Music: FY 2005 Grants

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

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Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$22,500
To support "American Memories/American Dreams," the final year of a three-year initiative (Giving Voice) designed to celebrate American music of the past, present, and future. The initiative will include the creation and presentation of new works by American composers.

American Bach Soloists
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support historically informed performances of J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion (1729). The performances will feature period instruments and free lectures by Bach scholars.

American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Emerging Composers Program, featuring commissioning and performances of new works by early- to mid-career American composers, as well as residency activities. The orchestra will perform world premieres and continue its new music reading sessions.

American Film Institute Inc. (consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
To support a consortium project featuring a series of presentations of American social documentaries from the 1930s accompanied by live music and narration. The Post-Classical Ensemble will perform live music.

American Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the presentation in thematic concert format of U.S. premieres and rarely performed works by established composers, with associated educational activities. Composers will include Emmanuel Chabrier, Nicolai Miaskovsky, Paul von Klenau, and Richard Strauss.

American Symphony Orchestra League
New York, NY
$150,000
To support services designed to strengthen peer-learning networks, communication, and research within the orchestra field. The project will assist nearly 900 member orchestras of every size and type in all 50 states.

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Cleveland Hts., OH
$10,000
To support performances and radio broadcasts of music by C.P.E. Bach. The program, with cellist Anner Bylsma as guest soloist, will be performed on period instruments in Akron, Columbus, at Severance Hall in Cleveland, and as part of the Boston Early Music Festival.

Aspen Music Festival and School (Music Associates of Aspen, Inc.)
Aspen, CO
$50,000
To support the American Academy of Conducting, a professional development program for post-conservatory conductors. Under the direction of music director David Zinman and conductor Murry Sidlin, the summer institute will engage participants in a comprehensive conducting training program.

Association of California Symphony Orchestras
Sacramento, CA
$20,000
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
$12,500
To support the Aston Magna Music Festival. The 33rd annual festival will feature period-instrument performances at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and Great Barrington, Massachusetts, with tour performances in New York City and Boston.

Astral Artistic Services
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the debut piano recitals of Spencer Myer, Koji Attwood, and Natalie Zhu. Plans include an intensive development program and debut recitals by three Astral Artists in Philadelphia and New York City.

Bang on a Can, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support concerts featuring new work by American composers. Three concerts will take place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Merkin Concert Hall, and Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.

Bard College (on behalf of Bard Music Festival)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$22,500
To support the Bard Music Festival. The festival will explore the music of Aaron Copland and his contemporaries by presenting a wide range of musical forms including his symphonies, chamber music, solo piano music, ballets, and movie scores.

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of Manzanar: An American Story, a new oratorio written and directed by playwright Philip Kan Gotanda and composed jointly by Naomi Sekiya, David Benoit, and Jean-Pascal Beintus. The 55-minute work for narrators, chorus, soloists, and orchestra explores the progression of American freedom using the Japanese internment camp Manzanar as a touchstone.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Boston, MA
$75,000
To support a concert opera performance of Richard Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. The three performances scheduled will be conducted by Music Director-designate James Levine during his debut season with the orchestra.

Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek
Vail, CO
$10,000
To support the 18th annual Vail Valley Music Festival. The summer festival will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, a commissioned work, open rehearsals, public workshops, educational outreach concerts, and young artist programs.

Brevard Music Center, Inc.
Brevard, NC
$10,000
To support the Advanced Chamber Music (ACM) Program, a professional development program for advanced college and graduate-level string players. Guest artists will instruct more than 400 students in coaching sessions, master classes, and performances during the 2005 summer session.

Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support American Roots, a series of concerts that will explore the roots of American music. Artists to be presented will be masters in the fields of blues, folk, country, and rhythm and blues.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for voice and orchestra by composer Jennifer Higdon. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass will be used as text for the work, which will be performed in the historic Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in April 2005.

Cabrillo Music Festival
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
To support a professional development program for conductors. In partnership with the Conductors Guild, the training will offer emerging conductors the opportunity to lead small and large ensembles, program contemporary works, and collaborate with composers.

California Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Walnut Creek, CA
$12,500
To support the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program. The year-long residency with composer Kevin Beavers will include recorded reading sessions, high school visits, and the creation and presentation of a new work.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support Inventive American Artists, a series of presentations featuring American musicians. The series will include performances by the Kronos Quartet and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, with conductor David Robertson, performing educational concerts, a composer workshop, and a week-long professional training seminar for musicians.

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 in several areas including consultancies, on-site technical assistance, special publications, a Web site, and a national conference.

Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support composer residencies and a commissioning program as part of a summer chamber music conference. Activities will take place at Bennington College, Vermont.

Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support First Monday, a free noontime concert series at the Chicago Cultural Center, broadcast live on the WFMT-FM radio station. The 45-minute interactive concert format allows audiences to discuss the music with the chamber players.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on behalf of Civic Orchestra of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support a professional development program for pre-professional musicians. Plans include rehearsals under the direction of resident and guest conductors, professional coaching, master classes by Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) musicians, and scholarship support.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$85,000
To support a residency with Principal Guest Conductor Pierre Boulez. In celebration of his 80th birthday, the residency will feature special programs to honor his accomplishments as conductor, teacher, and new music advocate.

Chorus America
Washington, DC
$60,000
To support services and technical assistance to the choral field. Activities will include an annual conference; publications; conductor survey; and leadership development forums for conductors, board members, and managers for 1,400 chorus members.

Cleveland Orchestra (Musical Arts Association)
Cleveland, OH
$100,000
To support Boulez and The Cleveland Orchestra Celebrate Stravinsky. The festival will celebrate the 40-year artistic partnership between Pierre Boulez and the orchestra with performances of Stravinsky's The Firebirdand other works composed between 1909 and 1962.

