2009 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ March 10, 2008 deadline ]

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Theater | Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Music

Alarm Will Sound, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$7,500
To support performances of 1969, a concert focusing on the culture of the 1960s in the United States. Scheduled to take place at venues around the country, the concert will involve narration and video images interspersed with performances of works by composers Louis Andriessen, Leonard Bernstein, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and Karlheinz Stockhausen,

Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$25,000
To support the American Music Festival, The River - Part II, marking the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's journey up the Hudson River. Through numerous commissions and performances the month-long festival will examine the evolution of New York State as well as the idea of "voyages of discovery."

American Bach Soloists
San Franciso, CA
$10,000
To support the Handel Celebration. The ensemble will mark the 250th anniversary of G. F. Handel's death and its 20th-anniversary season with concerts featuring works played on period instruments, including large choral anthems and the composer's Music for Royal Fireworks.

American Composers Orchestra, Inc. (aka ACO)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the Emerging Composers Laboratory initiative. Featured will be New Music Readings, a commission, and Orchestra Underground and Playing It UNsafe Concerts.

American Guild of Organists (aka AGO)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works for organ. Premiere performances of nine new compositions will take place during the 50th biennial national convention in Washington, DC, and will be recorded for radio broadcast on American Public Media's Pipedreams.

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; the American Music Center Online Library, a searchable, encyclopedic database of contemporary American composers; and Counterstream Radio, an online radio station.

American Symphony Orchestra League (aka League of American Orchestras) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Data Accessibility Project. In partnership with the Concerto Soloists in Philadelphia, a new financial and operating data collection, analysis, and online user interface will be developed for member orchestras.

American Symphony Orchestra League (aka League of American Orchestras)
New York, NY
$150,000
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
$15,000
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 Paul Ben-Haim, George Whitefield Chadwick, Paul Dessau, Hanns Eisler, Siegfried Matthus, Odeon Partos Mordecai Seter, Erich-Walter Sternberg, William Grant Still, Josef Tal, Edgard Varese, Rudolf Wagner-Regeny, and Udo Zimmermann.

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (aka Apollo's Fire)
Cleveland Heights, OH
$12,500
To support Earth, Wind & Fire: Rameau & Vivaldi Do Battle with Nature. Concerts, educational activities, and broadcasts on public radio and television will take place in Cleveland with tour concerts planned in Calgary, Alberta.

Arts for Art, Inc. (aka Vision Festival)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 14th annual Vision Festival. The week-long festival of jazz will feature nearly 200 artists performing at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center in New York City.

Association of California Symphony Orchestras (aka ACSO)
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.

Aston Magna Foundation for Music and the Humanities, Inc.
Danbury, CT, CT
$10,000
To support the Aston Magna Festival, featuring period-instrument performances and educational activities. Concerts will take place during six summer weekends at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and at Great Barrington in Massachusetts. There also will be a three-concert winter series in Great Barrington and Williamstown.

Astral Artistic Services
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support solo recitals and orchestral solos in Philadelphia and New York City. Plans include recital performances by clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester, violinist Saeka Matsuyama, soprano Angela Meade, and pianist Spencer Myer; and orchestral solos with Symphony in C (formerly Haddonfield Symphony) by harpist Bridget Kibbey, pianist Di Wu, and Meade.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$12,500
To support the East Coast premiere of composer Tina Davidson's Hymn of the Universe. The composer will participate in a post-concert Choral Conversation hosted by music director Tom Hall and conduct a master class for high school and college students.

Bang on a Can, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$22,500
To support performances by the Bang on a Can All-Stars ensemble and other musicians in venues around the country. Artists will include the string quartet Ethel, clarinetist and composer Don Byron, So Percussion, violinist Todd Reynolds, flutist Patti Monson, guitarist and composer Dominic Frasca, and the Gamelan Galak Tika.

