Music: FY2002 Grants

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

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Billings Symphony Society
Billings, MT
$10,000
To support the Yellowstone Music Initiative. This comprehensive outreach project will reach underserved audiences in non-traditional venues in a variety of programs for youth and seniors.

Black Dot Artists, Inc. (on behalf of Eastside Arts Alliance)
Oakland, CA
$6,000
To support the 4th annual Malcolm X JazzArts Festival. The free, all-day, outdoor community event to be held in East Oakland in May 2003 will present various styles of jazz, including influences from Latin, Asian and African American cultures.

Boston University
(on behalf of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute)
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support faculty artists in the preparation and presentation of Young Artists Orchestra concerts. The Boston University Tanglewood Institute will continue to expand its roster of faculty artists to provide intensive coaching for the orchestral program.

Canton Symphony Orchestra Association
Canton, OH
$10,000
To support after-school and weekend music instruction for elementary students and their families who are living in low-income neighborhoods of Canton. The symphony's musicians will offer instruction in steel drum, recorder and keyboard in four six-week sessions.

Central Park Conservancy, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the Harlem Meer Performance Festival. This free music performance series will showcase emerging African American and Latino artists.

Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support First Monday, a free noontime concert series by the Chicago Chamber Musicians at the Chicago Cultural Center that will be broadcast live by the WFMT-FM radio station. The format for the series in 2002 takes on a 45-minute interactive approach offering audiences the opportunity to learn from the musicians themselves about the music that is performed.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati, OH
$50,000
To support a series of outreach programs that will include concerts and other services to neighborhoods throughout the region. The orchestra will provide a three-part initiative to communities in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, including areas of northern Kentucky.

College of Saint Benedict
St. Joseph, MN
$7,500
To support the presentation of World Drums in performance and residency. The September 2002 event will feature percussion ensembles and soloists gathered from around the world.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit, MI
$60,000
To support The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Downriver project. This is the first year of a three year outreach effort by the orchestra to underserved communities south of Detroit.

Fairbanks Symphony Association, Inc.
Fairbanks, AK
$10,000
To support an orchestra tour to communities in rural Alaska. Concerts and educational outreach programs will be presented by the Arctic Chamber Orchestra, the orchestra's touring ensemble, in parts of the state that do not have access to the concert experience.

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

Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
Boston, MA
$22,500
To support the Intensive Community Program. The project will provide string training for children in underserved communities of greater Boston.

Houston Symphony Society
Houston, TX
$32,500
To support Community Connections, an outreach project for underserved communities. During 2002-03, the Houston Symphony's musicians will perform at various sites, including hospitals, schools, community centers and long-term care facilities.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. Duke Ellington's musical legacy will be taught in schools across the country through study, performance and free distribution of his repertoire, providing thousands of students with the opportunity to perform Ellington's music. Consortium members include Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Colorado and the International Association of Jazz Educators in Kansas.

Jazz Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the expansion of the Chicago Jazz and Heritage Program. The program seeks to explore ways to connect youth and families with the cultural heritage of the city's diverse communities.

Levine School of Music
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support early childhood music education that incorporates intergenerational music experiences to underserved populations in the Washington, DC area. Goals for the project include reinforcing the children's academic, social and emotional development through music.

Minnesota Chorale
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the annual Bridges outreach program. The fall 2002 program will link urban and rural youth, teachers and parents in four performances of Adventures of the Black Dot, a narrated choral work introducing musical concepts within a whimsical story.

Music Works Northwest
Bellevue, WA
$20,000
To support music education activities of an inner-city branch campus for youth and adults. The community music school's branch campus activities will include a summer music camp, private and group music instruction, music technology/audio engineering classes, guest artist workshops and performances.

New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
To support a statewide tour to small, rural and underserved communities of New Mexico. In addition, the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra will conduct educational activities in Albuquerque area schools.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support community concerts, two national tours and residency activities. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will tour with pianist Richard Goode and soprano Dawn Upshaw, and be in residence at University of California-Los Angeles and the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois at Champagne.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association (consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
To support outreach performances in the Washington Township School District, NJ. During 2002, the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform a free neighborhood concert in the district's Center for the Performing Arts and additional smaller performances, all free of charge.

Philomel Concerts, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$5,000
Workshops, Kids' Concerts, and Concerts & Conversations family concerts will provide access and build long-term audience involvement in early music.