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Miller Theater's Pocket Concerto Project. Plans include the commissioning and presentation of new works for instrumental soloists and small chamber ensemble of 15 to 20 players (a "pocket concerto").

Columbus Symphony Orchestra (consortium)
Columbus, OH
$15,000
To support the Contemporary Music Festival, a consortium project. In 2005, the five-day festival of new music, in partnership with Ohio State University (OSU), will feature the works of composer Olly Wilson and other contemporary African-American composers.

Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support career development of emerging classical musicians through national concert engagements. In diverse venues across the country, 75 performance opportunities will allow artists on the Concert Artists Guild (CAG) roster to hone performance skills and improve their powers of communication.

Connecticut Choral Artists, Inc.
New Britain, CT
$10,000
To support concerts in The Music in the Life of series. In 2005, the series will focus on architect Frank Lloyd Wright, highlighting music that influenced him or his work.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
To support the 26th annual Tri-C JazzFest. The 2005 festival will focus on the Brazilian guitar, world rhythms, and jazz family lineage.

Da Camera Society of Texas, Inc.
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support concerts celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday. A series of concerts and lectures is planned that will explore the breadth of Mozart's presence and influence on visual artists, poets, and composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Dallas Symphony Association, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$40,000
To support performances of works by Hannibal Lokumbe. Plans include a performance of African Portraits performed at the Potter's House Church and Music Has No Walls performed for prison inmates.

Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (on behalf of Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival)
Southfield, MI
$10,000
To support the Shouse Institute, a professional development program at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival that will provide training to emerging, pre-professional ensembles. The program will include coaching sessions, master classes, and performances.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (consortium)
Detroit, MI
$40,000
To support the consortium project Community Arts Partners. Several presenting series and an educational program will be established at the new Max M. Fisher Music Center, in consortium with the University Cultural Center Association.

Early Music America, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support an updated survey of the field of early music in America. Last published in 1989, the survey will provide a current census of the field.

Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support the 17th annual Earshot Jazz Festival in various Seattle venues. The festival will present more than 200 international and regional jazz artists in more than 40 concerts and outreach activities.

Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association
Elgin, IL
$15,000
To support Dvorak in America, a festival on the life and music of Antonin Dvorak. Plans include educational activities for area high school students and a concert using slides, musical excerpts, and narration.

Elkhart Centre, Inc.
Elkhart, IN
$10,000
To support the Elkhart Jazz Festival. Held during three days in June, the festival will feature more than 150 musicians performing on seven different stages.

Emmanuel Music, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support a festival of George Frederic Handel's operas performed in concert format. The trilogy of operas will include Orlando, Ariodante, and Alcina.

Esoterics
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new a cappella choral compositions. Composers Byron Au Yong, Diane Thome, Bern Herbolsheimer, and Donald Skirvin will set verses from Taoism, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism.

Ethel's Foundation for the Arts
Sunnyside, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works for string quartet. Composers Don Byron, Marcelo Zarvos, and Pamela Z will create new works in collaboration with the quartet members who will premiere the works in December 2005.

Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO
$12,500
To support four performances in the International Chamber Music Series. The presentations will take place at the Folly Theater in Kansas City.

Ghiberti Foundation (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$12,500
To support a consortium project titled New Music Festival in an Old Cathedral. The 2005 summer festival will take place at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco in partnership with the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) of the University of California at Berkeley.

Gregg Smith Singers, Inc.
Yonkers, NY
$20,000
To support the creation, presentation, and recording of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ned Rorem. The commissioned work for chamber chorus will be performed in New York City in November 2005 and at the Adirondack Festival of American Music in Saranac Lake in July 2006.

Handel & Haydn Society
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support a historically informed performance of J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Under the direction of Music Director Grant Llewellyn, the April 2006 performances will be complemented by educational materials, lectures and discussions.

Houston Chamber Choir
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support performances and a national symposium in celebration of the 500th birthday of English renaissance composer Thomas Tallis. Plans include performances of the 40-part Spem in Alium, and master classes by noted scholars.

Houston Friends of Music
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support chamber music presentations and outreach activities. Performances and master classes are planned by the Daedalus Quartet and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.

Houston Symphony Society
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support the continuation of the Concerto Commissioning Project. Composer Richard Lavenda will create a clarinet concerto that will premiere in May 2005.

International Association for Jazz Education
Manhattan, KS
$42,500
To support workshops, master classes, panel sessions, artists' fees, and production costs during the 33rd annual International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference and Music Festival. The January 2006 conference will be held in New York City.

Jazz Arts Group of Columbus
Columbus, OH
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Jack Clayton for the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Clayton will provide master classes and coaching to the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra and to area high schools and colleges.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$65,000
To support a consortium project, Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. The program gives thousands of students the opportunity to study and perform Duke Ellington's music, and provides a training academy for band directors, hosted by Michigan State University.

Jazz Forum Arts, Inc.
Dobbs Ferry, NY
$10,000
To support free summer jazz concerts. The series consists of at least 50 concerts in New York communities including Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, and Sleepy Hollow.

Jazz In June, Inc.
Norman, OK
$10,000
To support the Jazz In June summer festival. Free concerts and local radio broadcasts of jazz and blues, as well as an educational jazz clinic, will be presented at indoor and outdoor settings.

Juneau Jazz & Classics, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$10,000
To support the Juneau Jazz & Classics festival. Approximately 30 musicians will be presented during the nine-day festival in May 2005.

