National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

with Michael Tilson Thomas as guest conductor featuring works by John Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron
Copland, George Gershwin, Herbie Hancock, Scott Joplin, as well as Tilson Thomas. Educational activities will
include development of a curriculum on the Ali work and programs in area schools and community centers.
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (aka MCG jazz)
$12,500 Pittsburgh, PA
To support the MCG Jazz 30th Anniversary Large Ensemble Series. Three ensembles will each present two
distinct programs at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and engage in educational outreach and community
engagement activities. Performers may include Rufus Reid in a trio, quintet and big band setting with a tribute to
NEA Jazz Master Ray Brown; the all-female DIVA Jazz Orchestra with guest soloists such as Bobby Crenshaw,
Maurice Hines, and Ken Peplowski, in a "Diva & The Boys" program; as well as the Bob Mintzer Big Band joining
up with the New York Voices for a show blending swing, bebop, and Latin styles. Ancillary activities open to
members of the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra's Youth Orchestra include invitations to the performances as well as
the opportunity to participate in lectures and question-and-answer sessions with the artists.
Marlboro School of Music, Inc. (aka Marlboro Music)
$35,000 Philadelphia, PA
To support the Invited Master Artist Initiative, a professional development project. Student musicians will
participate in a series of workshops, open rehearsals, concerts, master classes, and lecture-demonstrations led
by a group of concert artists, composers, music theorist Carl Schachter and Baroque scholar Anner Bylsma,
during the Marlboro Music Festival in Marlboro, Vermont. The project will be directed by Artistic Director
Mitsuko Uchida, General Manager Anthony Checchia, and Administrator Frank Salomon.
Maverick Concerts, Inc.
$20,000 Woodstock, NY
To support a mini-festival of new chamber music. The mini-festival titled New Foundations: Toward a Modern
Chamber Music Repertoire will be curated by Music Director Alexander Platt and presented during the 102nd
annual summer festival. Programming will feature performances of chamber music works spanning the last 30
years by American composers such as Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Daniel Hagen, Gabriela Lena Frank, and
Gerard McBurney. Artists participating in the mini-festival may include the Chiara, ETHEL, Harlem, Jupiter, and
Parker string quartets, as well as Trio Solisti. Festival performances, mini residencies, and community
engagement events will be held in rural Ulster County, New York.
Minnesota Orchestral Association (aka Minnesota Orchestra)
$40,000 Minneapolis, MN
To support Minnesota Orchestra's annual professional development project for composers. The Composer
Institute will be directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts and will be co-presented with the
American Composers Forum. As many as seven emerging composers, selected competitively from a pool of
more than 150 applicants, will participate in the intensive residency program, which will enable them to hear
their work performed by a full orchestra. The resulting compositions will be performed in a Future Classics
concert by the orchestra and conducted by Music Director Osmo Vanska.
Monterey Jazz Festival
$30,000 Monterey, CA
To support the 60th annual Monterey Jazz Festival. Emerging and established musicians, including at least one
NEA Jazz Master, will appear in as many as 70 performances on multiple stages during the three-day festival.
Past performers include NEA Jazz Masters Toshiko Akiyoshi, Carla Bley, Branford Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, 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.