Phoenix Symphony Association (consortium)
Phoenix, AZ
$25,000
To support One Nation. The series of education programs for the local Native American community will include master classes for grades seven to 12, a classroom concert for elementary students and a free community concert.

Queens Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Glendale, NY
$20,000
To support an audience development campaign, presenting subscription concerts throughout the borough. This decentralization plan will mirror the enclaves of Queens, one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the nation.

Saint Louis Symphony Society (consortium)
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
To support a community partnership initiative with the Innsbrook Institute in Warren County, MO. The Saint Louis Symphony will perform an outdoor community concert, as well as a summer festival of orchestral and chamber music.

Santa Rosa Symphony Association
Santa Rosa, CA
$7,500
To support a community outreach project using Sir Michael Tippett's poem, A Child of Our Time, as a catalyst for interdisciplinary study at Santa Rosa High School. The activities will culminate with performances by the Santa Rosa Symphony, guest soloists and two community choruses.

Sitka Summer Music Festival, Inc.
Sitka, AK
$10,000
To support the presentation of chamber music through concert tours in urban and rural communities of Alaska. The Sitka Summer Music Festival's touring concerts will serve communities in Anchorage, Haines, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, Seldovia, Sitka and Skagway.

Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$7,500
To support a national tour of Sonos Handbell Ensemble's program Runaway Child. The ensemble and guest artist, mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade, will perform in ten venues, featuring a new work titled Hell's Belles by American composer Libby Larsen.

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Sioux Falls, SD
$7,500
To support the expansion of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra's state touring program. Two chamber ensembles and a chamber orchestra, composed of the symphony's musicians, will perform concerts and conduct educational programs in two communities.

Symphony Society of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
$15,000
To support a residency at St. Philip's College. The Symphony Society will conduct master classes, open rehearsals, lectures and concerts for primary and secondary school children.

Tucson Symphony Society (consortium)
Tucson, AZ
$15,000
To support the Southern Arizona Residency. The project consists of an educational component and a public concert in four rural communities in southern Arizona.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Burlington, VT
$20,000
To support the Made in Vermont Music Festival Tour. The orchestra will present educational activities and community concert programs in ten underserved rural communities throughout Vermont.

Washington Chorus, Inc.
Washington, DC
$6,500
To support an outreach and education program. Activities include free concerts for the elderly, school choir workshops and distribution of free tickets to young people throughout the Washington, DC area.

West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Charleston, WV
$12,500
To support a statewide tour to underserved rural communities. The symphony will reach audiences in ten communities in fall and spring tours.

Challenge America Access

Arcady Music Society
Bar Harbor, ME
$25,000
To support a rural tour by musicians of the Arcady Summer Music Festival. Chamber ensembles together with other musicians will travel to six underserved communities of Maine. During each of the six weeks of the summer festival, artists will tour to a different rural community in inland Maine.

Meet The Composer, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the Composer Connections Initiative designed to increase the impact contemporary music has on listeners. The components of the initiative, the Meet the Composer Fund and New Residencies, embrace complementary approaches to cultivating relationships between composers and communities.

Minnesota Orchestral Association (consortium)
Minneapolis, MN
$75,000
To support a statewide tour of concerts and educational activities. In addition to concerts, the seven-day tour in April 2003 to five cities in Minnesota will include community and school-based workshops. Consortium member is the Perpich Center for Arts Education.

Nashville Symphony Association
Nashville, TN
$25,000
To support outreach concerts to rural areas of middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. The Nashville Symphony, in partnership with local community organizations, will tour to diverse and underserved communities.

Omaha Symphony Association
Omaha, NE
$25,000
To support a statewide tour targeting rural populations. The tour to more than 13 communities will also include educational activities for preschool through high school students at five of the locations.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
(on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
$60,000
Atlanta, GA
To support an educational and community partnership initiative. The components of the initiative include a four-day music institute for talented young musicians and a statewide tour to rural communities.

Creativity

Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$20,000
To support Composing the Future, a multi-faceted project celebrating American composers and their music. The Albany Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and two smaller ensembles made up of ASO musicians will commission, present and record for national distribution the music of established and emerging American composers.

American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
To support the expansion of the innova® Recordings label. This project will broaden American Composer Forum's recording services to composers and performers.

American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Emerging American Composers Project, featuring composers of diverse racial and stylistic backgrounds in commissioning and performances of new works, as well as outreach and residency activities. The orchestra will perform several world premieres in concerts at Carnegie Hall and will continue its new music reading sessions.