Kent State University Main Campus (on behalf of Kent/Blossom Music)
Kent, OH
$12,500
To support artist faculty fees for the professional development of advanced music students at the Kent/Blossom Music program. Nationally selected, post-secondary music students will spend summer weeks under the mentorship and instruction of Cleveland Orchestra musicians, the Miami Quartet, and other prominent faculty members.

Kronos Performing Arts Association
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support Seven Women/One Voice: An Exploration of Distant Places. Seven collaborations will take place with women artists of diverse multi-national musical perspectives.

Kuumbwa Jazz Society
Santa Cruz, CA
$20,000
To support 30 & Swingin', a 30th-anniversary series of concerts. Plans include the presentation of four concerts and educational activities for students.

La Jolla Music Society
La Jolla, CA
$18,000
To support SummerFest. The three-week seaside music festival will include performances of a new string quartet by Mark O'Connor and the West Coast premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Mania, a concerto for cello and chamber ensemble.

Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$15,000
To support the Jazz at Lafayette series. A four-concert celebration of Latin cultures and a commission by Michael Hersch featuring the Cassatt Quartet are planned.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support performances of commissioned works. Plans include the world and West Coast premieres of three works by Robert Aldridge, Donald Crockett, and Joel McNeely.

Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Los Angeles, CA
$18,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new choral work by Billy Childs. The full-length work is based on texts by children in the Terezin concentration camp during World War II, and will premiere at Walt Disney Concert Hall in April 2005.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support The American Composers Project. Plans include repeat performances of previously commissioned works by Tan Dun and John Adams and the premiere of a new commission by Peter Lieberson.

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support the New Orleans International Composers Competition. Funds are requested for the selection process and the final performance of works by the three composer finalists.

Magnificat
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support partially-staged performances of Alessandro Stradella's comic opera Il Trespolo tutore (The Tutor in Love). The project will feature a small ensemble of period instruments and singers under the artistic direction of Warren Stewart.

Marilyn Horne Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,500
To support vocal recitals by emerging artists. The foundation will present the artists at New York City's St. Bartholomew's Church as part of its On Wings of Song series which will be later broadcast on WQXR -FM radio.

Marlboro School of Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the Invited Master Artist Project. Through a series of workshops, master classes, and lecture-demonstrations led by a group of world-class concert artists, composers, and scholars, students will further develop their artistic insights.

Master Chorale of Washington Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the commission and premiere of a new work by composer Adolphus Hailstork. The Master Chorale of Washington will perform the new work at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

Minnesota Orchestral Association
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
To support the Composer Institute for emerging American composers. The project will include reading sessions of new orchestral work, advanced instrumental sessions led by Minnesota Orchestra musicians, and advanced training seminars.

Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$25,000
To support the annual Monterey Jazz Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Key components of the festival will be the premiere of a commissioned work by Artist-in-Residence Carla Bley and performances by emerging jazz musicians.

Mount Saint Mary's College (on behalf of Da Camera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support Chamber Music in Historic Sites, a series of chamber music concerts and outreach activities. Presented by the Da Camera Society under the artistic direction of Dr. MaryAnn Bonino, the concerts will match musical programs from a variety of cultures and periods with sites of architectural and historical significance in the Los Angeles area.

Music at Angel Fire, Inc.
Angel Fire, NM
$14,000
To support Music at Angel Fire's 22nd Anniversary Festival. The festival will tour the rural, northern New Mexico communities of Angel Fire, Las Vegas, Raton, and Taos.

Music at the Anthology, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the MATA 2005 Festival. The week-long new music festival, held at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City, will include performances, commissions, field-related workshops, and educational programs.

Music From China
New York, NY
$10,000
To support thematic concerts of new music for traditional Chinese instruments. The project will include the premiere of a commissioned work by composer Vivian Fung, string instrument training for youths and adults, and performances at various sites in New York City.

National Symphony Orchestra Association
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support Composer Portrait: Brahms, an exploration of orchestral works by Johannes Brahms. Concerts will take place at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

Network for New Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the commissioning and performance of new instrumental works. The 20th-anniversary season's Dance Project will include educational workshops in several venues around Philadelphia.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Newark, NJ
$22,500
To support Northern Lights, a winter festival exploring Finland's search for a national identity through the music of Jean Sibelius. Concerts will be performed in Newark, New Brunswick, Trenton, Englewood, and Red Bank.

New School University (on behalf of New School Concerts)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 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 Musician Professional Development Program. Under the artistic direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, the program will use performances, multidisciplinary coaching, and community outreach activities to prepare young artists for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field.

New York Collegium, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Music in the Cloister: Defiance and Negotiation, recreating the ensembles of young nuns and cloistered women of 18th-century Northern Italy. The project will include a concert, a symposium, a film screening, and a master class.

New York Festival of Song, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,500
To support thematic song recital programs under the artistic direction of Steven Blier and Michael Barrett. The recitals will feature singers in solo and ensemble performances in Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center in New York City.

New York Philharmonic (Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.)
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the American Creations Festival. The orchestra will perform the world premiere of Peter Lieberson's Shotoku Taishi - The World in Flower for orchestra and chorus and works by Christopher Rouse, Elliott Carter, and Stephen Albert at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The project will include discussions with composers, symposia, master classes, and conductors' roundtables.

New York Treble Singers (Florida Camerata)
New York, NY
$8,000
To support a 20th-anniversary concert programmed for women's voices, including commissioned works. The October 2005 concert will focus on music for, by, and about women and will include the commissioned works of composers Mary Jane Leach and Laura Kaminsky.

Oakland East Bay Symphony
Oakland, CA
$12,500
To support premiere performances of new works by American composers. The project will include works by Hector Armienta, Kenji Bunch, Laurence Rosenthal, and Chen Yi.