Bard College (on behalf of Bard Music Festival)
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
$10,000
To support the Bard Music Festival. The festival will explore the world and music of composer Richard Wagner by presenting a range of musical forms including symphonic, chamber, choral, solo piano, and vocal lieder.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc. (Consortium)
Roslindale, MA
$12,500
To support the Creation Festival. In partnership with the Providence Singers, joint performances of choral and orchestra music that depict creation narratives will take place in Boston and Providence, Rhode Island.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Boston, MA
$70,000
To support the world premiere performances of a new work by composer Gunther Schuller. In celebration of the orchestra's 125th anniversary, four performances of Where the Word Ends will be presented with related educational activities.

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 six-day concert series, under the direction of American composer Augusta Read Thomas, will feature significant modern works.

Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek (aka Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival)
Vail, CO
$10,000
To support the 22nd annual Bravo! 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
$15,000
To support the third annual Brazeal Dennard Chorale Spiritual Festival. Plans include performances, workshops, and a choral competition for high school, college, church, and community choruses.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support the Celebrating Russian Heritage Concert. Presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the concert will feature Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf performed with a screening of the Oscar-winning animated film and Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat, performed with original choreography by the Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc. (aka Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Buffalo, NY
$15,000
To support performances during the June in Buffalo new music festival. Planned performances include new orchestral works by composers David Felder, Bernard Rands, and Steven Stucky with accompanying educational activities.

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (aka Cabrillo Music Festival)
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 State University Long Beach Foundation (on behalf of California Institute for Preservation of Jazz)
Long Beach, CA
$12,500
To support Moody's Mood for Music: A Tribute to James Moody presented by the California Institute for the Preservation of Jazz. To honor the 1998 NEA Jazz Master, the three-day festival will feature a master class, a panel discussion, educational outreach activities in inner-city area schools, and live performances, including one by Moody's professional quartet.

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 the creation and presentation of a new work.

Cantata Singers, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$12,500
To support a celebration of music by composer Benjamin Britten. Chamber, orchestral, solo voice, and choral performances will take place along with the 15th-anniversary performance of Classroom Cantatas, a music composition and performance program in Boston public schools.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Heritage. Curated by soprano Jessye Norman, the festival will feature more than 20 performances of diverse styles of African American and African American-influenced music-making, including spirituals, gospel, contemporary popular music, and jazz.

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
$10,000
To support composer residencies and a commissioning program as part of a summer chamber music conference at Bennington College, Vermont.

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
$15,000
To support a Martin Luther King Jr. concert and associated community events.

Chicago Chamber Musicians (aka CCM) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the First Monday Concert Series. Presented monthly at the Chicago Cultural Center and broadcast live on radio station WFMT, the free noontime concert series is a partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

Chicago Sinfonietta, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support a series of concerts and related educational activities. Programming will include a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a concert featuring young opera singers, and a program of music inspired by oceans, lakes, and rivers.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$70,000
To support the Antonin Dvorak Festival of orchestral, chamber, and jazz concerts. As a culmination to the year-long programming theme "Echoes of Nations," the orchestra will collaborate citywide to celebrate the Czech composer and use music programming as a bridge for cultural and civic events.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on behalf of Civic Orchestra of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$45,000
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.

Choral Arts Society of Washington
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the presentation and national radio broadcast of the 21st annual Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Choral Arts Society and singers from regional gospel choirs will combine forces for performances conducted by music director Norman Scribner.

Chorus America Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles (aka Chorus America)
Washington, DC
$85,000
To support services and technical assistance to the choral field. Activities will include an annual conference, publications, a chorus impact study, and leadership development forums for conductors, board members, and managers.

Chorus America Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles (aka Chorus America) (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$12,500
To support the Choral Conducting Workshop and Master Class. In partnership with the Houston Chamber Choir, conducting workshops will take place in Houston and with the Young People's Chorus in New York City.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati, OH
$30,000
To support Contemporary Composers: New Music and First Impressions. Plans for the project include a commission, performances of works by living composers, including a world premiere, three U.S. premieres, residencies by American composer Jeffrey Mumford and Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tuur, and related educational activities.

