National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

To support a performance project celebrating the legacy of American composer Lou Harrison. The project, titled
A Lou Harrison Centennial Celebration, will comprise tributes to Harrison, composer talks, and concerts
featuring the works of Harrison. Programming will include the participation of composers Jimmy Lopez and
Natacha Diels. Activities will take place at Z Space in San Francisco.
San Francisco Jazz Organization (aka SFJAZZ)
$40,000 San Francisco, CA
To support the SFJAZZ Collective's commissioning, development, and performance of new original works by
octet members and arrangements of music by Miles Davis. During its 2017 national tour, the ensemble will
perform and engage in outreach events including master classes for young musicians. Confirmed tour stops
include the Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago Symphony Center in Chicago, Illinois; Ferring
Jazz Bistro, in St. Louis, Missouri; Miller Theatre at Columbia University in New York, New York; Annenberg
Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Brooks Center for the Arts at Clemson
University in Clemson, South Carolina.
San Francisco Symphony (aka SFS)
$85,000 San Francisco, CA
To support a performance project celebrating the 70th birthday of composer John Adams. Under the direction
of Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas, the project will feature the performances of recent works by Adams
including the oratorio "The Gospel According to the Other Mary," which will be performed with conductor Joana
Carneiro, music director of the Berkeley Symphony, guest artists Kelley O'Connor, Tamara Mumford, Jay Hunter
Morris, and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus; and "Scheherezade.2" with guest artist, violinist Leila
Josefowicz, for whom the concerto-like work was originally written. The compositions will be the center of
lectures and community events that focus both on the roles of women in traditional narratives and how such
themes fit into the composer's socially and politically engaged body of work. The concerts will be presented at
Davies Symphony Hall.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd. (aka Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival)
$40,000 Santa Fe, NM
To support the 45th annual Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc
Neikrug, programming will feature the world premiere performance of a new work for clarinet, bassoon,
trumpet, violin, cello, and piano by American composer William Bolcom and a number of chamber ensembles
including FLUX String Quartet. The project will include a week-long workshop facilitated by FLUX for promising
young composers. Performances will be held in various settings throughout Santa Fe and in Albuquerque.
Savannah Music Festival, Inc. (aka Savannah Music Festival)
$40,000 Savannah, GA
To support the annual Savannah Music Festival. The early spring festival will feature more than 500 international
artists in diverse programming, including chamber and symphonic music, blues, jazz, and world music. Artists
such as Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Earls of Leicester, Trio Solisti, instrumentalists and composers such as
David Finckel, Wycliffe Gordon, Wu Han, NEA Jazz Master Dr. Lonnie Smith, Terrell Stafford, and Miguel Zenon,
as well as artists from Brazil, Canary Islands, Cuba, Haiti, Mongolia, and Pakistan, will perform during the festival
in Savannah's Historic District.
Search and Restore Inc. (aka Search and Restore)
$10,000 Brooklyn, NY
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.