Ojai Festivals, Ltd.
Ojai, CA
$20,000
To support the Ojai Music Festival. The 59th annual music festival, directed by guest music director Oliver Knussen, will present the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, pianist Peter Serkin, Schoenberg Ensemble, and Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen and composer/pianist Magnus Lindberg.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a multi-state tour featuring different concert programs. The repertoire will include premieres of commissioned works by Daniel Schnyder and Robert Aldridge. The orchestra will perform 17 concerts at venues in 10 states.

Other Minds
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support OM11, an annual new music festival performed at Yerba Buena Center. Composers will participate in a four-day residency that will include a panel discussion and a free workshop and lecture-demonstration.

Pacific Chorale
Santa Ana, CA
$15,000
To support the West Coast Premiere of a work by American composer Stephen Paulus. The Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony will perform the new work under the artistic direction of John Alexander at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

Paramount Center for the Arts, Inc.
Peekskill, NY
$10,000
To support a commission to composer and trumpeter Dave Douglas for new works to accompany early silent films of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. The new musical scores will be premiered with film screenings at the Paramount Center for the Arts.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support a vocal music project exploring the art of song, ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary works. Performances will be augmented by master classes and lectures conducted by guest artists and scholars.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support the Late Great Works Festival. This project is an exploration of works composed late in life by composers such as Mahler, Wagner, Berio, Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Tchaikovsky. Concerts will be complemented by discussions and pre- and post-concert events.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation of George Frederic Handel's opera Atalanta in San Francisco, Berkeley, Lafayette, and Palo Alto, California. The performances, directed by music director Nicholas McGegan, will be preceded by free concert lectures.

Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Irvine, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation of Orion, a new work by American composer Philip Glass. The West Coast premiere will feature Glass and an ensemble of composers and musicians during the annual Eclectic Orange Festival.

Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Pittsburgh, PA
$60,000
To support the Composer of the Year residency activities with composer Jennifer Higdon, including a commission. The composer will participate in residency activities such as master classes, reading sessions for emerging composers, mentoring composition students, and community events.

Post-Classical Ensemble, Inc.
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the production of DVDs of 1930s films with new performances of film scores by Virgil Thomson and Aaron Copland. The two DVDs will consist of Thomson's The Plow That Broke the Plains and The River, and Copland's The City.

Present Music, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
To support performances exploring the influence of new concert music from Latin America, the Middle East/Central Asia, and China on American music. The ensemble will perform repertoire by composers originally from each of these regions, and the concerts will be held in Madison, Milwaukee, and Whitewater, Wisconsin, in spring 2005.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (consortium) (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Atlanta, GA
$50,000
To support A King Celebration, a consortium project with Morehouse College in tribute to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The project will include performances, educational outreach activities, and a national radio broadcast.

Rose Ensemble
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the transcription and re-creation of a newly discovered 12th-century liturgical drama Visitatio Sepulchri. The Rose Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Jordan Sramek, will perform the medieval work at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
St. Paul, MN
$55,000
To support Music of Our Time, commissions and performances of contemporary American works. The orchestra will premiere works by Mark-Anthony Turnage, Jake Heggie, and Stephen Prutsman.

SFJAZZ (San Francisco Jazz Organization)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support the residency and touring activities of the San Francisco Jazz Collective ensemble. Events will include open rehearsals, world premieres of new work, educational outreach activities, and a national tour.

San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To support Gershwin, Bernstein, and Yiddish Theater, a festival exploring the influence of Jewish culture on music in America between 1900 and the 1940s. The San Francisco Symphony, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, will perform three different programs at Davies Hall.

San Francisco Symphony (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the Cleveland-San Francisco Exchange, a consortium project with the Cleveland Orchestra to present each orchestra in the other's home city. Plans include performances by the Cleveland Orchestra in Davies Hall in San Francisco.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
$35,000
To support the 33rd 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 Vienna's Golden Age Festival, featuring the music of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert. The Santa Rosa Symphony and the Santa Rosa Symphony Chamber Players, under the direction of Jeffrey Kahane, will perform in several venues.

Schubert Club, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$12,500
To support the second Saint Paul Summer Song Festival, a five-day event focusing on the art song through recitals, master classes, and lectures. The festival will feature concerts in the new recital hall in the Hamm Building in downtown St. Paul.

Seattle Pro Musica Society
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the world premiere of a new choral work by John Muehleisen and the performance of Mozart's Mass in C Minor. The concert performance, conducted by Karen P. Thomas, will take place at St. James Cathedral in Seattle.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$45,000
To support the New Europe Festival, a project celebrating Central and East European music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Under the direction of Gerard Schwarz, concerts of music by Bartok, Kodaly, Janacek, Dohnanyi, Kurtag, and Lutoslawski will be presented.

Shriver Hall Concert Series, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
To support the world premiere performance of a previously commissioned work by Tobias Picker. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson and the Takacs String Quartet will perform the piano quintet in Shriver Auditorium at John Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Society for New Music
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
To support winter concerts and the creation and presentation of a commissioned work by Sally Lamb. The winter season will include concert programs with repeat performances in venues such as colleges, universities, and libraries.

Sphinx Organization, Inc.
Detroit, MI
$65,000
To support the artistic development of the Sphinx Symphony, a unique ensemble of professional African American and Latino musicians from orchestras and institutions around the country. The Sphinx Symphony will perform two concerts at Orchestra Hall in Detroit, each featuring young soloists.

Stanford Jazz Workshop
Stanford, CA
$20,000
To support the annual Stanford Jazz Festival. The festival will feature artists such as Regina Carter, NEA Jazz Master Slide Hampton, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Branford Marsalis.

