[Chiara String Quartet] [Imani Winds] [Community Music Works] [Shanghai Quartet] [SUNY Artswego] Jazzmobile [Kronos Quartet] Yosvany Terry Wu Man So Percussion. Musical Chairs Alaska New York Illinois Iowa Washington New-Trad Octet Greg Osby Quartet Walden Chamber Players Massachusetts Daedalus Quartet Music of Remembrance2008 Red Cedar Chamber Music David Sanchez Southern Illinois Univer- sity MyraGrantees Melford Calder Quartet Christopher Rouse Earshot Jazz Huang Ruo Steven Mackey Marty+ EhrlichHonorees Dorian Quintet Enso Quartet Meridian Arts Ensemble Ars Nova Workshop [Simon Shaheen] iO Quartet Pittsburgh Montgomery County Community College Don Byron Pierre Jalbert New Music PRISM Quartet Shanghai Quartet Bright A Sheng Jason Moran Steve Reich Kerrytown Concert House [Lei Lang] [Du Yun] Cor- nish 2009College of the Arts [David Sanford] Kurt Stallman David del Tredici Jazz St. Louis Adam Rudolph Rudresh Mahanthappa Cavani String Quartet Zeitgeist [Minnesota] Over the past year, Chamber Music Chinary Ung. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Vermont Rhode Island presenting America’s support to ensemble musicians the Dafnis andPrieto presenters Sextet totaledInternational more than Festival of Arts and Ideas] [Connecticut] pre- $745,000 in grants and awards. These senting Jasonfunds Moran’s will make Big possible Bandwagon an unprecedented Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) presenting Jason Moran’snumber Big of Bandwagon CMA-sponsored World commissions Music Institute Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pic- (the marked increase this year is thanks to tures OctetThe Wayne Andrew Horvitz W. Mellon JACK Foundation Quartet andMiguel Zenón Judith Sherman The Parker the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), as Quartet Rez Abbasi Group Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Juneau Jazz and Classics M well as residency projects, jazz presentations [Chiara Stringin concert Quartet] venues, [Imani collaborations Winds] [Community between Music Works] [Shanghai Quartet] French and American jazz artists, and support [SUNY Artswego]to emerging Jazzmobile classical ensembles. [Kronos Quartet] Yosvany Terry Wu Man So Percussion. Musical Chairs CMA Alaska congratulates New York all of Illinois the grant Iowa Washington New-Trad Octet Greg recipients, as well as the many individuals Osby Quartetand groupsWalden receiving Chamber awards Players during Massachusetts the Daedalus Quartet Music of Remembrancepast year Red for Cedar their artisticChamber achievements Music David Sanchez Southern Illinois Univer- and their educational contributions in sity Myracommunities Melford Calder throughout Quartet the Christopher United States. Rouse Earshot Jazz Huang Ruo Steven Mackey Marty Ehrlich Dorian Quintet Eno Quartet Meridian Arts Ensemble Ars Nova 26 october 2009 Workshop [Simon Shaheen] iO Quartet Pittsburgh Montgomery County Community C [Chiara String Quartet] [Imani Winds] [Community Music Works] [Shanghai Quartet] [SUNY Artswego] Jazzmobile [Kronos Quartet] Yosvany Terry Wu Man So Percussion. 2 Musical Chairs Alaska New York Illinois Iowa Washington New-Trad Octet Greg Osby Quartet Walden Chamber Players Massachusetts Daedalus Quartet Music of Remembrance Red Cedar Chamber Music David Sanchez Southern Illinois Univer- sity Myra Melford Calder Quartet Christopher Rouse Earshot Jazz Huang Ruo Steven 1 Mackey Marty Ehrlich Dorian Quintet Enso Quartet Meridian Arts Ensemble Ars Nova RESIDENCY ARTSwego (Oswego, NY) and the Imani Winds 1 lecture/performances at a public Workshop [Simon Shaheen] iO Quartet Pittsburgh Montgomery County Community PARTNERSHIP school and a church, and on the SUNY Oswego PROGRAM campus A College Don Byron Pierre Jalbert New Music PRISM Quartet Shanghai Quartet Bright Supported by the JPMorgan Chase Jazzmobile (New York, NY) with Harlem Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Stage: a four-month residency with the Cuban- born composer/educator Yosvany Terry Sheng Jason Moran Steve Reich Kerrytown Concert House [Lei Lang] [Du Yun] Cor- Foundation and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund 2 and his ensemble 3 nish College of the Arts [David Sanford] Kurt Stallman David del Tredici Jazz St. Louis ThiS ProgrAM SuPPorTS livE Musical Chairs Ensemble ChAMbEr MuSiC AnD rElATED (Staten Island, NY): a series of interactive ACTiviTiES, AnD EnCourAgES concerts at Holy Child Church Adam Rudolph Rudresh Mahanthappa Cavani String Quartet Zeitgeist [Minnesota] CollAborATionS AMong Jeff Newell’s New-Trad Octet 4 EnSEMblES, PrESEnTErS, AnD (New York, NY): a four-month residency integrating CoMMuniTy orgAnizATionS Chinary Ung. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Vermont Rhode Island presenting American music with social studies curriculum for K–6 students in three Brooklyn public schools the Dafnis Prieto Sextet International Festival of Arts and Ideas] [Connecticut] pre- 5 Rocco John Group (New York, NY): building a self-sustainable Jazz Community 3 senting Jason Moran’s Big Bandwagon Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) presenting Orchestra in Talkaetna, Alaska. Partners: KTNA Public Radio, the Denali Arts Council 6 CONTINUING Jason Moran’s Big Bandwagon World Music Institute Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pic- Walden Chamber Players (Boston, MA): chamber music institute for high MULTI-YEAR school string students in Nyack, NY, and outreach RESIDENCIES tures Octet Wayne Horvitz JACK Quartet Miguel Zenón Judith Sherman The Parker performances with the student instrumentalists at a local camp and public library Daedalus Quartet: (New York, NY) M Quartet Rez Abbasi Group Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Juneau Jazz and Classics interactive concerts, masterclasses, coachings, lecture/demonstrations, and workshops in Long [Chiara String Quartet] [Imani Winds] [Community Music Works] [Shanghai Quartet] Island public schools. 4 Music of Remembrance (Seattle, WA): [SUNY Artswego] Jazzmobile [Kronos Quartet] Yosvany Terry Wu Man So Percussion. community outreach program featuring music by Holocaust survivors and composers who died in Nazi concentration camps Musical Chairs Alaska New York Illinois Iowa Washington New-Trad Octet Greg 5 Red Cedar Chamber Music Osby Quartet Walden Chamber Players Massachusetts Daedalus Quartet Music of (Marion, IA): interactive events in rural Iowa for elementary school students and their families, Remembrance Red Cedar Chamber Music David Sanchez Southern Illinois Univer- and senior citizens. Southern Illinois University School of Music (Carbondale, IL) with the sity Myra Melford Calder Quartet Christopher Rouse Earshot Jazz Huang Ruo Steven Cavani String Quartet: residency at a rural elementary school and concerts at the Mackey Marty Ehrlich Dorian Quintet Eno Quartet Meridian Arts Ensemble Ars Nova Southern Illinois Chamber Music Society 6 27 Workshop [Simon Shaheen] iO Quartet Pittsburgh Montgomery County Community C 7 8 6 CLASSICAL COMMISSIONING PROGRAM 9 Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund ThiS ProgrAM EnAblES EnSEMblES AnD ChAMbEr MuSiC PrESEnTErS To CoMMiSSion nEW rEPErToirE. 6 Calder Quartet (Los Angeles, CA): a String Quartet from Christopher Rouse 7 Chiara String Quartet (Lincoln, NE): a String Quartet from Huang Ruo, inspired by wall drawings from various epochs and cultures 8 Dorian Wind Quintet (New York, NY): a 10 Woodwind Quintet from David Del Tredici, celebrating the ensemble’s 50th anniversary 9 Enso Quartet (New York, NY), a work for string quartet and electronics, from Kurt Stallman, to be performed in sections, interwoven with traditional classical works in a concert program 10 Festival of New Trumpet Music (New York, NY): a work from David Sanford for brass quintet, percussion, and jazz trumpet, to be performed by the Meridian Arts Ensemble 11 Imani Winds (New York, NY): for woodwind 11 quintet and oud from Simon Shaheen. Guest artist: Simon Shaheen 28 october 2009 12 12 iO Quartet (New York, NY): a work for string quartet, narrator, and electronics, from Du Yun: elements of storytelling; classical, folk, alternative rock and noise music; acting, installation, and staging 13 Kronos Quartet (San Francisco, CA): a work for live and recorded string quartet, from Steve Reich, and calling for vocalizations from the musicians Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (Pittsburgh, PA): a work for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, by Pierre Jalbert, 14 for presentation with an abstract animated film by Canadian artist Jean Detheux 14 13 15 PRISM Quartet (Philadelphia, PA): a work for saxophone quartet and Chinese instruments, from Bright Sheng. Guest artists: Music From China ensemble 16 Shanghai Quartet (Montclair, NJ): a work for string quartet and pipa, from Lei Liang. Guest artist: Wu Man, pipa 17 So Percussion (Brooklyn, NY): a work for percussion quartet by Steven Mackey 18 Zeitgeist (Saint Paul, MN): for percussion, piano 15 and clarinet/bass clarinet from Chinary Ung. Calls on the musicians to speak and sing 16 18 17 29 PRESENTING JAZZ Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ThiS ProgrAM EnCourAgES ThE PrESEnTATion oF JAzz in ConCErT SETTingS, WiTh An EMPhASiS on EMErging AnD MiD-CArEEr EnSEMblES Ars Nova Workshop (Philadelphia, PA) presenting 19 20 19 concerts by Marty Ehrlich’s Rites Quartet , spotlighting the works of saxophonist/composer Julius Hemphill Cornish College of the Arts 20 (Seattle, WA) presenting Myra Melford’s Be Bread Ensemble Earshot Jazz Society (Seattle, WA) presenting the Don Byron Quartet 21 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts 22 (Burlington, VT) presenting the Dafnis Prieto Sextet International