National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

mentoring programs for students. Central to the festival is Playing for Peace, a scholarship program that places
U.S. and international musicians in small ensembles and provides coaching in the skills of chamber music.
Bang on a Can, Inc. (aka Bang on a Can)
$55,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support a performance series and resident teaching facility for emerging composers and contemporary music
performers. Hosted by the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, the festival will
feature concerts by the Bang on a Can All-Stars, resident teaching faculty, and students in galleries and in
community venues. Community engagement activities will include a family concert and a free performance at
Windsor Lake Park. The finale of the festival will be the annual Bang on a Can Marathon, an event featuring
musicians and composers from around the world.
Bard College (On behalf of Bard Music Festival)
$15,000 Annandale-Hudson, NY
To support the Bard Music Festival and related educational activities. Led by the resident ensemble, American
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Artistic Director Leon Botstein, the festival will take place at the
Richard B. Fisher Center and will explore the world and music of Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frederic
Chopin (1810-49). Programming will include piano recitals as well as orchestral concerts by other Polish
composers at the time. A highlight will be a semi-staged performance of "Halka" by Stanislaw Moniuszko,
considered to be Poland's "national" opera. Educational activities will include panel discussions and a
companion volume of essays.
Bellingham Festival of Music
$10,000 Bellingham, WA
To support the Bellingham Festival of Music. The summer festival features orchestral and chamber music
concerts throughout the community. Orchestra performances will be conducted by Artistic Director Michael
Palmer at the Performing Arts Center of Western Washington University, and chamber music performances at
the Bellingham Cruise Terminal and the Whatcom Museum of History and Art. The festival also will offer
educational activities such as programs for school children, master classes, open rehearsals, and pre-concert
lectures.
Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center (aka Osher Marin JCC)
$10,000 San Rafael, CA
To support the Kanbar Music Series and the Summer Nights Festival. The year-long series will encompass more
than 15 indoor and outdoor concerts at the Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center featuring classical
and chamber music, jazz, folk, and world music artists. Ancillary activities may include dance lessons, art
activities for youth, audience discussions, or ice cream socials to encourage active community engagement. The
outdoors Summer Nights Festival will be curated to include a wide variety of musical styles to attract families
with young children as well as seniors and other underserved audiences. Free and discounted tickets will be
made available to underserved audiences. Performers may include Chanticleer, the Kronos Quartet, violinist
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with the New Century Chamber Orchestra, and the Mill Valley Philharmonic.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (aka Boston Symphony Orchestra)
$75,000 Boston, MA
To support a series of concerts featuring co-commissioned works in Boston and New York City with related
educational activities. Composers to be featured will include Julian Anderson, George Benjamin, Sofia
Gubaidulina, and Matthias Pintscher. Concerts will take place in Symphony Hall in Boston, and Carnegie Hall in
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.