Syracuse Children's Chorus, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
To support the commissioning of a new work for children's chorus and string quartet. Music will be composed by American composer Libby Larsen, with libretto by Native American poet and novelist Louise Erdrich.

Tribeca Performing Arts Center (Borough of Manhattan Community College Performing Arts Center, Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Lost Jazz Shrines: Bradley's - The Art of the Small Band, a concert series showcasing music performed at historic, lower-Manhattan jazz venues. The series will include works inspired by music featured at the jazz club Bradley's.

Twentieth Century Consort
Takoma Park, MD
$10,000
To support concerts complementing Visual Music, 1905-2005, a major exhibition organized jointly by the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Performances will take place at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.

Utah Symphony & Opera
Salt Lake City, UT
$35,000
To support Poets & Passions, a celebration of British poets and composers through music, opera, film, and lectures. Under the direction of Keith Lockhart, the orchestra will perform symphonic works by George Butterworth and Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Van Cliburn Foundation, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$10,000
To support a commissioning project for new piano works. Works selected by finalists of the Van Cliburn Competition will be premiered during the semifinal round of the competition in Fort Worth.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$22,500
To support the presentation of solo vocal recitals. Performances will be held in the Terrace Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and other venues in Washington, DC.

Vocal Essence (Plymouth Music Series, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
To support the Witness program, an annual celebration of musical contributions by African American composers. The program will include educational events, a young people's concert, a residency program in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, a commissioned work by an emerging composer, and regional and national broadcasts on public radio.

Washington Chorus, Inc.
Washington, DC
$18,000
To support the performance of Sir Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Artistic Director Robert Shafer will conduct the Washington Chorus, and the project also will include educational and outreach activities in the Washington metropolitan area.

Yerba Buena Arts & Events
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support music performances at the annual Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. Among the artists to be featured will be the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, the Lamplighters, and San Francisco Lyric Opera.

Young Concert Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of the Young Concert Artists Series of recitals and concerti debuts in New York City and Washington, DC. The project will include the commissioning of a new work by a young composer and will provide career management for emerging classical performers and composers.

Youth Orchestra of the Americas
Arlington, VA
$18,000
To support a three-week residency program for emerging young musicians from the Americas. The Youth Orchestra of the Americas will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City and Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC.

Zeitgeist
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of new works for chamber ensemble by Anthony Gatto, Edie Hill, and Martin Bresnick. Zeitgeist will perform the world premieres in Minneapolis.

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Alabama Symphonic Association, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
To support Touring Alabama. Performances and mini-residencies will take place in three communities including Fort Payne, Livingston, and Selma.

American Brass Chamber Music Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
To support a tour of performances and residency activities by the American Brass Quintet. Each residency will include up to seven performance and educational events, culminating in a formal concert in each community.

American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$40,000
To support the innova® Recordings production of CD's by Henry Brandt, the re-issue of films on DVD, and a "scrapbook" publication of Harry Partch. Plans include a set of 15 CD's of 28 works by Henry Brandt, a DVD of two experimental films, and a reprint of a bio-scrapbook of Harry Partch.

American Music Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support American Music Center's Virtual Information Center for new American music through its NewMusicBox.org and NewMusicJukeBox.org Web sites. NewMusicBox is a monthly Web magazine about artists and issues in the new music community, and NewMusicJukeBox is a searchable, encyclopedic database of contemporary American composers.

Bang on a Can, Inc. (consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the Summer Institute of Music, a consortium residency program for composers and performers of experimental music. In partnership with the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, the initiative includes free concerts and outreach activities in low-income communities, and at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc.
Roslindale, MA
$18,000
To support CD recordings of works by American composers. Each of the four new CD recordings will represent either a premiere release or a new release of an out-of-print recording.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support Music Off the Walls, a consortium project. A series of chamber music concerts will be performed in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, exploring themes of current exhibitions.

Cactus Pear Music Festival
San Antonio, TX
$7,500
To support the presentation of tour concerts to rural communities by the Cactus Pear Music Festival. Plans include four concerts in the nearby rural Texas communities of Georgetown, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, and Boerne.

Canton Symphony Orchestra Association
Canton, OH
$10,000
To support school performances and young people's concerts. Plans include small ensembles performing in 20 elementary and middle schools in Canton, and two young people's concerts.

Cazadero Performing Arts Camp
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
To support Jumpstart in Music. In collaboration with the Berkeley Unified School District, middle school music students will be offered a three-day weekend retreat of music instruction.

Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Cedar Rapids, IA
$7,500
To support Pied Piper, interactive chamber ensemble music concerts for children. Performed at a public library, the 32 concerts will be performed by ensembles of strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion for preschool-age children and special elementary populations.

Celebrity Series of Boston
Boston, MA
$12,500
To support What Makes It Great?, Family Musik performances, and community concerts. In celebration of the 10th year of Celebrity Series programs by Robert Kapilow, three What Makes It Great? programs, three Family Musik performances, and three free community concerts are planned.

Charlotte Philharmonic Society, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support the performance and broadcast of the 2005 Philharmonic Holiday Concert. The performance will take place at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
To support Coming Together - A Wave of Progress, a community engagement program. Plans include organization-wide initiatives and programs that will build artistic partnerships within the African American and Latino communities.

Cinnabar Arts Corporation
Petaluma, CA
$5,000
To support the presentation of a concert and semi-staged version of Robert Xavier Rodriguez's opera La Curandera. The opera, based on Mozart's comic opera Bastien und Bastienne, will feature a female sorceress in the Mexican folk tradition.

Classical Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$7,500
To support free concerts by college and high school age students. The eight free concerts will take place at Preston Bradley Hall, at the Chicago Cultural Center, during 2005-06.

