National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

format on period instruments in accordance with the composer's intent and the work's 1744 London premiere.
Educational activities will include interactive programs at regional public schools by a professional vocal quartet
and pre-concert lectures.
Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc. (aka Healdsburg Jazz)
$20,000 Healdsburg, CA
To support tributes to the Heath brothers and NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson. Programming plans for the
two-day festival will include a small ensemble performance by NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath and his brother
Albert "Tootie" Heath.The tribute to the late Bobby Hutcherson will feature vibraphonist Steve Nelson alongside
Renee Rosnes, Ray Drummond, and Victor Lewis for the presentation of a repertoire comprised of Hutcherson's
compositions as well as recent works dedicated to him.
Heifetz International Music Institute, Inc. (aka Heifetz Institute)
$25,000 Staunton, VA
To support performance and communication training for musicians. Under the artistic direction of founder
Daniel Heifetz, the summer program will train artists in the areas of voice, freedom of expression, public
speaking, movement, and drama. Public performances will take place in traditional concert halls as well as in
clubs, bars, schools, churches, libraries, senior centers, and nursing homes. A new program, HeifetzPEG
(Program for the Exceptionally Gifted), for young string musicians between the ages of eight and thirteen will be
piloted. In addition, the Heifetz on Tour educational program will provide career development training to
prepare alumni for school and community outreach events in various venues throughout the year.
Hesston College
$10,000 Hesston, KS
To support concert and residency activities by the string quintet Sybarite 5 presented by the Hesston-Bethel
Performing Arts Series. Sybarite 5, noted for their wide-ranging repertoire from Mozart to Radiohead, was the
first string quintet to win the Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Plans for the multi-day residency
may include educational performances for public school students, pop-up concerts on the campuses of Hesston
College and Bethel College, a program for older adults, and a master class for strings students. A concert on the
campus of Hesston College will culminate the residency.
Hot Summer Jazz Festival (aka Twin Cities Jazz Festival)
$10,000 Maplewood, MN
To support the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Multi-day programming will include more than 100 free performances
by as many as 400 jazz musicians from Minnesota, such as Debbie Duncan and Patty and Ricky Peterson, as well
as national and international artists such as NEA Jazz Masters Chick Corea and McCoy Tyner, Anat Cohen, Roy
Hargrove, and Terrell Stafford. Performances will take place in more than 30 indoor and outdoor venues across
St. Paul's Lowertown, Downtown, and other neighborhoods including Kellogg Park, Mears Park, and Rice Park.
Ancillary free educational outreach activities may include clinics for youth and college-age musicians, dance
events offered by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, musical performances at St. Paul libraries, and
nightly jam sessions at Bedlam Theater.
International Music Foundation
$12,500 Chicago, IL
To support free chamber summer concert performances at the historic St. James Cathedral in downtown
Chicago and the Make Music Chicago festival. Early-evening chamber concerts will be presented every Tuesday
during the summer months with artists selected from a roster of musicians from the Chicago area, as well as
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.