Clayton State University (on behalf of Spivey Hall)
Morrow, GA
$10,000
To support the Spivey Hall Spring Bach Festival, a series of concerts and educational activities. Artists to be presented include the Academy of Ancient Music conducted by harpsichordist Richard Egarr, pianist Angela Hewitt, organist Vincent Dubois, harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock, and cellist Daniel Muller-Schott.

Colorado Symphony Association
Denver, CO
$15,000
To support performances of works by composer Kevin Puts, including related educational activities. The concert will feature the world premiere of Puts's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, with principal clarinetist Bil Jackson as soloist, and Two Mountain Scenes, conducted by music director Jeffrey Kahane.

Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support career development of emerging classical musicians through national concert engagements. In diverse venues across the country, 75 performance opportunities will enable 18 artists/ensembles on the Concert Artists Guild roster to hone performance and communication skills.

Conductors Guild, Inc.
Richmond, VA
$15,000
To support conductor training workshops. Participants will receive instruction from experienced conductors and have the opportunity to conduct orchestral, opera, and wind ensembles at venues around the country.

Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA
$12,500
To support the creation and tour performances of a new work for chamber ensemble by composer David Ludwig with related educational activities. Performed by faculty and student musicians, the work will premiere in Camden, Maine, and then tour to venues around the country.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (on behalf of Tri-C JazzFest)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support the 30th-anniversary Tri-C JazzFest. The festival will celebrate three decades of jazz performed in the northeastern Ohio region.

Da Camera Society of Texas (aka Da Camera of Houston)
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support a series of chamber music concerts. Seven concert presentations with related educational activities are planned by artists, including the Juilliard String Quartet, the Arcanto Quartet, Newband, pianist Marilyn Nonken, and jazz bassist Ben Allison.

Detroit International Jazz Festival Foundation
Detroit, MI
$15,000
To support the 30th annual Detroit International Jazz Festival. In honor of Detroit's own significant and rich history of players and composers, the festival will center around the family dynasty of the Jones brothers: NEA Jazz Masters Elvin Jones (2003) and Hank Jones (1989), and Thad Jones.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall
Detroit, MI
$45,000
To support the Living Composer Series, which will present four works by living composers, including Margaret Brouwer, Alla Borzova, Edgar Meyer, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Early Music America, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support services to the early music field. Plans include the first annual catalogue/touring artists roster of professional early music ensembles, showcases of member early music ensembles at national conferences, and Web site enhancements.

Early Music Foundation, Inc. (aka Early Music New York)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a concert with related educational activities by the Early Music New York ensemble. The program will feature music of Latin American countries from the late Renaissance and baroque periods.

Earplay
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support new music concerts. Two concerts are planned featuring music of composers Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen (1908-92), in celebration of each composer's 100th birthday.

Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support the 21st annual Earshot Jazz Festival. Featuring international and regional jazz artists in numerous concerts and outreach activities, the festival programs will be held in multiple venues across Seattle, including concert halls, jazz clubs, community centers, art galleries, schools, coffee houses, shopping centers, and film centers.

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance (on behalf of Merkin Concert Hall)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by composer Nico Muhly to be presented at Merkin Concert Hall. Titled Scintillant Orange, the new work will be scored for seven musicians and 18 singers, based on writer William Vollmann's updated version of the burning fiery furnace story from the "Book of Daniel."

Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association (aka Elgin Symphony Orchestra)
Elgin, IL
$12,500
To support the Discovering: Leonard Bernstein Festival. Concerts, community events, and educational activities will examine the composer's musical legacy.

Emmanuel Music, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support performances of Bach's St. Matthew's Passion and related educational activities. The performances will be a tribute to the memory of founding music director Craig Smith.

Esoterics
Seattle, WA
$7,500
To support performances of a cappella choral music, including commissioned works. Each of the four concerts will include a commissioned work by composers Eric Banks, Paul Crabtree, Donald Skirvin, and Martha Sullivan.