Colorado Symphony Association
Denver, CO
$18,000
To support state-wide tour concerts. Performances and educational activities led by Music Director Designate, Jeffrey Kahane, are planned in Fort Collins, Alamosa, Pueblo, and Grand Junction during 2005-06.

Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of Center for Black Music Research)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support school residencies and performances. During 2005-06, the New Black Music Repertory Ensemble will conduct six residencies in schools and community venues, and will perform during the joint national conference of the Center for Black Music Research and the Society for American Music.

Community Musicworks
Providence, RI
$10,000
To support free music education and performance programs for children and youth. During 2005-06, the Providence String Quartet will be in residence and will teach and mentor students, as well as perform in the community.

Cygnus Ensemble, Inc.
Mt. Vernon, NY
$10,000
To support a CD recording of new works for chamber ensemble. The works to be included on the Bridge Records release are works by William Anderson, Milton Babbitt, David Claman, Akemi Naito, and Rolv Yttrehus.

Da Capo Chamber Players, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
To support a chamber ensemble performance tour and residency activities. The four-state tour will involve concerts, public school performances, open rehearsals, and programs for retirement communities.

Earplay (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support a consortium project for a workshop of a new opera score, Every Man Jack, by composer Libby Larsen and librettist Philip Littell. The workshop with the ensemble Earplay in June 2005 will help the composer determine how all the Sonoma City Opera production elements are working together.

Electronic Music Foundation, Ltd.
Albany, NY
$10,000
To support Electronic Music in the United States, a Web site. Plans include compiling, researching, and acquiring audio, video, and other documentation of the pioneers in electronic music for inclusion on the Web site.

Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association
Fargo, ND
$7,500
To support an outreach and intergenerational education program. Activities will include Pizza Pop Concerts for teens and young adults, and Young People's/Family Concerts for elementary school students and their families during 2005-06.

Farmers' Museum, Inc.
Cooperstown, NY
$7,500
To support the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival. The three-week summer festival in August 2005 will include six performances, two interactive family concerts, and free educational outreach programs.

Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts, Ltd. (on behalf of Burlington Discover Jazz Festival)
Burlington, VT
$15,000
To support artist residencies and performances at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Educational activities will include a jazz scholar-in-residence, pre-performance lectures, and dialogues with the performing artists.

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
$12,500
To support Unplugged, an informal classical concert series. During 2005-06, Unplugged concerts will be hosted by a local celebrity and feature casually dressed orchestra members under live video images projected on a large screen.

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$22,500
To support a state-wide touring program. Concerts and educational programs will take place in five rural communities.

Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Glens Falls, NY
$74,500
To support Made in America, a collaborative commissioning, performance, and outreach project. A new work by Joan Tower will be commissioned and performed by up to 60 small-budget orchestras in all 50 states.

Greensboro Symphony Society, Inc.
Greensboro, NC
$10,000
To support a community gospel concert and associated educational activities. Under the artistic direction of Dr. Isaiah Jackson, the concert will involve more than 200 choristers from community churches of various denominations.

Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$10,000
To support a Martin Luther King Celebration concert, school and community concerts, and a Latino Celebration. Plans include the 7th annual I Have a Dream concert in 2006, outreach performances in community organizations, and concerts featuring performances and compositions by Latino artists.

Horizon Concerts, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support artist fees for free concerts by solo performers in senior citizen facilities, nursing homes, special education schools, homeless shelters, and other social service organizations. Up to 100 free concerts by young professional musicians will take place during 2005-06.

Houston Symphony Society (consortium)
Houston, TX
$25,000
To support school residency activities, a consortium project. Plans include professional development, instrument instruction, ensemble performances, and student attendance at concerts, in partnership with the Houston Independent School District and the Crockett Charter School (CCS).

Hutchins Consort
Encinitas, CA
$10,000
To support a tour of concerts in tribute to Dr. Carleen Hutchins, the maker of eight scaled violins that collectively span the full range of written music. The tour will begin in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and continue to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which currently owns a set of the violins.

Instituto Pro Musica de California
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support a state-wide tour of Fandango! - a choral and instrumental program of the music of early California (1770-1870). Performances will take place in Los Angeles, Monterey, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Barbara in June 2005.

Jazz Alliance International, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support an audience development and media awareness campaign promoting jazz to the African American community. The campaign will include radio and television public service announcements, magazine articles, an eight-page editorial magazine, Internet banners, and college panel discussions.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the U.S. tour of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO), the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), and smaller ensembles by distinguished jazz artists. The tour will reach up to 15 cities in 12 states.

Jazz Gallery
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Jazz Masters Pass It On. Emerging musicians will be paired with prominent jazz musicians, including many NEA Jazz Masters, to perform together and discuss the means by which jazz traditions are passed on to younger generations.

Jazz Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$12,500
To support the Chicago Jazz and Heritage Program, featuring concerts, workshops, and artist residencies in Chicago neighborhoods. Community outreach and learning opportunities will be provided for youth and adults throughout the city during 2005-06.

Juneau Symphony, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$7,500
To support tour concerts to rural communities. Concerts will take place in Haines, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada.

Kitka, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$25,000
To support the research, presentation, CD recording, songbook publication, and tour of Lulaj: Lullabies and Songs of Children from the Old Country. Traditional songs sung by Balkan, Slavic, and Caucasian mothers and their children will be gathered, documented, preserved, and showcased in the collection.

Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Lancaster, PA
$10,000
To support Sound Discovery, a music education program. Open rehearsals with Lido©, an animated conductor's baton, will be presented to students in grades five and above, and the Symphonic Concert for Children will reach third- through fifth-grade students.

