2022-2023 IMPACT REPORT

Receiving this grant helps to ensure that I can properly

compensate the people who have helped me along my
musical journey. This album will be a milestone not just
for my career—and for all involved whose vast talents
will be showcased in new, musically diverse ways—but in
what is possible for independent artists! Thank you for
helping to make my dreams a reality.

Akenya Seymour
Creator Fund Grantee

NEW MUSIC USA

 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Program Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
New Music Creator Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Music Organization Fund .. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
New Music Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Next Jazz Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Reel Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Amplifying Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Advocacy and Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
NewMusicBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Financial Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Staff, Board & Councils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Supporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Kayla Briëtt, Creator Fund Grantee

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 A NOTE FROM OUR PRESIDENT & CEO

As I reflect on New Music USA’s impact over the

past year, I am inspired by the breadth of our
community and the multiplicity of music creators
...every sound is welcome
and organizations whose work we’ve had the in the vibrant new music
honor to champion. The imagination, skill, and
vision of our grantees emanated from the many
community we serve."
live performances, recordings, conversations, and
convenings we’ve supported or facilitated. We Discussions with our Program and Advisory
were moved and energized by the fact that every Councils, made up of today’s preeminent
sound is welcome in the vibrant new music creators, performers, and arts leaders, enriched
community we serve. our understanding of the issues facing our field
across different US regions, states, and
Our response to this abundance of creativity is to communities.
remain dedicated to our support of new music in
all its forms, and to grow our resources in response Our work as grantmaker, convenor, and
to increasing need across the US. This year, our advocate gives us valuable insights into the
New Music Creator and Organization Funds health and vibrancy of our field. The
awarded a total of over $800,000 to 145 creators unprecedented demand for our funding this
and organizations in 26 states and Washington, year — from the largest and most diverse group
DC. Alongside these longstanding grant programs, of applicants to date — demonstrates the
over $200,000 total was awarded through Reel exceptional creativity of our community as well
Change, Amplifying Voices, New Music Inc, and as the considerable difficulties that artists and
Next Jazz Legacy – bespoke initiatives which music organizations are facing post-pandemic.
focus on specific challenges and opportunities that We hope you will join us in our pledge to
we’ve identified through close collaboration with ensure a vibrant future for this expanding
partners, artists, and practitioners based in community and we are immensely grateful to
different US cities. These programs address those of you who are already contributing to a
longstanding inequities in our field, providing bright future for music creation and sound.
music creators and leaders of organizations with
mentorship and professional development We hope you enjoy reading our report!
opportunities alongside
financial support.
With gratitude,
To complement and build on our funding
programs, we invested in community building
through virtual and in-person meetings and our
acclaimed online publication, NewMusicBox. We
used our national and international networks to
strengthen our role as connector and convenor,
and we paved the way for new editions of our New
Music Inc capacity building program in Baltimore,
Vanessa Reed
Chicago, and New York, with plans underway to President & CEO, New Music USA
expand this program to other cities.

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 I am so proud of how our
granting programs have grown
to meet the ever-expanding
definition of ‘new music’ to
include specific programs for
jazz and film music, as well as
partnering with orchestras for Reena Esmail
larger scale multiperformance New Music USA
consortia. Board Co-Chair

Milena Casado
Next Jazz Legacy Awardee

NEW MUSIC USA 3

 Kal Sugatski, Creator Fund Grantee

2022-2023

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, Small Grant Fund Grantee

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 NEW MUSIC
CREATOR FUND
The New Music Creator Fund aims to enable
individual music creators working in any genre
to lead the development of new and existing
ideas and collaborations, helping them reach
the next stage of their creative practice.

This year’s awardees reflect the diversity of

our field and the innovative work that New
Music USA is dedicated to supporting across
the US.

Creator Fund grants support costs that relate

to collaboration with other artists and
practitioners. Through the program, New
Music USA strives to stimulate creativity and
collaboration between music creators and
other artists from any discipline Kian Ravaei
or background. Creator Fund Grantee

CREATOR FUND - AT A GLANCE:

55%

Women, nonbinary, or
963 applicants $208,050 awarded
transgender awardees

70%

60 awardees 21 states BIPOC awardees

NEW MUSIC USA | CREATOR FUND 5

 NEW MUSIC
CREATOR FUND

As a mother in the jazz world,

having the support and funds
to invest in creating new music
is crucial. This grant gives me
the time and resources to
explore new territories and
expand my creative vision.

