NEA: FY 2005 GRANT AWARDS: Access to Artistic Excellence

FY 2005 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

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

MUSIC

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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