Lexington Philharmonic Society Inc.
Lexington, KY
$10,000
To support concerts in rural and inner-city communities as well as educational concerts for children and families. Activities will include ensemble concerts for families, instrument "petting zoos" in schools, public parks, and businesses, and outreach concerts in rural Kentucky communities and inner-city Lexington.

Macon Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Macon, GA
$10,000
To support performances of works by American composers. The Macon Symphony, under the artistic leadership of music director Adrian Gnam, will perform two concerts at the Grand Opera House and the Griffin Auditorium.

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
Pittsburgh, PA
$30,000
To support the presentation, archival recording, and preservation of MCGJazz presentations. Proposed artists for the 19th annual series in 2005-06 include Nestor Torres, Liz Wright, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Big Band, Joshua Redman, and Chick Corea.

Manna House Workshops Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
To support music education and performance programs. Plans include individual music instruction and a concert series.

Meet The Composer, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support Creative Connections, a nationwide project that brings composers and audiences together around new musical works. The project will provide opportunities for composers to attend performances of their music and take part in pre- or post-concert discussions, open rehearsals, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and interviews.

Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale, Inc.
Midland, TX
$7,500
To support the Senior Series. Brass, string, and woodwind ensemble performances will take place in area senior centers, retirement facilities, and long-term care homes.

Minnesota Chorale
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the annual Bridges outreach program. Choral Crawl, the 11th annual program, will feature presentations in the Mill City Museum in collaboration with multimedia artists.

Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra
Bismarck, ND
$7,500
To support tour concerts and educational activities. Concerts and in-school programs will take place in western North Dakota cities including Dickinson, New Salem, Beach, Williston, Hettinger, Washburn, Wilton, Minot, Beulah, and Medora.

Music For All Seasons, Inc.
Scotch Plains, NJ
$10,000
To support interactive music programs for children and residents of shelters for victims of domestic violence. The eight programs of two to four musicians are planned for shelters in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and California.

Nashville Symphony Association
Nashville, TN
$15,000
To support outreach concerts in rural areas of Tennessee. In partnership with local community organizations, the symphony will tour to diverse and underserved communities.

New Century Musical Arts Society
Greenville, NC
$7,500
To support residencies by the New Century Saxophone Quartet for three underserved communities in Washington, DC. The ensemble will provide master classes, performances, and lessons at Howard University, the Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts, and the Southeast Branch of the Levine School of Music.

New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support the preservation of music scores by leading jazz composers over the past 50 years. Works by artists such as NEA Jazz Masters George Russell, Cecil Taylor, Gunther Schuller, Jaki Byard, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer, Steve Lacy, and Ran Blake will be made accessible through the New England Conservatory Jazz Archive.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation
Newark, NJ
$10,000
To support Sounds of the City, a presentation of weekly, free, outdoor summer concerts in the center's downtown plaza. The concerts will feature diverse musical styles ranging from jazz, swing, and salsa to Cajun and Celtic.

New Mexico Symphony Orchestra (Albuquerque Symphony Orchestra)
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
To support a state-wide tour to small, rural, and underserved communities of New Mexico. The project also will offer educational activities in Albuquerque area schools.

Omaha Symphony Association
Omaha, NE
$10,000
To support a tour to rural and underserved communities of Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. The symphony will perform concerts and provide educational experiences for adults and children.

Opus 118 Music Center (Harlem Center for Strings)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support music lessons for underserved, inner-city youth. Opus 118's Conservatory Program will be offered to low-income children in East Harlem.

Oregon Symphony Association
Portland, OR
$22,500
To support the Community Music Partnership program. The orchestra will select an underserved, rural community to participate in a two-year outreach residency.

Other Minds (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support the digital conversion of archival recordings for free public access via the Internet. Other Minds and consortium partner Internet Archive will select and prepare the materials featuring performances, interviews, and conversations recorded live by leading composers and artists of 20th-century American music.

Pawtucket Day Nursery Association
Pawtucket, RI
$10,000
To support weekly music classes for low-income, underserved children. Instructors from the Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic will provide music appreciation and introductory instruction to children in Pawtucket Day's music program.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association (consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$45,000
To support Neighborhood Concerts, a consortium project with the Cooper Health System. The orchestra will perform free concerts and ancillary activities in Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey.

Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support performances of music by 15th century composer Jacob Obrecht. The ensemble will tour the program to Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Massachusetts.

Philomel Concerts, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$7,500
To support expansion of Imagination Workshops, Kids' Concerts, and Concerts & Conversations. The educational outreach programs and family concerts will provide access to, and build long-term audiences for, early music.

Phoenix Symphony Association
Phoenix, AZ
$18,000
To support One Nation, a consortium project of education programs for the local Native American community. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (aka the Salt River Community Schools) in Scottsdale will partner with the symphony to expand outreach efforts and increase the number of private music lessons offered.

Pittsburgh Symphony Society (consortium)
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support a community partners concert with consortium partner Afro-American Music Institute, Inc. The symphony performance will include the winner of the annual Sphinx Competition and will be held at Heinz Hall.

Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra Corporation
San Juan, PR
$7,500
To support Musical Zoo, a music appreciation project for children. The symphony will conduct educational performances and "petting zoo" activities throughout Puerto Rico.

Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association (consortium)
Davenport, IA
$7,500
To support educational outreach and touring performances, a consortium project with Iowa Communications Network. Touring performances by three ensembles of the orchestra will be recorded and broadcast throughout central and eastern Iowa.

Queens Symphony Orchestra Inc
Glendale, NY
$10,000
To support in-school ensemble performances, educational workshops, and young people's concerts. The music appreciation project will reach children and families throughout the Borough of Queens.