Amherst Saxophone Society, Inc.
Williamsville, NY
$5,000
To support the presentation of music for saxophone quartet. Performances will take place at a church in Buffalo, NY, at Slee Concert Hall on the campus of SUNY/Buffalo and in front of a live radio audience at WBFO-FM studios.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$15,000
To support Sing for the Cure, a work for chorus, orchestra and narrator. The Baltimore Choral Arts Society Chorus and Orchestra will give this work its Maryland premiere at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.

Bang on a Can, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the annual Bang on a Can Marathon. In the fall of 2002, the day-long festival of new music will take place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and will then be broadcast over the Internet as part of the first Bang on a Can E-Festival.

Bang on a Can, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Bang on a Can Summer Institute for Music, a consortium project. Emerging composers, performers, conductors, and listeners will participate in learning and making music with composer-in-residence Steve Reich, faculty from Bang on a Can All-Stars, the string quartet Ethel, and others.

Bay Chamber Concerts, Inc. (consortium)
Rockport, ME
$15,000
To support the commission and performances of a new work by Billy Taylor and his trio. The new jazz chamber work for the trio and five additional instruments will be presented by Bay Chamber Concerts, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc.
Roslindale, MA
$15,000
To support Lukas Foss at 80, a celebration of the composer's contribution to the orchestral repertoire. Plans include a concert of orchestral works by Lukas Foss, a pre-concert lecture by the composer, and a compact disc recording.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (on behalf of Tanglewood Music Center)
Boston, MA
$50,000
To support the Festival of Contemporary Music, including tour concerts. The center will present the week-long event within the summer festival featuring concerts by ensembles of Tanglewood fellows and guest artists as well as launching a new professional development initiative, Tanglewood on Tour, during the winter.

Bronx Arts Ensemble, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$7,500
To support a residency by the Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra and Paquito D'Rivera as composer-in-residence at the Hostos Community College in the South Bronx. The week-long residency will include performances of Paquito D'Rivera's orchestrated Song for Peace, originally written for piano and voice.

Cabrillo Music Festival
Santa Cruz, CA
$7,500
To support a new music conductor training program. This summer program will partner with the Conductors Guild in providing 15 conductors opportunities in conducting small and large ensembles, programming contemporary works and collaborating with composers.

California EAR Unit Foundation
Green Valley, CA
$5,000
To support the presentation of works by contemporary composers such as Morton Subotnick, Mario Davidovsky and Salvatore Martirano. The performances will be part of the Woven Voices Series scheduled at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

California State University, Sacramento
(on behalf of the Festival of New American Music)
$12,500
Sacramento, CA
To support the Festival of New American Music to be held on the campus of California State University (Sacramento) and at various community venues. The annual festival will focus on many facets of new American music, including the latest developments in computer-generated music, new and unusual instrumental design, and exploration of contemporary music and improvisation.

California Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Pleasant Hill, CA
$12,500
To support the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program - A Homecoming. During the orchestra's 15th anniversary season, prior participants of the program along with the current composer-in-residence will be featured in concerts in the spring of 2002.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc.
Katonah, NY
$5,000
To support the Caramoor Virtuosi, a professional development program. The program is designed to identify fine young American musicians and make a significant contribution to their professional development through concerts and radio broadcasts.

Carnegie Hall Corporation
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the presentation of William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Music director Leonard Slatkin will direct the National Symphony Orchestra in the performance of this musical work at Carnegie Hall.

Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz
Harrisburg, PA
$5,000
To support an annual jazz festival and related activities. Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz will present concerts, a riverboat jazz cruise, and several "Jazzwalks" in the city of Harrisburg.

Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Leonia, NJ
$5,000
To support composer residencies and a commissioning program as part of a summer chamber music conference. During the 2002 summer conference, there will be week-long residencies by three composers, Victoria Bond, Tamar Diesendruck and Peter Lewis, and a three-week residency by senior composer-in-residence Chen Yi.

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN
$5,000
To support a chamber music concert and residency activities. The Four Nations Ensemble, a period-instrument early music ensemble, will be presented in concert and will take part in a five-day residency at a St. Cloud elementary school.

Chicago A Cappella
Chicago, IL
$7,500
To support Go Down, Moses, a program of spirituals with original dramatic narrative. Chicago A Cappella will perform this program in various sites throughout the Chicago area, as well as conduct shorter versions of the program in two inner-city schools.

Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support concerts of symphonic works by contemporary composers. The two concerts, performed twice in the spring of 2002, will feature works of composers David Baker, James DeMars and David Schober and will showcase gifted guest artists such as R. Carlos Nakai and cellist John Sharp.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$100,000
To support a festival of the music of Benjamin Britten. Cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich will lead two weeks of performances, discussions, lectures and various festival related activities in May 2002.

Cleveland Orchestra (Musical Arts Association)
Cleveland, OH
$75,000
To support performances celebrating the 20-year partnership between music director Christoph von Dohnányi and the Cleveland Orchestra. The programming will feature works by Beethoven and Mozart, as well as two world premieres, and include concerts in Boston and New York.

Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (consortium)
Columbus, OH
$25,000
To support a festival of contemporary music. Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Ohio State University will present a festival of concerts and lecture with composer Krzysztof Penderecki.

Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center, Inc.
Wayland, MA
$5,000
To support a composer mentorship project enabling emerging composers to study with senior composers and musicians, and for concert presentations and recordings of their work by new music experts at Wellesley College. Ten composers will participate in this project during July and August 2002.

Concert Competitions and Musical Development, Inc.
Dearborn, MI
$50,000
To support the Sphinx Competition for gifted emerging string musicians. During 2002, the competition's semi-finalist string players will perform with the Sphinx Symphony at the Honors and Finals Concerts in Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium.

Cuyahoga Community College (on behalf of Tri-C JazzFest)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support the 23rd annual Tri-C JazzFest. The festival's artists will bridge music of the world through the diversity of jazz compositions in concerts, educational activities and local public radio broadcasts aired on WCPN-FM in Cleveland.

Da Camera Society of Texas, Inc.
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support the presentation of concerts and related panel discussions focused on combining music with the visual and literary arts. Two productions are planned from December 2002 through March 2003 in celebration of St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary.

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association
Dayton, OH
$10,000
To support Classical Connections, a series of concerts with an informal format that combines discussion, demonstration and performance. There are three concerts scheduled in 2002 to take place in Memorial Hall in Dayton.

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association (consortium)
Dayton, OH
$50,000
To support a creation project celebrating the centennial of air flight and the legacy of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Three orchestras will commission new works from American composers William Bolcom, Michael Schelle and Nathaniel Stookey.

Des Moines Symphony Association
Des Moines, IA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for young audiences by David Ott, including residency activities. The production, to be premiered in the spring of 2003, is expected to include dramatic and visual components such as actors, costumes and lighting.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra (consortium)
Detroit, MI
$70,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Roberto Sierra for orchestra and saxophone as well as composer and soloist residency activities. The work will receive its world premiere by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Detroit saxophone player James Carter conducted by Neeme Jarvi.

Early Music Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support performances of baroque music on period instruments by the early music ensemble New York's Grande Bande. This will be the inaugural year of a three-year plan to present concerts illustrating the chronological development of the orchestra.

Edgecombe County Cultural Arts Council, Inc.
(on behalf of New Century Saxophone Quartet)
$5,000
Tarboro, NC
To support the creation and presentation of a work for saxophone quartet by Barbara Kolb to be performed by the New Century Saxophone Quartet. The premiere and multiple subsequent performances are planned during the 2002-03 season.

Eugene Symphony Association, Inc.
Eugene, OR
$7,500
To support a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 Symphony of a Thousand for large orchestra, eight vocal soloists, two adult choruses, and a children's chorus. The two performances in May 2002 will be the culminating work in a five-year Mahler cycle.

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
$20,000
To support Unplugged, Fort Wayne Philharmonic's informal classical concert series. During 2002-03, Unplugged concerts will be hosted by a local television personality and feature casually-dressed orchestra members under live video images projected on a large screen.

Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO
$15,000
To support a master piano series. In 2002, five presentations by world-renowned pianists are planned at the Folly Theater in Kansas City.

Greater Grand Forks Symphony Association
Grand Forks, ND
$7,500
To support a pair of concerts that will be held at a tribal college on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in rural North Dakota. The outreach program will feature a performance of a recently commissioned work by composer-in-residence Linda Tutas Haugen.

Handel & Haydn Society
Boston, MA
$25,000
To support performances of a semi-staged production of Handel's opera Il Mondo Della Luna. The presentations will take place in Boston's Symphony Hall.

Illinois State University
Normal, IL
$10,000
To support an annual jazz festival on the campus of Illinois State University. The festival will feature the Branford Marsalis Trio and the Ellis Marsalis Trio.

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
$5,000
To support the 36th annual Contemporary Music Festival. This two-day festival will take place on the campus of the university in the fall of 2002.

