New Music USA has announced that Joe Walker is stepping down from his position of Chair of thee Board of Directors. In his stead, the organization has Juan Pablo Contreras and Anne-Marie Spataru as Co-Chairs, effective July 1, 2025. Both have served on the board since 2021. “I am truly honored to serve as New Music USA’s Co-Chair with Anne-Marie {…}
New Music USA has named 85 awardees for the New Music Organization Fund’s 2024 grant cycle. This year, 702 applications were submitted. Grant seekers included music organizations, performance groups, dance organizations, festivals, presenters, and venues spanning 17 states. Applicants chose their preferred funding strand from one of the following categories: General Operating Support, Creation of New Work, or Live Music {…}
New Music USA has announced its cohort of 30 new music groups and organizations that have been selected as the inaugural awardees for its newest initiative, New Music Inc. The program based in Baltimore, Chicago, and New York City works to propel small-budget and artist-led organizations. The first cohorts include eight organizations in Baltimore, 12 in Chicago, and 10 New {…}
New Music USA has announced its 2023 Organization Fund Awardees to 85 creators across the nation. The fund, totaling $620,750, goes to outstanding organizations the work and support the development of music creators and artists that offer a crucial resource to their community. Over 500 entities expressed interest during this year’s grant application process. Those awarded are notable for their {…}
Opera Theater Oregon has received a grant from New Music USA. The company will be one of 10 organizations to receive one-time grants of $3,000 for operating costs supporting programming and collaboration with U.S.-based composers and artists. Other organizations who were honored include Albina Music Trust, Big Mouth Society, Fear No Music, Montavilla Jazz, Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, REBELWISE, Resonance {…}
New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices program has announced the addition of two composers to its existing roster of nine working on high-profile co-commissions. The newly selected composers are Katherine Balch and Clarice Assad. Katherine Balch will compose a work co-commissioned by lead orchestras, the New York Philharmonic and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, while Clarice Assad’s composition will be premiered by the {…}
New Music USA has announced the selection of 100 organizational awardees as part of the 2022 Organizational Development Fund. Each organization will receive, on average, $6,780.00. A panel of 21 artists, creators, musicians, and administrators selected the 100 recipients from a pool of 392 applicants. To knock bias out of the selection process, 76 percent of panelists identified as women {…}
New Music USA announced the recipients of the 2022 Creator Development Fund Grant. This year 112 creators received a grant from the organization. The list of awardees can be found here. The total amount awarded was $335,00 across the US. The awardees were chosen with the hopes of supporting creators who were affected by the challenges created by COVID-19 and {…}
New Music USA Amplifying Voices program, which fosters collaboration toward racial and gender equity in new orchestral music, has announced the first of nine new co-commissioned works by women and BIPOC composers to be performed by over thirty orchestras across the United States. The orchestras will present the works over three years, from 2022 to 2025. The first of the {…}
New Music USA has announced that they have selected 53 artists as recipients of the New Music USA Creator Development Fund. Launched to support individual music creators who have lost work due to the ongoing pandemic, the fund totals $200,410 in grants. Of the awardees, 68 percent are artists of color and 51 percent are women. Over 1,100 applicants were {…}
New Music USA has announced the New Music Solidary Fund which will offer $500 in emergency grants to performers of music by living composers who have been impacted by cancelations brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak. Per a public announcement, the fund has received over $130,000 in pledges from over 100 artists, arts leaders, and professors in the field. Applicants {…}