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
Providence, RI
$7,500
To support Business After-Hours community outreach performances. The orchestra will perform for employees and their families at their workplace.

Rhythmic Concepts, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$7,500
To support a jazz music education camp for all ages. Jazz Camp West will offer daily classes and multiple performance opportunities throughout its eight-day program.

Roanoke Symphony Society
Roanoke, VA
$7,500
To support a tour to rural and underserved communities in southwestern Virginia. Activities will include concerts, ensemble performances, and master classes.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
To support ASO Around Georgia, a community partnership initiative. The tour will include performances and outreach activities as a means to cultivate meaningful partnerships with communities across the state.

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$30,000
To support Symphony 101, an outreach project of community concerts for underserved and low-income residents. Host and music director Christopher Seaman and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will offer a symphonic repertoire and informal lectures for first-time concertgoers at Roberts Wesleyan College.

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
St. Louis, MO
$25,000
To support a percussion festival. Percussionist Colin Currie and the Juilliard Percussion Ensemble will be featured in the May 2006 festival performances under the direction of music director David Robertson, at the conclusion of his first season with the Orchestra.

San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association
San Diego, CA
$12,500
To support concerts reaching out to new audiences. The San Diego Symphony, under music director Jahja Ling, will perform selections from their repertoire by Mexican composers in several venues in San Diego and Tijuana.

San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$27,500
To support a national concert and educational residency project. Activities will include choral coaching, youth choral festivals, and advanced choral training for adult singers.

Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association
Los Angeles, CA
$7,500
To support Discovering Music, an educational outreach program in underserved communities of Los Angeles. The project, led by artistic director Sonia Marie De Leon, will provide orchestral performances and educational activities in venues ranging from elementary schools to community centers.

Santa Fe New Music, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$7,500
To support Music Literacy Through the New, an educational initiative for the Santa Fe New Music Youth Ensemble and Young Composers' Project. The project will include workshops for youth and adults in composition, theory, and performance.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (consortium)
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support ACCESS, a consortium project of outreach performances and educational events for underserved communities. In partnership with the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, the orchestra will engage children and families in diverse neighborhoods of Seattle.

Sherwood Conservatory of Music
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support music education for underserved communities. The project will offer comprehensive programs of instruction and performance in two neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side.

Sitka Summer Music Festival Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
To support concert tours of chamber music in cities and rural communities of Alaska. The concerts will serve communities in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Haines, Juneau, Kodiak, Nenana, Pelican, and Sitka.

Sixteen As One Music Inc. (Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
New York, NY
$7,500
To support performances and a CD recording of new works by composer Jim McNeely. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra will premiere the works at the Village Vanguard in New York City.

Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
$7,500
To support the Skidmore Jazz Institute at the college's Bernhard Theater. The two-week summer jazz program will include master classes, daily improvisational classes, private instruction, and a mini-festival.

Southwest Chamber Music Society
Pasadena, CA
$10,000
To support the recording of a new work by Chinary Ung. The commissioned work will be premiered and recorded by Southwest Chamber Music.

St. Joseph Symphony Society, Inc.
St. Joseph, MO
$10,000
To support concerts for underserved, rural communities. The orchestra will perform symphonic repertoire in western Missouri and eastern Kansas.

Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Inc.
Sun Valley, ID
$7,500
To support an artist residency project by Ethos Percussion Group. The ensemble will perform concerts, and conduct educational outreach, in the communities of central Idaho.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$15,000
To support concert tours to New York's North Country. The orchestra, under the direction of music director Daniel Hege, will perform concerts in rural and underserved communities.

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support Jazz in America: The National Jazz Curriculum. The free, Internet-based curriculum teaches the history and development of jazz in the United States.

Tucson Symphony Society (consortium)
Tucson, AZ
$20,000
To support the Southern Arizona Residency, a consortium project with the Gila Valley Arts Council. The project will consist of an educational component and a public concert in six rural communities in southern Arizona.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Burlington, VT
$7,500
To support the Made in Vermont Music Festival Tour, a series of educational activities and community concert programs in rural and underserved communities. The project will present children's programs in ten communities, followed by family concerts in each location.

Virginia Symphony
Norfolk, VA
$15,000
To support Lift Every Voice, a community partnership project with churches and Historically Black Colleges in Hampton Roads. The Virginia Symphony, and the combined choirs of Hampton University and Norfolk State University, will perform composer Dr. Robert Ray's Gospel Mass, and conduct workshops and educational performances throughout the region.

Washington Men's Camerata, Inc.
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the National Library of Men's Choral Music, and a CD recording of men's choral repertoire. The project will advance the multiyear development of an operational lending library and searchable database to safeguard collections of men's choral music, and will make the repertoire widely available for study and performance.

West Shore Symphony Orchestra
Muskegon, MI
$10,000
To support outreach concerts in western Michigan. The orchestra will perform free outdoor and chamber music concerts in non-traditional settings.

West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Charleston, WV
$10,000
To support a state-wide tour to rural and underserved communities. The orchestra, with music director Grant Cooper, will introduce orchestral music to new audiences throughout West Virginia.

Western Jazz Presenters Network, Inc.
La Jolla, CA
$25,000
To support a touring initiative featuring jazz violinist Regina Carter. The Regina Carter Quartet will perform in towns and cities in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Nevada.

WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support Art of the States, a radio and online distribution service of contemporary music. The service will provide monthly radio programs to broadcasters nationally and internationally, as well as a growing collection of works presented through its Web site.

William Marsh Rice University
Houston, TX
$7,500
To support Sound Reasoning, a Web-based interactive music appreciation course. The course will be accessible through Rice University's Connexions project, an open source curriculum available to all ages.

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