Officer Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Washington, DC Frank Foster NEA Jazz Master (2002) Saxophonist Composer/Arranger Chesapeake, VA Gary Giddins Writer, Educator City University of New York Graduate Center New York, NY Billy Taylor NEA Jazz Master (1988) Pianist Radio and Television Host, Educator Riverdale, NY Nancy Wilson NEA Jazz Master (2004) Vocalist Radio and Television Host Pioneertown, CA

2010 NEA Jazz Masters Panel B A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy January 27, 2009 (via teleconference)

Lynda Dorman (Layperson) Founder and CEO The Dorman Group Silver Spring, MD Yvonne Ervin Executive Director Western Jazz Presenters Network New York, NY Nat Hentoff NEA Jazz Master (2004) Journalist, Art Critic, and Producer New York, NY

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A1 July 16-18, 2007

David Dzubay Composer; Professor of Music Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Bloomington, IN Anne Ewers President and CEO Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA Harry Herren (Layperson) Attorney, Partner Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP Louisville, KY Joseph Truskot Executive Director Monterey Symphony Salinas, CA Earl Tucker Director, Trinity Concerts Series Trinity Church Wall Street New York, NY David Wax Arts Consultant Providence, RI Judith Willoughby Artistic Director Canterbury Academy of Vocal Arts Professor of Music, Bass School of Music Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A2 July 16, 2008

David Dzubay Composer; Professor of Music Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Bloomington, IN Harry Herren (Layperson) Attorney, Partner Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP Louisville, KY Joseph Truskot Executive Director Monterey Symphony Salinas, CA David Wax Arts Consultant Providence, RI Judith Willoughby Artistic Director Canterbury Academy of Vocal Arts Professor of Music, Bass School of Music Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B July 17, 2008

Geri Allen Jazz Pianist; Associate Professor Jazz Piano & Improvisation University of Michigan Detroit, MI Marty Ashby Executive Producer MCG Jazz Pittsburgh, PA Lynda Dorman (Layperson) Executive Director and Vice President BET Foundation Silver Spring, MD John Gilbreath Executive Director Earshot Jazz Seattle, WA Earl Tucker Director, Trinity Concerts Series Trinity Church Wall Street New York, NY

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel C1 July 29-31, 2008

Mary Lou Aleskie Executive Director International Festival of Arts & Ideas New Haven, CT Brent Assink Executive Director San Francisco Symphony Walnut Creek, CA Derek E. Gordon Chief Executive Officer Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA Rosa Lamoreaux Soprano Washington, DC Vickie Newton (Layperson) Anchor/Reporter, News 4 St. Louis KMOV-TV Saint Louis, MO Ari Solotoff Executive Director Portland Symphony Orchestra Portland, ME Rosalyn Story Violinist Fort Worth Symphony Dallas, TX Albert (Nick) Webster Arts Consultant New York, NY

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel C2 July 31, 2008

Derek E. Gordon Chief Executive Officer Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA Rosa Lamoreaux Soprano Washington, DC Vickie Newton (Layperson) Anchor/Reporter, News 4 St. Louis KMOV-TV Saint Louis, MO Ari Solotoff Executive Director Portland Symphony Orchestra Portland, ME

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel C3 July 31, 2008

Derek E. Gordon Chief Executive Officer Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA Vickie Newton (Layperson) Anchor/Reporter, News 4 St. Louis KMOV-TV Saint Louis, MO Ari Solotoff Executive Director Portland Symphony Orchestra Portland, ME

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A November 12-14, 2008

H. Leslie Adams Composer and Performer Cleveland, OH

John Alexander Choral and Artistic Director Pacific Chorale Laguna Beach, CA

Frank Byrne Executive Director Kansas City Symphony Overland Park, KS Laura Gilbert Chamber Musician Associate Music Director Monadnock Music New York, NY

Alexine Clement Jackson (Layperson) Arts Patron Potomac, MD

James Palermo Artistic and General Director Grant Park Music Festival Chicago, IL Karen Thomas Composer Artistic Director and Conductor Seattle Pro Musica Seattle, WA