Indiana Symphony Society, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$25,000
To support CREATExcellence, a composer-in-residency initiative. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will host American composers and premiere their new works during the year.

International Association of Jazz Educators
Manhattan, KS
$40,000
To support artists' fees and production costs for concert presentations during the 30th annual International Association of Jazz Educators Conference and Music Festival. The January conference will be held in Toronto, Ontario.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's Jump In spring tour. The tour, which will include educational programming, will include 26 cities and 16 states across the United States.

Jazz In June, Inc.
Norman, OK
$5,000
To support a summer jazz festival. Jazz In June will present concerts of jazz and blues, as well as an educational jazz clinic, in outdoor and indoor settings.

Jefferson Academy of Music
Columbus, OH
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for string quartet by composer Donald Harris. The new work will be premiered by the Coolidge Quartet during its residency at Jefferson Academy in April 2003.

Juneau Jazz & Classics, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$5,000
To support the production and presentation of a festival of classical and jazz music, including performances and workshops. The festival will feature internationally-known musicians in open rehearsals, free performances, local radio broadcasts, and in-school concerts for students.

Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
$40,000
To support two theme-based programs. The first, Of War and Remembrance, will concentrate on war and cultural struggles and the second, Quotation of Dream, will be based on the introspective sound world of the music of composer Toru Takemitsu.

Kitka, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$35,000
To support The Rusalki Cycle, a "futuristic" folk opera scored for Kitka's voices and an ensemble of Western classical and East European folk instruments. Composer Richard Einhorn and theatrical designer Ellen Sebastian Chang will collaborate with Kitka to produce this contemporary musical presentation.

Kronos Performing Arts Association
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the development and presentation of a new work by composer Terry Riley. Kronos Quartet will perform the work, which will include taped electronics based upon sounds of space.

Kuumbwa Jazz Society
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
To support a commission and presentation of a new work by composer and guitarist Anthony Wilson. The work will be premiered by Mr. Wilson's ensemble following a five-day artists-in residency program for high school and college students in the Bay Area.

Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$10,000
To support performances and a jazz ensemble residency at Lafayette College. The Lafayette Jazz: A Decade Marked project will feature jazz artists Randy Weston, Sonny Rollins, Uri Caine, Tom Harrell, Mulgrew Miller and Orrin Evans.

Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support choral concerts as part of the inaugural season of new music director, Grant Gershon. Three concerts in the spring of 2002 will take place in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support the Los Angeles premiere of El Niño by American composer John Adams. This oratorio, which includes music, film and dance, will be conducted by music director Esa Pekka Salonen and directed by Peter Sellars.

Marlboro School of Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the Invited Master Artist Project. This multifaceted summer project will provide young musicians with enhanced experiences and study with master concert artists.

Mills College
Oakland, CA
$5,000
To support the presentation of four concerts by the Center for Contemporary Music. During 2002-03, guest composers Mary Ellen Childs and Carter Scholz and composer/performers Denman Maroney and Dana Reason, will participate in performances of their work at the Mills College Concert Hall in Oakland.

Monadnock Music
Peterborough, NH
$7,500
To support free concerts by soloists, ensembles and chamber orchestra presented in churches and meeting houses in 17 rural towns of the Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire. During July and August, Monadnack Music will present three free concerts per week.

Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$25,000
To support the Monterey Jazz Festival, held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Three key components of the festival are a commissioned work to be premiered at the festival, artists-in residence and performances by emerging jazz musicians.

Mount Saint Mary's College (on behalf of the Da Camera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
To support Chamber Music in Historic Sites to be presented by the Da Camera Society of Mount Saint Mary's College. Taking place during 2002-03, the concerts 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
$10,000
To support Music at Angel Fire's 19th Anniversary Festival. The festival will tour the rural, northern New Mexico communities of Angel Fire, Raton, Las Vegas (NM) and Taos.

Music From China (consortium)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the commission, copying costs, musician fees and outreach activities for the presentation of Beautiful Warrior, a family musical for Chinese and Western instruments by composer Jin Xiang. The premiere is planned for March 2002 in New York City.

Musical Traditions, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support residency activities, final development and video documentation of Sound Stage, a new music theater work by Paul Dresher. The premiere and residency activities will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in April 2002.

Musicorda, Inc.
South Hadley, MA
$7,500
To support a residency by a pre-professional string quartet to the Musicorda Summer String Program. Activities during 2002 include performances, professional training and outreach activities.