Eugene Symphony Association, Inc.
Eugene, OR
$10,000
To support American Encounters: Jennifer Higdon. The series will include performances of Higdon's recent compositions, a radio broadcast, and residencies by the composer and guest artist and percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie.

Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO
$12,500
To support presentations of chamber music, solo piano, early music, and educational programs. Six concerts and three What Makes It Great? educational programs will be presented.

Grant Park Orchestral Association (aka Grant Park Music Festival)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support performances of contemporary works and related educational activities during the Grant Park Music Festival. Performances of works by American composers Michael Torke and John Adams and Scottish composer James MacMillan will be accompanied by pre- and post-concert talks and open rehearsals.

Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Operating Corporation
Southfield, MI
$8,000
To support the Shouse Institute, a professional training program for chamber ensembles. Designed to bridge the gap between graduate school and a professional performing career, emerging, pre-professional ensembles will participate in coaching sessions, master classes, and performances.

Handel & Haydn Society
Boston, MA
$17,500
To support a free outdoor performance of Franz Joseph Haydn's The Creation on the Boston Esplanade with related educational activities. In observance of the 200th anniversary of Haydn's death, the period-instrument performance will feature soloists Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Shawn Mathey (tenor), and Eric Owens (bass).

Hartford Jazz Society, Inc.
Bloomfield, CT
$10,000
To support jazz concerts and related educational activities. As part of the Jazz at the Atheneum series, the concerts will be held at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford.

Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc.
Healdsburg, CA
$7,500
To support the 11th annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival. The 10-day festival will feature internationally acclaimed masters of jazz and emerging artists in a series of concerts and related activities in various rural Sonoma County venues, including free events in the Healdsburg Town Square, local cafes, and galleries.

Heifetz International Music Institute, Inc.
Ellicott City, MD
$10,000
To support performance and communication training for young musicians. Activities will take place during the six-week summer institute held in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

Houston Friends of Music
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for string quartet by composer Pierre Jalbert. The premiere will be performed by the Grammy® award-winning Emerson String Quartet.

Houston Symphony Society
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of Double Concerto for Soprano and Harp by composer Augusta Read Thomas. The premiere will be conducted by music director Hans Graf and feature soprano Twyla Robinson and principal harpist Paula Page.

Hutchins Consort
Encinitas, CA
$7,500
To support concerts for violin octet with educational activities, including an open dress rehearsal, master classes, and lecture demonstrations. The program will feature performances on the eight scaled violins of the violin octet designed and built by luthier Dr. Carleen Hutchins.

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
$10,000
To support the 43rd Contemporary Music Festival. Concerts will feature internationally acclaimed composers, contemporary music performers, and speakers.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a series of six distinct concert programs by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra under the direction of founding artistic director Wynton Marsalis. The performances will feature distinguished guest musicians including 2006 NEA Jazz Master Chick Corea (piano) and John McLaughlin (guitar) who will make their Fredrick P. Rose Hall debut.

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. In addition to activities in New York City, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will partner as host for a regional one-day Essentially Ellington Festival; provide performance, clinic/workshop, and rehearsal space; and identify high school jazz bands from across the state as participants.

Jazz St. Louis
St.Louis, MO
$9,000
To support an artist residency program for local elementary, middle, and high schools. Jazz performers and educators Greg Osby (saxophone) and John (bass) and Jeff Clayton (saxophone) will participate in two separate residencies.

Juneau Jazz & Classics, Inc. (aka Juneau Jazz & Classics)
Juneau, AK
$7,500
To support the Juneau Jazz & Classics festival. Programming will include presentations by approximately 30 jazz, classical, and blues artists.

Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
$17,500
To support Connecting Worlds Apart, performances of works by composers Charles Wuorinen and John Tavener. Wuorinen?s work, ?Flying to Kahani,? and Tavener's violin concerto, Lalishri, will feature violinist Nicola Benedetti.

Kronos Performing Arts Association (aka Kronos Quartet)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support a collaboration, commission, and performances by the Kronos Quartet. Plans include a collaboration with pipa virtuoso Wu Man for a staged work and a commissioned work by jazz pianist Maria Schneider.

