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Chamber Musica America Announces Fall Jazz Grant Deadlines
New York, NY -- Chamber Music America (CMA) announces two jazz grant opportunities with October application deadlines:
Presenting Jazz, for U.S. presenters that work with U.S. jazz ensembles in public performance. Application deadline: October 15
Past grantees include the American Jazz Museum (Kansas City, MO) with The Clayton Brothers Quintet; Ars Nova Workshop (Philadelphia, PA) with Karl Berger’s In the Spirit of Don Cherry; the University of Minnesota’s Northrop/Concert & Lectures, (Minneapolis, MN) with the Regina Carter Quartet; and Planet Arts (Catskill, NY) with Luis Bonilla Quintet, among others.
CMA/FACE French American Jazz Exchange, for collaborations between French and U.S. jazz musicians. Application deadline: October 22
Past grantees and their collaborators include: Hélène Breschand with Zeena Parkins, Elliott Sharp and Franck Vigroux; Vincent Chancey with Serge Pesce; and Nguyên Lê with Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mieko Miyazaki and Prabhu Edouard, among others.
Application workshops will be offered at Chamber Music America’s offices (305 Seventh Avenue New York, NY, 10001) at 3:00 p.m. EDT on the following dates:
French American Jazz Exchange
August 25
September 1
September 29
Presenting Jazz
September 22
Attendance may be in person or via teleconference. Seating is limited. Reservations required; first-come, first-served. Contact Caitlin Murphy, Program Assistant, cmurphy@chamber-music.org, (212) 242-2022, x16.
Guidelines, application, and FAQs are available on the CMA website. For additional information, contact Jeanette Vuocolo, program director, CMA Jazz at (212) 242-2022, x17, or jvuocolo@chamber-music.org.
Presenting Jazz and CMA/FACE French American Jazz Exchange are made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Florence Gould Foundation and SACEM.
Chamber Music America, the national service organization for the ensemble music profession, was founded in 1977 to develop and strengthen an evolving chamber music community. With a membership of over 6,000, including musicians, ensembles, presenters, artists’ managers, educators, music businesses, and advocates of ensemble music, CMA welcomes members representing a wide range of musical styles and traditions. In addition to its funding programs, CMA provides its members with consulting services, access to health and instrument insurance, conferences, seminars and several publications, including Chamber Music magazine, and a website, www.chamber-music.org.
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For more information about Chamber Music America, please contact:
Amanda Ameer
First Chair Promotion
e. amanda@firstchairpromo.com
ph. 212.368.5949
Past grantees include the American Jazz Museum (Kansas City, MO) with The Clayton Brothers Quintet; Ars Nova Workshop (Philadelphia, PA) with Karl Berger’s In the Spirit of Don Cherry; the University of Minnesota’s Northrop/Concert & Lectures, (Minneapolis, MN) with the Regina Carter Quartet; and Planet Arts (Catskill, NY) with Luis Bonilla Quintet, among others.
CMA/FACE French American Jazz Exchange, for collaborations between French and U.S. jazz musicians. Application deadline: October 22
Past grantees and their collaborators include: Hélène Breschand with Zeena Parkins, Elliott Sharp and Franck Vigroux; Vincent Chancey with Serge Pesce; and Nguyên Lê with Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mieko Miyazaki and Prabhu Edouard, among others.
Application workshops will be offered at Chamber Music America’s offices (305 Seventh Avenue New York, NY, 10001) at 3:00 p.m. EDT on the following dates:
French American Jazz Exchange
August 25
September 1
September 29
Presenting Jazz
September 22
Attendance may be in person or via teleconference. Seating is limited. Reservations required; first-come, first-served. Contact Caitlin Murphy, Program Assistant, cmurphy@chamber-music.org, (212) 242-2022, x16.
Guidelines, application, and FAQs are available on the CMA website. For additional information, contact Jeanette Vuocolo, program director, CMA Jazz at (212) 242-2022, x17, or jvuocolo@chamber-music.org.
Presenting Jazz and CMA/FACE French American Jazz Exchange are made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Florence Gould Foundation and SACEM.
Chamber Music America, the national service organization for the ensemble music profession, was founded in 1977 to develop and strengthen an evolving chamber music community. With a membership of over 6,000, including musicians, ensembles, presenters, artists’ managers, educators, music businesses, and advocates of ensemble music, CMA welcomes members representing a wide range of musical styles and traditions. In addition to its funding programs, CMA provides its members with consulting services, access to health and instrument insurance, conferences, seminars and several publications, including Chamber Music magazine, and a website, www.chamber-music.org.
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For more information about Chamber Music America, please contact:
Amanda Ameer
First Chair Promotion
e. amanda@firstchairpromo.com
ph. 212.368.5949
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