National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

feature Cleveland area artists. The artist-in-residence will be trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard.
Headliner artists may include NEA Jazz Masters George Benson and Herbie Hancock as well as Joey Alexander,
Cecile McLorin Salvant, Kamasi Washington,or Snarky Puppy. Ancillary educational activities for local jazz
students will include clinics, master classes, and workshops taught by featured visiting artists. Exemplary student
ensembles may be invited to perform at the festival.
Da Camera Society of Texas (aka DA CAMERA)
$25,000 Houston, TX
To support performances of chamber music and jazz as part of the 30th anniversary season. Plans include a
dramatic staging of Schubert's "Die Winterreise" for voice and piano and programs focusing on Houston's jazz
history with pianist Jason Moran featuring a free concert in partnership with Project Row Houses. Additional
project plans include a music theater program using texts from Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" with
music by Debussy, Faure, and Ravel, and programs that make connections between contemporary chamber
music and visual art exhibited in the Menil Collection. Educational activities may include schools programs, free
panel discussions, and pre-concert talks with artists.
Dallas Symphony Association, Inc. (aka Dallas Symphony Orchestra)
$20,000 Dallas, TX
To support ReMix, a new-format concert series. Designed to engage new audiences and break barriers to
cultural experiences, concerts of shorter duration without intermission will take place in the Dallas City
Performance Hall. The series, offered at reduced ticket prices, will feature experimental programing with players
and conductors interacting with the audience. Repertoire may include Alfred Schnittke's Concerto Grosso No. 2
for violin, cello, and orchestra, which also features electric guitar, drum kit, and brake drum.
DC Jazz Festival (aka formerly, Festivals DC, Ltd.)
$30,000 Washington, DC
To support the DC Jazz Festival. The multi-day citywide festival will include a DC JazzFest at the Yards
extravaganza at the Yards Park, a family-friendly outdoor venue overlooking the Anacostia River. Washington
DC-based and internationally-renowned musicians will be featured in free-of-charge and ticketed performances.
Confirmed artists will include The Robert Glasper Experiment, Kenny Garrett, Jacob Collier, Kandace Springs,
Gregory Porter, Lori Williams, and the New Century Jazz Quintet.
Early Music America, Inc. (aka Early Music America)
$10,000 Pittsburgh, PA
To support the Young Performers Festival and community engagement events. The festival will include concerts
of music from the middle ages to the Baroque period held in conjunction with the Boston Early Music Festival,
by ensembles of students selected through a juried process from colleges, universities, and conservatories
throughout North America. Additional activities will include open sight-reading sessions, networking events, and
career development workshops. Also, free community engagement events will be held in Nashville and
Philadelphia for day-long workshops for professional, student, and amateur musicians.
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle (aka Earshot Jazz)
$25,000 Seattle, WA
To support the Earshot Jazz Festival. Month-long programming will feature at least 60 performances by nearly
300 local and international musicians in more than ten venues across Seattle including places such as Benaroya
Hall, PONCHO Concert Hall, the Seattle Art Museum, and Tala's Jazz Club. Planned ancillary activities include art
exhibits, commissions, jazz film screenings, literary readings, multimedia installations, artist panels, residencies,
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.