2015 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships
January 14, 2014

Luis Alvarez (Layperson)
President & CEO
Alvarez Technology Group, Inc.
Monterey, CA

Tia Fuller
Saxophonist, Composer, Educator
Professor
Berklee School of Music
South Bound Brook, NJ

Laura Johnson
Interim Director of Education/Arts Consultant
New York City Ballet
New York, NY

Ramsey Lewis
NEA Jazz Master
Pianist, Radio & Television Host
Chicago, IL

Branford Marsalis
NEA Jazz Master
Saxophonist, Bandleader, Composer, Producer, Educator
Marsalis Music, The Branford Marsalis Quartet
Durham, NC

Ellen Rowe
Jazz Pianist, Composer
Professor & Chair
Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Art Works I, Panel A1
June 12, 2013

Sharon Combs (Layperson)
Executive Coach
Sharon M. Combs Executive Coaching
Brooklyn, NY

Kareem George
Managing Director of Community Programs
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Franklin, MI

Sarah Ioannides
Conductor & Music Director
Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Stafford Springs, CT

Fernando Malvar-Ruiz
Music Director
The American Boychoir
Lawrenceville, NJ

James Palermo
President & Executive Director
Bravo! Vail
Edwards, CO

Art Works I, Panel A2
June 12, 2013

Sharon Combs (Layperson)
Executive Coach
Sharon M. Combs Executive Coaching
Brooklyn, NY

Sarah Ioannides
Conductor & Music Director
Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Stafford Springs, CT

James Palermo
President & Executive Director
Bravo! Vail
Edwards, CO

Art Works I FY 2014, Panel B
June 17, 2013

Marie-Hélène Bernard
Executive Director & CEO
Handel and Haydn Society
Jamaica Plain, MA

Donald Grantham  
Professor of Composition
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Dorothy Mann (Layperson)
Independent Consultant, Civic & Arts Activist
Seattle, WA

Diana Saez
Founder & Artistic Director
Coral Cantigas
Rockville, MD

James Ward   
President & CEO
The Phoenix Symphony
Scottsdale, AZ

Art Works I, Panel C1
July 15, 2013

Bob Blumenthal
Author, Journalist, Music Critic
Auburndale, MA

Gregory Davis (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Dallas, TX

Amy Iwano
Executive Director, University of Chicago Presents
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Arnie Malina
Performing Arts Consultant (Retired)
Burlington, VT

Martha Mooke
Composer, Electro-Acoustic Violist, Producer
Founder, Scorchio Quartet
Nyack, NY

Art Works I, Panel C2
July 15, 2013

Bob Blumenthal
Author, Journalist, Music Critic
Auburndale, MA

Gregory Davis (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Dallas, TX

Amy Iwano
Executive Director, University of Chicago Presents
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Art Works I, Panel D1
July 16, 2013

Gabriela Lena Frank
Composer, Pianist
Oakland, CA

Jonathan Bailey Holland
Associate Professor of Composition
Berklee College of Music
Faculty Member
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Arlington, MA

Anna Kuwabara
Vice President for Orchestra Operations & Facilities
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
St. Louis, MO

Henry Peyrebrune
Bassist
The Cleveland Orchestra
Lecturer in Double Bass, Conservatory of Music
Baldwin-Wallace College
Cleveland Heights, OH

Jan Stunkard (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Arlington, VA

Art Works I, Panel D2
July 16, 2013

Jonathan Bailey Holland
Associate Professor of Composition
Berklee College of Music
Faculty Member
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Arlington, MA

Anna Kuwabara
Vice President for Orchestra Operations & Facilities
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
St. Louis, MO

Jan Stunkard (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Arlington, VA

Art Works II, Panel A1 (Remote)
November 13, 2013

Willie Hill, Jr.
Director, Fine Arts Center
Professor, Music Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA

John Kennedy
Resident Conductor & Director of Orchestral Activities
Spoleto Festival USA
Berkeley, CA

Gloria Kim
Associate Dean for Artistic Programming and Operations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin, OH

Gregorita (Gregi) Lopez (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Retired Educator
Plano, TX

Arturo O’Farrill
Pianist, Composer
Founder, Artistic Director
Afro Latin Jazz Alliance
Brooklyn, NY

Neale Perl
Independent Consultant
President Emeritus
Washington Performing Arts Society
Potomac, MD

Art Works II, Panel A2 (Remote)
November 13, 2013

Willie Hill, Jr.
Director, Fine Arts Center
Professor, Music Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA

John Kennedy
Resident Conductor & Director of Orchestral Activities
Spoleto Festival USA
Berkeley, CA

Gloria Kim
Associate Dean for Artistic Programming and Operations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin, OH

Gregorita (Gregi) Lopez (Layperson)
Retired Musician & Educator
Plano, TX

Arturo O’Farrill
Pianist, Composer
Founder, Artistic Director
Afro Latin Jazz Alliance
Brooklyn, NY

Art Works II, Panel B
November 19, 2013

Bill Anschell
Pianist/Composer
Shoreline, WA

Laura Gilbert
Flutist
Founder, Co-Artistic Director
Electric Earth Concerts
New York, NY

Debra Kraft
Executive Director
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Arlington, VA

Ming Luke
Music Direcctor and Conductor
Symphony Napa Valley
Mountain View, CA

Maurice Wheeler (Layperson)
Associate Professor, Library and Information Sciences
Director, Music Librarianship Program of Study
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Art Works II FY 2014, Panel C1
November 20, 2013

Miguel Felipe
Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities
The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Honolulu, HI

Paul Moravec
Composer
University Professor, Music Department
Adelphi University
New York, NY

Rosalyn Story
Violinist
Fort Worth Symphony
Dallas, TX

Jan Stunkard (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Arlington, VA

Robert Wagner
Principal Bassoonist
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Boonton, NJ

Art Works II FY 2014, Panel C2
November 20, 2013

Miguel Felipe
Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities
The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Honolulu, HI

Paul Moravec
Composer
University Professor, Music Department
Adelphi University
New York, NY

Jan Stunkard (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Arlington, VA

Robert Wagner
Principal Bassoonist
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Boonton, NJ