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B November 18-20, 2008

Charles Amirkhanian Composer Executive and Artistic Director Other Minds El Cerrito, CA

Joan Briccetti Consultant Arts & Non-Profit Management St. Louis, MO

H. David Caffey Composer, Professor of Music Director, School of Music University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO

France Graage (Layperson) Arts Patron/Community Volunteer Sperryville, VA

Emil Kang Violinist Executive Director for the Arts Carolina Performing Arts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC

Sophia Ochoa President and Executive Director Miami Symphony Orchestra Miami, FL

Peter Rutenberg Composer, Radio and Record Producer Music Director Los Angeles Chamber Singers & Cappella Los Angeles, CA

Catherine Weiskel Executive Director Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Cambridge, MA

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel C1 November 21, 2008

Charles Amirkhanian Composer Executive and Artistic Director Other Minds El Cerrito, CA

Joan Briccetti Consultant Arts & Non-Profit Management St. Louis, MO

H. David Caffey Composer, Professor of Music Director, School of Music University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO

Emil Kang Violinist Executive Director for the Arts Carolina Performing Arts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC

Jason Moran Jazz Composer and Pianist New York, NY

Sophia Ochoa President and Executive Director Miami Symphony Orchestra Miami, FL

Harriet Sanford (Layperson) President and CEO The NEA Foundation for the Improvement       of Education Bethesda, MD

Access to Artistic Excellence , Panel C2 November 21, 2008

Charles Amirkhanian Composer Executive and Artistic Director Other Minds El Cerrito, CA

Joan Briccetti Consultant Arts & Non-Profit Management St. Louis, MO

H. David Caffey Composer, Professor of Music Director, School of Music University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO

Jason Moran Jazz Composer and Pianist New York, NY

Sophia Ochoa President and Executive Director Miami Symphony Orchestra Miami, FL

Harriet Sanford (Layperson) President and CEO The NEA Foundation for the Improvement       of Education Bethesda, MD

American Masterpieces: Chamber Music, Panel A February 2-3, 2009

Susan Bush President Albany Records Block Island, RI Wendy Chen Concert Pianist Chandler, AZ Cary John Franklin Composer, conductor, and educator Assistant Professor of Music Macalester College Minneapolis, MN Paul Horsley Writer, editor, musician Performing Arts Editor The Independent Kansas City, MO Joan Lounsbery Arts Consultant Santa Rosa, CA Paula Parker-Sawyers (Layperson) Director of Outreach and Partnerships The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy Silver Spring, MD Alfred B. (A. B.) Spellman Author, poet, critic, and lecturer Washington, DC

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel A May 28, 2009

Robert Birman Chief Executive Officer Louisville Orchestra Louisville, KY Laura Gilbert Artistic Director Monadnock Music Peterborough, NH Paul Meecham President and CEO Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Pikesville, MD Nancy Mims (Layperson) Management Consultant Deliberate Whispers Oakland, CA Albert (Nick) Webster Arts Consultant New York, NY

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel B May 28, 2009

Linda Hoeschler (Layperson) Consultant St. Paul, MN Emil Kang Executive Director for the Arts Professor of the Practice of Music University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Jeffrey Mumford Composer Oberlin, OH Michael Smith (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Boulder, CO Catherine Weiskel Executive Director Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Cambridge, MA

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel C May 28, 2009

Brent Assink Executive Director San Francisco Symphony Walnut Creek, CA Susan Bush President, Albany Records Classical Music, Inc. Block Island, RI Harry Herren (Layperson) Attorney Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Louisville, KY Paula Parker-Sawyers Director of Outreach and Partnerships National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancies Silver Spring, MD

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Application Readers (Readers who did not also serve as panelists)

Harriet Sanford President & CEO The NEA Foundation Bethesda, MD Robert C. Jones President and CEO Opera Pacific Irvine, CA Kevin H. Smith President and CEO The Minnesota Opera St. Paul, MN