National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

Roland Hayes School of Music in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts, where it will be premiered by the school
band and then later recorded by the University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble. The creation of the
new work will be documented on the BandQuest website and will be published and distributed by Hal Leonard
music publishing company. Curriculum materials to accompany the new work will be created and made available
online.
American Composers Orchestra, Inc. (aka ACO)
$25,000 New York, NY
To support the Emerging Composers Project. Activities will include Orchestra Underground concerts at Carnegie
Hall featuring premieres and newly commissioned works. Other project plans include the Underwood New
Music Readings serving emerging composers and the EarShot New Music Readings for composers in
collaboration with Berkeley Symphony, Columbus Symphony, and New York Philharmonic.
American Guild of Organists (aka AGO)
$25,000 New York, NY
To support educational programs and career development for organists, choral conductors, and composers.
Plans include Pipe Organ Encounters, educational programs for youth and adults; regional conventions in cities
across the country; a professional certification program for organ playing and choral conducting; and multiple
commissions of new works for organ. Promotion of programs and news of conventions, educational activities,
and Guild certification will be published in the monthly "The American Organist" magazine.
American Symphony Orchestra League (aka League of American Orchestras)
$90,000 New York, NY
To support the League of American Orchestras' strategic services designed to strengthen orchestras through
learning, leadership development, research, and communications within the field. The League will host a
national conference focusing on best practices. Training and development opportunities will be provided to
expand leadership skills. The Emerging Leaders Program will help strengthen the skills of competitively selected
emerging leaders through a structured curriculum, mentoring, and directed on-the-job training. The Knowledge
Center will conduct, analyze, and disseminate a wide range of surveys. The Hub, a special section of the League's
website, comprises online information aggregating the latest thinking, news, reviews, and personnel shifts in the
orchestra world in one location. The League's "Symphony" magazine and its free digital companion,
"SymphonyOnline," feature articles that provide information and viewpoints, chronicle the changing cultural
scene, and shed light on innovation in orchestras.
Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (aka Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra)
$35,000 Cleveland Height, OH
To support a 25th anniversary festival of concerts featuring symphonic music of Beethoven on period
instruments. Programming will include performances of Symphony No. 5 and the Violin Concerto with American
soloist Noah Bendix-Balgley, concertmaster at the Berlin Philharmonic. Pre-concert talks on Beethoven's life may
be presented by visiting scholar Thomas Forrest Kelly of Harvard University. Other educational events will
include post-concert discussions and family concerts.
Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, Inc.
$15,000 Sullivan, NH
To support the Summer Chamber Music Festival. Plans include a performance series and the Summer Chamber
Music Workshop, a resident teaching facility for students of all ages and abilities. The festival will feature weekly
concerts by the resident Apple Hill String Quartet and resident teaching faculty as well as educational and
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.