Kuumbwa Jazz Society
Santa Cruz, CA
$15,000
To support Conversations with a Jazz Master and Jazz Masters Concert series. Artists being considered for the series include NEA Jazz Masters John Levy (2005), jazz historian and archivist Dan Morgenstern (2007), and impresario George Wein (2005) will be featured in the Conversations series; pianists and NEA Jazz Masters Toshiko Akiyoshi (2007), Ahmad Jamal (1994), and McCoy Tyner (2002), and Dianne Reeves.

La Jolla Music Society
La Jolla, CA
$15,000
To support SummerFest. Under the direction of music director and violinist Cho-Liang Lin, the festival will include chamber music, jazz presentations, and educational activities.

Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$15,000
To support jazz performance residencies. Jazz ensembles of diverse musical styles, ranging from big band (Van Guard Jazz Orchestra), and large "all star" ensembles (SF Jazz Collective), to leader-based ensembles (Dave Holland Sextet, Gonzalo Rubalcaba Quartet, and the Anat Cohen Quartet) will participate.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the 40th Anniversary New Music Initiative. Three new works by composers Damian Montano, Lalo Schifrin, and Christopher Theofanidis will be commissioned and premiered.

Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
To support choral concerts and related educational activities. Plans include performances of works by composers Franz Joseph Haydn, Olivier Messiaen, and Roberto Sierra.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$80,000
To support the California Festival. An exploration of the state of California as a national cultural nexus, the festival will feature orchestral, jazz, and popular music concerts as well as a symposium and multidisciplinary events.

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support Purely Percussion, a concert and community events honoring Euro-Afro-Latin-Caribbean drumming traditions of New Orleans. The concert will showcase a wide variety of percussion instruments and include community activities.

Marilyn Horne Foundation
New York, NY
$12,500
To support the On Wings of Song Recital Series in three states. 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 WQMR-FM radio.

Marlboro School of Music, Inc. (aka Marlboro Music Festival)
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the Invited Master Artist Project. 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.

Marquette Symphony Orchestra
Marquette, MI
$7,500
To support the commission and presentation of a work by composer Ashley Fure. The composer will participate in the orchestra's world premiere performance of the work at Kaufmann Auditorium in Marquette.

Maverick Concerts, Inc.
Woodstock, NY
$10,000
To support a summer chamber music festival. Programming will include the premiere of a new work by composer Nico Muhly.

Meet The Composer, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Creative Frontiers initiative. As part of the project, Meet The Composer will conduct regional development meetings, create new Web content and improve interactivity, provide technical assistance to residencies, and strengthen networking through increased travel and conference attendance.

Miami Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support the Florida premiere performances of Joseph Schwantner's Chasing Light, which was commissioned through the Ford: Made in America national initiative. The orchestra will perform the work in a concert program presented in Coral Gables and Miami Beach.

Minnesota Orchestral Association
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
To support the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. The professional development project will be co-directed by the institute's 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 in the Monadnock region. Summer concerts by musicians in residence will take place in churches and meeting houses during the two-month festival.

Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$22,500
To support the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Renowned and emerging jazz artists will perform at the 2009 festival, including a commissioned artist and the artists-in-residence.

Mount Saint Mary's College (on behalf of Da Camera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
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)
Aspen, CO
$20,000
To support the American Academy of Conducting during the Aspen Music Festival. The summer institute for post-conservatory conductors will engage participants in a comprehensive, professional development training program.

Music at the Anthology, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the 11th anniversary festival of new music at the Brooklyn Lyceum. The festival will include new works by young composers.

Music From China, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support thematic concerts of new music for traditional Chinese instruments, with guest ensemble Music From Copland House. The project will include the commission of a work by Derek Bermel for the two ensembles, which will premiere in Washington, DC, and several venues in New York State.

Musica Reginae Productions Ltd.
Maspeth, NY
$10,000
To support commissioning a work by composer George Walker. The creation of the new work, Concerto for Violin, Piano, and Orchestra, will be chronicled in photos and text.