Nashville Chamber Orchestra
Nashville, TN
$15,000
To support a guitar festival featuring a commission for a new work for steel guitar and string orchestra by Michael Levine. The April 2002 festival will take place in traditional and non traditional venues and include extensive educational outreach activities.

National Symphony Orchestra Association
Washington, DC
$75,000
To support Journey to America-A Musical Immigration, a festival celebrating the contributions of foreign-born composers to America's artistic heritage. Music director Leonard Slatkin will conduct the National Symphony Orchestra in performances of works by Dvorák, Bartók, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bloch, Rosza and others.

Network for New Music
Philadelphia, PA
$7,500
To support commissions and performances of new musical works. The Network for New Music Ensemble will premiere works by Jan Krzywicki, Chen Yi and Richard Wernick in different sites around the greater Philadelphia region.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Newark, NJ
$25,000
To support statewide presentations of a festival on the music of Richard Strauss. The three week festival in January 2002 will incorporate orchestral performances of the works of Strauss with several ancillary lecture/performances.

New Sounds Music, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for saxophone quartet by Steven Mackey to be premiered by the Prism Quartet. Performances and residency activities are planned for Philadelphia and New York City in October 2002.

New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$50,000
To support the Musician Professional Development Program. This comprehensive program prepares young artists for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field through performance, multidisciplinary coaching and community outreach.

New York Philharmonic
(Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.)
$85,000
New York, NY
To support the Influence & Influences Festival dedicated to cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich. The festival will consist of 11 concerts in Avery Fisher Hall, including a production of Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, two chamber music concerts, a master class, educational programs and symposia.

Oakland East Bay Symphony
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support commissions and premieres of new works by American composers. The Oakland East Bay Symphony will perform works by Brian Current, Marco Beltrami, Noah Schwartz, Ellen Hoffman and Jack Perla.

Ojai Festivals, Ltd.
Ojai, CA
$20,000
To support the 2002 Ojai Music Festival. The six-day festival will explore music composed towards the end of the lives of various composers with the theme "Last Thoughts: Beethoven, Shostakovich and Others."

OK MOZART, Inc.
Bartlesville, OK
$15,000
To support the OK Mozart Festival. Performances will be held throughout the Bartlesville community during the month of June and will include music for orchestra, chamber ensemble and chorus.

Orange County Philharmonic Society
Irvine, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of La Pasion Segun San Marcos by Osvaldo Golijov. Offered as part of the Eclectic Orange Festival's Passion series, the Southern California premiere performances will take place in Segerstrom Hall in October 2002.

Oregon Repertory Singers
Portland, OR
$5,000
To support commissions and performances of new choral works by composer Robert Kyr. The Oregon Repertory Singers will premiere and record the new works for a nationally released compact disc.

Other Minds
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support the commission and presentation of a new work by Ornette Coleman. It will be premiered by the composer and the Ornette Coleman Trio in collaboration with Global Expressions, an ensemble of virtuoso musicians, at the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$12,500
To support a vocal music presenting project. During 2002-03, a series of performances of art songs, cabaret songs, vocal chamber music and choral concerts will be presented.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$75,000
To support the performance of Every Good Boy Deserves A Favor, a play for actors and orchestra by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. This production will be a collaboration between the Philadelphia Orchestra and Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation of Handel's oratorio Jeptha. The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, under the direction of music director Nicholas McGegan, will give five performances at venues throughout the Bay Area.

Phoenix Symphony Association
Phoenix, AZ
$30,000
To support a festival of the music of Beethoven. This three-month festival in spring 2002 will feature performances of all nine symphonies, premiere performances of five new works written "in the spirit of" Beethoven, and educational and outreach activities.

Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$6,500
To support performances of the complete string quartets of Beethoven, including outreach activities. Five performances by the Orion String Quartet are scheduled in April 2002 in the historic Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Pittsburgh, PA
$50,000
To support the Relations series. During 2002, four premieres of contemporary works, expressly written for the musicians who will perform them, will be preceded and followed by discussions with the composer and musicians.

Plymouth Music Series
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the Witness program featuring commissions of new work by composers Patrice Rushen and Bobby McFerrin along with the works of neglected and forgotten composers. The program in January 2002 by the Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers, Chorus, and Orchestra will include educational events, a young people's concert, a school residency program, and national broadcasts on public radio.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works for chamber orchestra. The premieres of the four new works by composers Christopher Theofanidis, Norman Bolter, Marjorie Merryman and Evan Ziporyn will take place in Cambridge throughout 2002.

Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$5,000
To support a commission of a new work by composer Peter Schickele. The Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra will premiere the work, a clarinet concerto, at the Southern Theatre in Columbus.

Roanoke Symphony Society
Roanoke, VA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by composer Margaret Brouwer. The premiere of the new work, commissioned in celebration of Roanoke Symphony's 50th anniversary in the spring of 2003, will include a pre-concert lecture and a discussion with the composer.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (consortium)
(on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
$60,000
Atlanta, GA
To support A King Celebration, a consortium project of performances, educational outreach activities and national radio broadcast in a tribute to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The consortium member of this project is Morehouse College, in partnership with National Public Radio and Spelman College.

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$35,000
To support the creation and presentation of two new works for soloist and orchestra by Augusta Read Thomas and Jeff Tyzik. The works will be premiered in celebration of the Philharmonic's 80th anniversary season in 2002-03 and each will feature musicians from the orchestra as soloists.

Saint Louis Symphony Society
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
To support community concerts of American music. The Saint Louis Symphony will perform in outreach sites in St. Louis communities, churches, schools and at Symphony Hall.

San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support Chanticleer: An American Journey, a 25th anniversary celebration. The project includes commissions, concerts, a compact disc recording, a composer's symposium and multiple education residencies.

San Francisco Jazz Organization
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support Sonny Rollins: Living Legend, a presentation project by the San Francisco Jazz Organization. Artistic director Joshua Redman will program and participate in a weekend festival celebrating the artistry of saxophonist Sonny Rollins.

San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To support A Russian Festival, a three-week festival exploring the works of Russian composers who exerted a significant influence on the music of the twentieth century. Music director Michael Tilson Thomas will direct the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and guest artists in concerts at the Davies Symphony Hall.

Seattle Baroque Orchestra
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support performances of rarely heard works of the 17th and 18th centuries performed on period instruments. The three concerts will take place in the new Kirkland Performance Center in Kirkland, WA in 2002.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle, WA
$70,000
To support American Music Beyond Borders, a series of concerts, commissions and other activities that will culminate in Viva la Musica: Music of the Americas. The festival features the music of South, Central and North America. Performances and educational activities will occur throughout the 2002-03 season.

Society for New Music
Syracuse, NY
$5,000
To support winter concerts and the creation and presentation of a commissioned work by Dan Trueman. During 2002-03, the society's winter season includes seven concerts with eight repeat performances in venues such as colleges, universities and libraries.

University of California at Berkeley
(on behalf of Cal Performances)
$25,000
Berkeley, CA
To support the seventh Berkeley Festival and Exhibition, a biennial early music festival. Cal Performances and San Francisco Early Music Society will present this weeklong event on the campus of University of California-Berkeley and other sites around San Francisco.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support a solo recital presentation project. Performances, to be held at the French Embassy in Washington during the 2002-03 season, will feature eight vocal artists as well as a piano trio, and will include a performance of a song cycle by Lori Laitman.

Walden School, Ltd.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support an artist residency with a jazz quintet. During the summer of 2002, the jazz quintet The Onus will be in residence for two weeks at the Walden School in Dublin, NH.

Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the creation of the music and libretto of a new music theater work by Eric Salzman and Valeria Vasilevski. The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble will present the work in a concert version.

Women's Philharmonic
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support Music in the Making, a new music reading session. Held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts in March 2002, the sessions will showcase American women composers in the early phases of their careers.

Yellow Barn Music School and Festival
Putney, VT
$7,500
To support artist residencies and chamber music performances. The summer 2002 festival will provide chamber music performances to the predominantly rural population in Putney, VT.

Young Concert Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of the Young Concert Artists Series--recitals and concerto debuts by young musicians who are winners of the annual Young Concert Artists' Auditions. This 2002 project will feature five concerts in New York City and seven concerts in Boston.

Zeitgeist
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by composers Jin Hi Kim and Brent Michael Davids including residency activities. Premieres and residency activities will take place in the spring of 2002 at the Southern Theater and at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Heritage/Preservation

California State University
(on behalf of Luckman Fine Arts Complex)
$25,000
Los Angeles, CA
To support the Mingus at 80 Festival: A Los Angeles Homecoming. The festival will feature jazz performances, a film screening and classroom presentations. Musician and composer James Newton conceived the festival to bring new light to a wide range of Mingus's works and highlight the breadth of his artistic prodigy.

