National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

To support a commissioning and performance project of contemporary Chinese music in New York and
Pittsburgh. Titled From Roots to Reality, the project will feature the premiere performances of new works by
composers such as Matthew Rosenblum, Tian Zhou, and Wang Guowei written for traditional Chinese and
Western instruments. Activities will include an artist residency by Music From China's Long Wind Quartet (an
ensemble of erhu, pipa, flute, and piano) at University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, as well as lectures,
workshops, and educational programming for children and youth. Performances will be presented in New York
venues such as the Chatham Square Library, Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater at Symphony Space, and Christ & St.
Stephen's Church.
Music Mountain Incorporated (aka 2)
$10,000 Falls Village, CT
To support the annual Music Mountain Summer Music Festival. Under the leadership of Artistic Director
Jonathan Yates, programming will feature chamber ensembles and solo instrumentalists. Repertoire will range
from traditional chamber repertoire to new music and jazz. Activities will include master classes and intensive
week-long coaching workshops with participating chamber musicians. The festival concerts will be held in Music
Mountain's Gordon Hall and will be recorded live and broadcast on the Music Mountain Radio Network.
NARAS Foundation (aka The GRAMMY Foundation)
$10,000 Santa Monica, CA
To support GRAMMY Camp - Jazz Session. NEA Jazz Master David Liebman will serve as honorary director of this
multi-day program for as many as 30 high school vocalists and instrumentalists chosen from around the nation,
and will participate in program instruction, mentoring sessions, and performances. Artistic Director Justin
DiCioccio (Chair of Jazz Studies, Manhattan School of Music) will lead a student band; Ron McCurdy (Professor of
Music, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California) will lead a band and choir; and vocal coach
Susanna Wegner also will participate in choir instruction. Students are expected to attend extensive rehearsals
prior to performing at select public and invitation-only GRAMMY Week events. They may also participate in the
recording of an album, scheduled for commercial release, at the legendary Capitol Studios. During a College Day
session, students will be able to meet campus representatives from preeminent music schools.
Nashville Symphony Association (aka Nashville Symphony)
$15,000 Nashville, TN
To support a performance and recording project of an orchestral work by American composer Terry Riley. The
orchestra and the guest artist, organist Cameron Carpenter under the direction of Music Director Giancarlo
Guerrero, will record live performances of Riley's "At the Royal Majestic" concerto for organ and orchestra in
Schermerhorn Symphony Center's Laura Turner Concert Hall. The recording will be produced by the Naxos label.
National Symphony Orchestra Association of Washington, DC (aka N/A)
$35,000 Washington, DC
To support the In Your Neighborhood community engagement initiative. The orchestra will conduct a week-long
artist residency in the Southeast/Southwest neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. Through the sixth In Your
Neighborhood residency, the orchestra musicians will perform full orchestral repertoire for the community, as
well as a number of chamber music concerts in schools, libraries, community centers, and performing arts
spaces. Guest artists will join the orchestra in concert at larger venues such as THEARC. In addition, the
musicians will return to previously visited D.C. communities such as Columbia Heights, the U Street Corridor,
NoMa, Capitol Hill, and Downtown/Penn Quarter.
Network for New Music, Inc. (aka Network for New Music)
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.