Musical Arts Association (aka The Cleveland Orchestra)
Cleveland, OH
$50,000
To support Contemporary Cleveland: The Cleveland Orchestra's New Music Initiative. The orchestra will perform works by composers Oliver Knussen, Paul Chihara, Augusta Read Thomas, and Osvaldo Golijov at Severance Hall.

National Symphony Orchestra Association of Washington, DC
Washington, DC
$35,000
To support educational and outreach programs. The project will include free educational and family concerts as well as a festival at the Town Hall Arts and Recreation Campus (THEARC) in southeast Washington, DC.

New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$10,000
To support the Connecticut Youth Orchestra Festival. Orchestra musicians will conduct workshops, master classes, and side-by-side performances with student musicians in New Haven.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Newark, NJ
$20,000
To support An Evening of Scriabin in Sight and Sound. Directed by music director Neeme Jarvi, the concert program will be performed during the opening weekend of a three-week festival at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

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 World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$50,000
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 Festival of Song, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Songs of the Diaspora, a performance project featuring 20th-century art songs, Sephardic songs, and songs from musical theater in a variety of languages, including Hebrew and Yiddish. The program will be presented at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center in New York City.

New York Pops, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a concert celebrating the 80th birthday of American composer Charles Strouse. Guest conductor and long-time collaborator Martin Yates will direct the program at Carnegie Hall.

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 Nathaniel Stookey and Nolan Gasser, as well as works by Pēteris Vasks, Giuseppe Verdi, and Jerome Kern.

Ojai Festivals, Ltd. (aka Ojai Music Festival)
Ojai, CA
$15,000
To support the Ojai Music Festival. The 63rd annual music festival will feature the commission and premiere of a work by composers Steve Mackey and Rinde Eckert for this year's musical directors, the sextet ensemble eighth blackbird.

Opera Lafayette
Washington, DC
$7,500
To support the contemporary American premiere of French composer Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny's 1769 Le Déserteur. The opera comique will be presented in concert version in Washington, DC, and New York City.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support commissions, performances, and educational activities. The project will include performances, multistate touring, and commissioned works by composers Ravi Shankar, Melinda Wagner, Ned Rorem, and Aaron Jay Kernis.

Other Minds
San Francisco, CA
$12,500
To support OM14, the 14th annual new music festival. Activities will be held at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, with guest composers participating in a four-day residency that will include a panel discussion, free workshop, and a lecture-demonstration.

Pacific Chorale
Santa Ana, CA
$10,000
To support Fanfare for a New Era, a performance project celebrating the inaugural year of the new C. B. Fisk organ in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. The chorus will be joined by French composer and organist Thierry Escaich in an American premiere performance of his Three Motets.

Pacific Symphony (aka Orange County's Pacific Symphony)
Santa Ana, CA
$45,000
To support Hollywood's Golden Age, an American composers festival. Programming will feature music by composers Erich Korngold, Miklos Rozsa, and Bernard Herrmann, as well as the premiere of a commissioned work by James Newton Howard.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$12,500
To support an art song concert series. The project's exploration of vocal music will include performances of renaissance works through contemporary music, along with master classes and lectures by guest artists and scholars.

Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support First Pennsylvanians, a commission and performance project based on the culture of the Lenni-Lenape Indians of Delaware. Composers Curt Cacioppo and Maurice Wright each will compose new works and will participate in an artist residency that will include educational programming for school children in Philadelphia and surrounding counties.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$65,000
To support Philadelphia Firsts, the orchestra's first performances of works by composers Thomas Ades, Guillame Conneson, and Matthias Pintscher. The concerts will be performed at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$12,500
To support a tour commemorating Henry Purcell's 350th birthday. Under the direction of music director Nicholas McGegan, the performances on period instruments will be presented in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and Los Angeles, California, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur in New York City.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka The New York Philharmonic)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support The Launch of a New Era, a series of performances, premieres, and educational activities celebrating the inaugural year of the New York Philharmonic's new music director Alan Gilbert. The artistic team will include artist-in-residence baritone Thomas Hampson, composer-in-residence Magnus Lindberg, and guest conductor Riccardo Muti.

Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$8,000
To support Bridges: A Festival of String Quartets, Part 2, which will focus on work by composers living and working in Pittsburgh. Performances by the Biava String Quartet will be held at Pittsburgh's renovated New Hazlett Theater.

Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Pittsburgh, PA
$35,000
To support the Composer of the Year, an artist residency with composer John Adams. With guest artist violinist Leila Josefowicz, Adams will conduct the orchestra in the Pittsburgh premiere of his work for electric violin and orchestra, The Dharma at Big Sur.

Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra
Portland, ME
$10,000
To support a concert program featuring the performance of Sabar: Concerto for Senegalese Drummers and Orchestra by James DeMars. Directed by music director and musicologist Robert Moody, the season finale concert will be presented in the Merrill Auditorium in Portland.

Post-Classical Ensemble, Inc.
Washington, DC
$12,500
To support Adams Snapshot, a concert of works by composer John Adams. The orchestra, directed by music director Angel Gil-Ordonez, will perform Phrygian Gates (1978) and Gnarly Buttons (1996) at the Lansburg Theatre of the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, DC.

Powder River Symphony
Gillette, WY
$7,500
To support Starry Skies, an outreach concert program in rural northeast Wyoming. In Gillette and Sheridan, Wyoming, music director Steven Trinkle and the orchestra, will perform orchestral and jazz repertoire with guest artists double bassist Hans Sturm and jazz vocalist Jackie Allen.

Present Music, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$8,000
To support the Emerging Composers Initiative. Composer Ryan Carter will participate in artist residency activities, including the creation and premiere performance of a commissioned work.

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$10,000
To support the commission and performance of a new work by composer and violinist Mark O'Connor. The concerto for chamber orchestra and piano trio will premiere with the Ahn Trio at the Southern Theatre in Columbus.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$35,000
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.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
Saint Paul, MN
$40,000
To support the 50th Anniversary American Composers Project. The orchestra will perform new works by Steven Stucky, Patrick Zimmerli, and composer-in-residence Chen Yi.

San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc. (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$27,500
To support a residency project of choral workshops, youth choral festivals, and a symposium. In partnership with the Hibbing Independent School District (Minnesota) 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
$8,000
To support performances of contemporary chamber works. Works by composers Lee Hyla, Roscoe Mitchell, Cindy Cox, Terry Riley, Philippe Leroux, Dmitri Tymoczko, and Donnach Dennehy will be featured in performances at the Yerba 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, educational outreach activities, and a national tour.

San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
$70,000
To support A Viennese Festival. The three-week series of performances and educational activities will explore the works of composers Franz Schubert (1797-1828) and Alban Berg (1885-1935).

San Jose Jazz Society
San Jose, CA
$10,000
To support the 20th annual San Jose Jazz Festival. Programming will include a signature performance of a jazz legend paired with an emerging artist and an exhibit/technical showcase exploring how the historical creation and dissemination of music shaped the "hearing" and "listening" experiences of jazz audiences.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd.
Santa Fe, NM
$30,000
To support the 37th 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 Demystifying Messiaen, a concert focused on French composer Olivier Messiaen and his influences. The orchestra, conducted by music director Bruno Ferrandis, will perform three movements of the 10-movement Turangalila Symphony.

Seattle Chamber Music Festival
Seattle, WA
$7,500
To support summer chamber music 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 and associate artistic director James Ehnes.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support American Conductors: Perspectives on the Symphony Orchestra. Music director Gerard Schwarz and guest conductors JoAnn Falletta, Leonard Slatkin, and Dennis Russell Davies will lead orchestral performances, public lectures, and discussions at Benaroya Hall.

Silk Road Project, Inc.
Providence, RI
$25,000
To support artist residencies and a touring project celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Silk Road Project. Programming will include the American premiere of a new work Layla and Majnun, under the artistic direction of Yo-Yo Ma, as well as touring to multiple states and Ontario, Canada.