California State University, Long Beach Foundation
Long Beach, CA
$15,000
To support the preservation of the Gerry Mulligan Collection archive at the University's California Institute for the Preservation of Jazz. Original materials from the collections of Mrs. Franca Mulligan (widow of Gerry Mulligan) will be catalogued.

Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY
$10,000
To support the National Civil War Band Festival on the campus of Campbellsville University in central Kentucky. This three-day event in July 2003 will feature historically-accurate performances of band music from the American Civil War era, with concurrent lectures, recitals and exhibits by musicians and scholars from across the country.

Elkhart Centre, Inc.
Elkhart, IN
$7,500
To support the Elkhart Jazz Festival. Held over three days in June, the festival includes concerts, master classes and school clinics. Proposed artists for the 2002 festival include the Dukes of Dixieland, Boston Brass, the Swamp Dogs, Rob Parton and the JazzTech Band, the Brubeck Brothers, and many other national and local artists.

Louisville Orchestra, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$60,000
To support the preservation and dissemination of the archived recordings collection. The two year project (2002-04) will resurrect hundreds of original autograph scores and world premiere master tapes commissioned and recorded by the orchestra on its First Edition label.

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
Pittsburgh, PA
$56,000
To support MCGJazz series performances and the preservation and distribution of the MCGJazz archival materials including two compact disc recordings of live performances. Project plans include presenting eight performances in 2002-03, digitizing archival pieces, creating a database for more efficient archival management, and transfering audio and video masters and photographs to multi-media storage.

Music From China
New York, NY
$10,000
To support thematic concerts of new music for traditional Chinese instruments. Music From China will perform Chinese music, including a Cantonese opera, at several sites in New York City.

Pacific Chorale
Santa Ana, CA
$11,500
To support the recording of choral works by American composer Vincent Persichetti. The Pacific Chorale and the Pacific Symphony, under the direction of John Alexander, will perform and record Te Deum, Op. 93 and Stabat Mater, Opus 92 for release by RCM Records.

Syracuse Children's Chorus, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$5,000
To support the recording of choral works by American composer Gregg Smith. The Syracuse Children's Chorus will release the compact disc recording for national distribution.

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Washington, DC
$32,500
To support the Internet-based Jazz Resource Library. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will update and promote this resource on two of its Web sites.

Washington Men's Camerata, Inc.
Washington, DC
$7,500
To support the preservation and archiving of men's choral music. The project will involve the cataloguing and lending system for a national repository library of this substantial collection.

Leadership Initiatives

NEA/Doris Duke Charitable Foundation JazzNet Initiative

To support the continuation of JazzNet, a jointly funded initiative with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation designed to strengthen the field of jazz by providing the country's leading jazz presenters with multiyear artistic and administrative resources to increase commissioning, residencies, and educational and community-based programming.

American Jazz Museum
Kansas City, MO
$11,000

Artists Collective
Hartford, CT
$11,000

Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$15,500

Cityfolk
Dayton, OH
$11,000

Earshot Jazz
Seattle, WA
$11,000

Flynn Theatre
Burlington, VT
$15,500

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,500

Newark Public Radio/WBGO
Newark, NJ
$11,000

Outpost Productions
Albuquerque, NM
$11,000

San Francisco Jazz Organization
San Francisco, CA
$11,000

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Washington, DC
$11,000

Tri-C Jazz Fest
Cleveland, OH
$11,000

University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
$11,000

Organizational Capacity

American Music Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a professional development program for composers, performers and other new music professionals. The center will provide professional skills training and career development through a series of in-depth workshops conducted in more than six cities nationwide.

American Symphony Orchestra League
New York, NY
$140,000
To support initiatives that enhance the range of skills of orchestra leaders and help orchestra institutions become more effective and efficient. These initiatives will help nearly 900 orchestras of every size and type in all 50 states develop artistic and management talent, identify and promote new tools and models, and provide technical assistance.

Chamber Music America, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the National Leadership Development Initiative. This project will provide professional services in several areas, including consultancies, on-site technical assistance, special publications, a Web site and a national conference.

Chorus America
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support services and technical assistance to the choral field through annual conferences, summer management institutes, and leadership development seminars. Chorus America will provide these services and programs to 550 choruses and 550 individuals.

Early Music America, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$25,000
To support the Professional Development Program for performers, presenters, educators and those interested in the field of early music. Established in 1991, this program offers seminars and panel discussions on topics designed to enhance skills, provide independence, and strengthen organizational capacities for early music ensembles.

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