National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

and educational programs for all ages. Previously featured artists include NEA Jazz Master Cecil Taylor, as well as
Ambrose Akinmusire, Robert Glasper, Myra Melford, Jason Moran, and John Zorn.
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center-Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance (aka Kaufman Music Center) (On
behalf of Merkin Concert Hall)
$15,000 New York, NY
To support the Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall. Programs will focus on collaborations between
two or more performers, ensembles, and/or composers, each working in a different musical genre.
Collaborations will include Roomful of Teeth with indie rock musician Nick Zammuto and pop band San Fermin
with the contemporary classical NOW Ensemble. Educational outreach activities may include live webcasts, ondemand
streaming, and mini-residencies by artists for students in the Kaufman Music Center's Face the Music
youth ensemble.
Ensemble Music New Mexico (aka Chatter)
$10,000 Albuquerque, NM
To support performances by Chatter, a new music ensemble. Concerts include Chatter at the Albuquerque
Museum in conjunction with current exhibitions, Chatter Varsity featuring school-aged musicians at the Las
Puertas Event Center, and a community concert. Repertoire will include music by 20th- and 21st-century
American composers as well as music from the standard repertoire. Chatter will create a pilot program
establishing a resident string trio (David Felberg, violin; James Holland, cello; Shanti Randall, viola), which will
increase Chatter's artistic development and artistic growth as a whole by beginning with a small, versatile,
flexible resident trio.
Florida International University
$15,000 Miami, FL
To support the Miami International GuitART Festival. Plans include concerts, educational lectures, panels,
master classes, performance and composition competitions, and the commission of a new work by composer
Carlos Rafael Rivera. The festival also will celebrate guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer with a tribute concert.
Gateways Music Festival, Inc.
$10,000 Rochester, NY
To support the Gateways Music Festival. The festival celebrating the participation and contributions of classically
trained musicians of African descent, will feature solo, chamber, and orchestral performances as well as a youth
showcase. Musicians from across the country will participate and perform at the Eastman Theatre on the
campus of the University of Rochester and in area churches.
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Operating Corporation (aka Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival)
$12,500 Southfield, MI
To support the Shouse Chamber Music Institute, a professional training program. Designed to bridge the gap
between graduate school and a professional performing career, the program involves emerging and preprofessional
ensembles participating in coaching sessions, master classes, and performances. Past participating
ensembles include Eighth Blackbird, and the Harlem, Jupiter, Pacifica, and Parker Quartets, among others.
Handel & Haydn Society
$40,000 Boston, MA
To support concert performances of Handel's oratorio "Semele," on period instruments with related educational
activities. Last performed by the society in 1999, the performance will be their first in its original un-staged
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.