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Chamber Music America Awards Nine Grants for “New Jazz Works”

Wayne Shorter, grant recipient © Andrea Canter

Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network for ensemble music professionals,  has announced its new round of commissions for new works by small ensembles. A sum of $483,100 will be distributed to 21 ensembles via two of CMA’s major grant programs: Classical Commissioning, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and New Jazz Works, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.  Noted CMA, “The ensembles selected this year reflect the diverse array of styles performed by small ensembles in the U.S. today, ranging from classical/contemporary keyboard sextet to jazz piano-violin duo to traditional wind, string, vocal, and jazz quartets.”

Grantees were selected by an independent peer panel of musicians. The nine recipients of New Jazz Works commissions, and instrumentaion, include:

For more information on Chamber Music America, visit chamber-music.org  

 

 

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