Music: FY 2015 Grants Panelists

Art Works 1, Panel A1 July 9, 2014

Jennifer Barlament General Manager The Cleveland Orchestra Cleveland, OH

Robert Foster Composer and Performer Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Studies Georgia Regents University Martinez, GA

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

Pamela Michaelis President Ensemble Music New Mexico / Chatter Albuquerque, NM

Francisco Núñez Conductor, Composer Founder, Artistic Director Young People’s Chorus of New York City New York, NY

Gayle Ober (Layperson) Executive Director George Family Foundation St. Paul, MN

Art Works 1, Panel A2 July 9, 2014

Robert Foster Composer and Performer Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Studies Georgia Regents University Martinez, GA

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

Pamela Michaelis President Ensemble Music New Mexico / Chatter Albuquerque, NM

Francisco Núñez Conductor, Composer Founder, Artistic Director Young People’s Chorus of New York City New York, NY

Gayle Ober (Layperson) Executive Director George Family Foundation St. Paul, MN

Art Works 1, Panel B1 July 9, 2014

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

Adam Fong Composer Executive Director; Director of National Initiatives Center for New Music; Emerging Arts Professionals San Francisco, CA

Linda Hoeschler (Layperson) Consultant, Arts Patron St. Paul, MN

Jonathan Bailey Holland Composer Associate Professor of Composition Berklee College of Music Arlington, MA

Jeri Lynne Johnson Founder, Music Director Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra Philadelphia, PA

Melissa Smey Executive Director Arts Initiative and Miller Theatre Columbia University Brooklyn, NY

Art Works 1, Panel B2 July 9, 2014

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

Adam Fong Composer Executive Director; Director of National Initiatives Center for New Music; Emerging Arts Professionals San Francisco, CA

Linda Hoeschler (Layperson) Consultant, Arts Patron St. Paul, MN

Jonathan Bailey Holland Composer Associate Professor of Composition Berklee College of Music Arlington, MA

Jeri Lynne Johnson Founder, Music Director Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra Philadelphia, PA

Art Works 1, Panel C1 July 10, 2014

Anthony Brown Composer, Percussionist, Ethnomusicologist Director Fifth Stream Music, Asian American Orchestra Berkeley, CA

Darrell Grant Jazz Pianist, Composer Professor of Music Portland State University Portland, OR

Stephen Guerra Lecturer, Conductor Managing Director, Henry Mancini Institute Director of Community Outreach, Frost School of Music University of Miami Miami, FL

Laura Johnson Senior Director of Education and Public Programs New York City Ballet New York, NY

Arnie Malina (Layperson) Arts Patron, Retired Consultant Burlington, VT

Deanna Relyea Mezzo Soprano Founder, Artistic Director Kerrytown Concert House Ann Arbor, MI

Art Works 1, Panel C2 July 10, 2014

Darrell Grant Jazz Pianist, Composer Professor of Music Portland State University Portland, OR

Arnie Malina (Layperson) Arts Patron, Retired Consultant Burlington, VT

Deanna Relyea Mezzo Soprano Founder, Artistic Director Kerrytown Concert House Ann Arbor, MI

Art Works 1, Panel D1 July 10, 2014

Armando Bayolo Composer, Conductor, Presenter Artistic Director Atlas Performing Arts Center, Great Noise Ensemble Alexandria, VA

Marie-Hélène Bernard Executive Director/CEO Handel and Haydn Society Boston, MA

Mei-Ann Chen Music Director and Conductor Chicago Sinfonietta & Memphis Symphony Orchestra Memphis, TN

Kent Devereaux Composer, Director, Producer Professor, Music Department Chair Cornish College of the Arts Seattle, WA

Sarah Ioannides Music Director and Conductor Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Stafford Springs, CT

Art Works 1, Panel D2 July 10, 2014

Mei-Ann Chen Music Director and Conductor Chicago Sinfonietta & Memphis Symphony Orchestra Memphis, TN

Kent Devereaux Composer, Director, Producer Professor, Music Department Chair Cornish College of the Arts Evanston, IL

Sarah Ioannides Music Director and Conductor Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Stafford Springs, CT

2016 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships April 7, 2015

Bill Anschell Pianist and Composer Shoreline, WA Darlene Chan President Festival West, Inc. Santa Monica, CA Richard Davis 2014 NEA Jazz Master Professor of Bass The University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI Vijay Iyer Pianist, Composer, and Educator New York, NY Jason Koransky (Layperson) Attorney Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, LLP Oak Park, IL Erica von Kleist Flautist, Saxophonist, Composer, and Educator Northwest Artist Syndicate Whitefish, MT

Art Works II, Panel A1 November 13, 2014

Richard Fischer (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Retired Educator Landenberg, PA

Richard J. Giarusso Chair, Department of Musicology Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University Silver Spring, MD

Linda S. Magee Arts Consultant Portland, OR

Jessie Montgomery Violinist, Composer, Music Educator New York, NY

Lawrence (Larry) J. Tamburri Executive Director Newark School of the Arts Maplewood, NJ

Paul Winberg President & CEO Grant Park Music Festival Chicago, IL

Art Works II, Panel A2 November 13, 2014

Richard Fischer (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Retired Educator Iandenberg, PA

Richard J. Giarusso Chair, Department of Musicology Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University Silver Spring, MD

Linda S. Magee Arts Consultant Portland, OR

Lawrence (Larry) J. Tamburri Executive Director Newark School of the Arts Maplewood, NJ

Paul Winberg President & CEO Grant Park Music Festival Chicago, IL

Art Works II, Panel B November 13, 2014

Jessica Chao (Layperson) Chief Operating Officer Foundation for Child Development Ridgewood, NJ

Scott Dettra Director of Music and Organist Church of the Incarnation Dallas, TX

Amy Iwano Executive Director University of Chicago Presents Chicago, IL

Dinorah Marquez Director, Latino Arts Strings Program Latino Arts Inc., United Community Center Milwaukee, WI

Art Works II, Panel C1 November 14, 2014

Ilona Kudina Musician, Educator Jamaica Plain, MA

David (Dave) M. Padilla (Layperson) Radio Reporter/Weekend News Anchor KCBS AM/FM, San Francisco Benicia, CA

Daniel Bernard Roumain Composer Sozo Artists; Opus 3 Artists New York, NY

Erica von Kleist Jazz Musician, Composer, Educator Whitefish, MT

Rodney Whitaker Distinguished Professor Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

Art Works II, Panel C2 November 14, 2014