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 the commissioning and presentation of a new work by composer Mark Olivieri. The new chamber work will be premiered during the society's 38th annual season in Syracuse.

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, with  young soloists appearing as guest artists in each of the concerts.

St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Inc. (aka Orchestra of St. Luke's)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support an artist residency at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill by the Orchestra of St. Luke's. In addition to performances, the orchestra will conduct master classes and lecture-demonstrations.

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.

Stockton Symphony Association, Inc.
Stockton, CA
$12,500
To support the commission and premiere performance of Ansel Adams:America, a new work by NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck and his son Christopher. The concert will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of legendary photographer Ansel Adams.

Symphony Space, Inc.
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.
Syracuse, NY
$8,000
To support the commission and performance of a work by composer Stephen Paulus for children's chorus with flute and harp accompaniment.

Tempesta di Mare, Inc. (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
To support From Wealth of Tears to Cheerful Hearts: Odes by Bach and Blow. In partnership with the Philadelphia Singers, Tempesta di Mare will perform Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata Trauer-Ode (1727) and John Blow's With Festive Hearts (1690) in Philadelphia and the Chestnut Hill neighborhood.

University Enterprises, Inc. (on behalf of Festival of New American Music)
Sacramento, CA
$10,000
To support the Festival of New American Music. The annual two-week festival, held on the campus of California State University, Sacramento and at various community venues, will feature concerts, workshops, master classes, lectures, seminars, concert previews, and open rehearsals.

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, and chamber music coaching and master classes, as well as community-based educational events for elementary schoolchildren and their families.

University of Denver
Denver, CO
$10,000
To support the Cantaloupe Music Festival at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. The three-day festival of contemporary music will feature chamber ensemble So Percussion; the string quartet Ethel; Lamont School of Music's artists-in-residence ensemble Playground Playground; and Gutbucket, a touring "free-range" contemporary band.

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
$10,000
To support the 39th annual UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. Proposed performers include 2007 NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods (saxophone), Chris Potter (composer/saxophone), and Diane Reeves (vocals).

University of Oregon (on behalf of Oregon Bach Festival)
Eugene, OR
$10,000
To support the commission and performance of a choral and orchestral work by Swedish composer Sven-David Sandstrom at the Oregon Bach Festival. A co-commission with Internationale Bach Academie-Stuttgart, the work will receive its world premiere at the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene.

Van Cliburn Foundation, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$10,000
To support the American Composers Invitational, a project which commissions new works for solo piano. Participating pianists will perform the new works during the biennial Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth.

Vocal Arts Society (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$12,500
To support a festival of American vocal music. In partnership with Master Chorale of Washington, concert programming will include solo and duo vocal recitals, choral music for large and small ensembles, and jazz and folk song arrangements performed in venues in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$12,500
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 celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 40th anniversary of VocalEssence.

Washington Bach Consort
Washington, DC
$7,500
To support free, noon-time concerts of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas. The monthly concerts will be held at the Church of the Epiphany in downtown Washington, DC.

Washington Concert Opera
Washington, DC
$7,500
To support concert performances of rarely performed operatic works. The concerts will be presented at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC.

William Jewell College (on behalf of Harriman-Jewell Series)
Liberty, MO
$7,500
To support recital performances as part of the Harriman-Jewell Series. The series will present Polish pianist Rafal Bachacz, American tenor Lawrence Brownlee, and Russian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin free of charge at Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City.

Yellow Barn, Inc.
Putney, VT
$8,000
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 commission of a work by a young composer and career management for emerging classical performers and composers.

Zeitgeist
St. Paul, MN
$8,000
To support Converging Traditions, a chamber music concert. The program will explore the intersection of American new music, traditional Chinese music, and Appalachian bluegrass and "old-time" music.

Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$7,500
To support ZMF New Music Commissioning for marimba. The works will be premiered during the Zeltsman Marimba Festival to be held at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

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