National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

composer Mason Bates, including works for chorus and orchestra. An elite choir bringing singers together from
around the country will perform works such as Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah," Karl Jenkins's
The Armed Man," and Bates's "The Book of Matthew," a shorter work for choir and organ. In addition, the
composer will present a musical event that will combine live classical music with DJ sets at Portland's SPACE
Gallery.
Rainey Institute
$10,000 Cleveland, OH
To support El Sistema@Rainey Orchestral Music Program. Students in grades two through eight will take
musicianship classes and rehearse in instrumental ensembles after each school day. The program will present
frequent public performances in the surrounding vicinity to help build a sense of community. Instruments will be
provided free-of-charge in partnership with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Rose Ensemble
$15,000 St. Paul, MN
To support a concert program of early French music. The program will be performed in churches designed by the
French architect Emmanuel Masqueray in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his death. The ensemble
will present concerts and pre-concert presentations exploring the relationship between music and architecture
in Masqueray's Cathedral of St. Paul, the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Basilica of St. Mary in the Twin
Cities, the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Benson, Minnesota, and the St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls, South
Dakota. Additional programs will take place at the St. Paul Central Library and in St. Paul's historic Landmark
Center.
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society (aka The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO))
$40,000 Saint Paul, MN
To support a festival celebrating the music of Nordic roots. The project, titled Nordic Journeys, will focus on the
themes of immigration and cultural identity and will feature musicians such as Artistic Partners Pekka Kuusisto
and Martin Frost, Iranian-Swedish artist Laleh, a group of artists from Iceland's Bedroom Community, and
Mariam Wallentin (a Swedish vocalist with Middle Eastern roots), as well as composer and performer Gabriel
Kahane and conductor Eric Jacobsen. Programming will include works by composers such as Norwegian
composer Edvard Grieg, Finnish composer Magnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and
Russian composer Victoria Borisova-Ollas. The three-week festival will be presented in the new 1,100-seat
concert hall at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, as well as in a range of neighborhood venues throughout
the metropolitan area of the Twin Cities.
San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association (aka San Diego Symphony Orchestra)
$20,000 San Diego, CA
To support a music festival celebrating the development of the unique American musical voice. Titled Our
American Music, the month-long festival will focus on the personal and collective immigrant experience through
performances of works by American composers, as well as visiting composers who were inspired by the
country's diverse musical heritage and landscapes. The orchestra will perform works by composers such as John
Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Igor Stravinsky, Steven Stuckey, and John Williams, as
well as music from the Great American Songbook, chamber, jazz, and bluegrass. The festival activities will be
held at the Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (aka SFCMP)
$15,000 San Francisco, CA
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.