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    Posted: 26 Jul 2016 at 9:14am

Wayne Shorter, Ambrose Akinmusire among awardees

By JazzTimes

Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network for ensemble music professionals, has announced the awardees of its commissioning programs for 2016, facilitating the creation of new works for 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.  

As stated in a press release distributed this morning, “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.” The grantees were chosen in the spring, by independent peer panels of musicians.

The recipients of New Jazz Works grants—including the grantees, composers and instrumentation—are listed below:

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet (Oakland, Calif.) 
Composer: Ambrose Akinmusire 
Instrumentation: Trumpet, piano/keyboards, bass, drums

Geof Bradfield Ensemble (Chicago, Ill.) 
Composer: Geof Bradfield 
Instrumentation: Tenor saxophone/bass clarinet, flute/tenor saxophone, alto saxophone/clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar/live electronics, bass, drums

Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman DUO (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 
Composer: Sylvie Courvoisier 
Instrumentation: Piano, violin

Musae (Union City, N.J.) 
Composer: Roman Filiu O’Reilly 
Instrumentation: Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone/vocals, piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion

Ryan Keberle and Catharsis (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 
Composer: Ryan Keberle 
Instrumentation: Trombone/melodica, voice, trumpet, bass, drums

Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 
Composer: Chris Lightcap 
Instrumentation: Bass, saxophones, guitars, keyboards, drums

Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra (Baltimore, Md.) 
Composer: Todd Marcus 
Instrumentation: Bass clarinet, alto saxophone/flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, drums

Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures (Maplewood, N.J.) 
Composer: Adam Rudolph 
Instrumentation: Multiple percussion instruments, thumb piano, sintir, cornet/flugelhorn, multiple woodwinds, electronic keyboards, guitar, bass

Wayne Shorter Quartet (Los Angeles, Calif.) 
Composer: Wayne Shorter 
Instrumentation: Soprano/tenor saxophone, piano, bass, drums

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


from http://jazztimes.com 



Edited by snobb - 26 Jul 2016 at 9:15am
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