Berta Moreno
Creator Fund Grantee

Everything about X AMENDMENTS

is stretching my collaborators and
me beyond our comfortable musical
wheelhouses. This grant allows us
to continue the incubation phase for
another round of growth and
distillation.
Learn more

Carla Kihlstedt
Creator Fund Grantee

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CREATORS | 2023

Akenya Seymour DaEun Jung Jordan Bak Marion T. Hayden

Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA Winston Salem, NC Highland Park, MI

Alphonso Horne Danielle Jones (Tylynn) Jordan Munson Megan Conley

Bronx, NY Omaha, NE Indianapolis, IN Honolulu, HI

Arson Fahim David Leon Josh Evans Melinda Faylor

Newton Highlands, MA Brooklyn, NY Jersey City, NJ Forest Hills, NY

Asuka Kakitani Edisa Weeks Juana Luna Nala Duma (Lamb)

Northfield, MN Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY

Austin Yip Judd Greenstein Mai Khôi

Ehsan Matoori
San Jose, CA Gill, MA Pittsburgh, PA
Sherman Oaks, CA

Avram Fefer Julie Herndon Rod Wallace

Elisa Harkins
Brooklyn, NY Los Osos, CA Farmington Hills, MI
Tulsa, OK
Badie Khaleghian Julien-Alexandre Ryan Cohan
Emily Pinkerton
Houston, TX Yves Guichard Chicago, IL
Albany, NY
(Jimi Lucid)
Berta Moreno Glendale, NY Shamiqua Wilson
New York, NY Eric Kennedy
Staten Island, NY
Baltimore, MD
Kal Sugatski
Braxton Taylor Portland, ME Sirintip Phasuk
Bushwick, NY Eunmi Ko
New York, NY
Tampa, FL
Kayla Briët
Carla Kihlstedt Cypress, CA Sonny Mehta
Woods Hole, MA Gabriel Globus-Hoenich
Friendswood, TX
Bronx, NY
Kian Ravaei
Cary L. Morin Bloomington, IN Taína Asili
Fort Collins, CO Garrett Arney Albany, NY
Seattle, WA Lea Bertucci
Charles Burnham Kingston, NY Tracy Yang
Brooklyn, NY Jacinta Clusellas Elmhurst, NY
Brooklyn, NY Leyla McCalla
Coco Elysses
New Orleans, LA Trey Makler
Chicago, IL Jake Charkey Sacramento, CA
Brooklyn, NY Lisa DeSpain
Coco Peila
Jackson Heights, NY Whitney George
Brooklyn, NY John Hodian Brooklyn, NY
Saugerties, NY Lou Carrig
Colin McLaughlin
New Orleans, LA Yuhan Su
St. Louis, MO
Jonathan Suazo Brooklyn, NY
Quincy, MA Lyndon Harewood
Jersey City, NJ

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 NEW MUSIC
ORGANIZATION
FUND

The New Music Organization Fund offers grants

to music organizations, performance groups,
dance organizations, festivals, presenters, and
venues who need support to sustain their
programming of new music, nurturing of music
creators, and other services.
The program offers three distinct
opportunities for funding: General
Support, Creation of New Work, or Live
Music for Dance projects.

Grants are awarded based on the

following criteria: artistry, impact, need,
and equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Treehouse Shakers, Organization Fund Grantee

ORGANIZATION FUND AT A GLANCE

525 applicants 85 awardees

19 states + DC
$620,750 awarded
represented

AXIS Dance Company, Organization Fund Grantee

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 Motor City Sings is very excited to
be supported by New Music USA’s
Organization Fund. With this
support, we plan to increase our
operations team to expand our
programming efforts of removing
stigma from discussions of mental
health and suicide prevention
through the joy of music.
Ben Will
Founding Executive Director, Motor City Sings
Organization Fund Grantee

This award from New Music USA has

energized our team at Dark Circles
Contemporary Dance, allowing us to
create groundbreaking work that
challenges conventions and gives
voice to the under or misrepresented.

Chadi El-Khoury
Executive Director, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance
Organization Fund Grantee

Learn More

NEW MUSIC USA | ORGANIZATION FUND 9

Present Music
ORGANIZATIONS | 2023
Live Music for Dance Parsons Dance Copland House
Ananya Dance Theatre New York, NY Peekskill, NY
Minneapolis, MN
ShaLeigh Dance Works Creative Music Foundation, Inc.
Art of the Matter Performance Rougemont, NC (AKA Creative Music Studio)
Foundation / Deborah Slater Woodstock, NY
Dance Theater The Leela Institute
San Francisco, CA West Hills, CA DC Jazz Festival
Washington, DC
AXIS Dance Company Treehouse Shakers
Berkeley, CA New York, NY D-Composed
Chicago, IL
Creative Netwerk Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre
Astoria, NY Brooklyn, NY Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle
Seattle, WA
Dark Circles Contemporary Dance General Support
Las Cruces, NM Either/Or Ensemble
American Composers Orchestra New York, NY
Flyaway Productions New York, NY
San Francisco, CA Elastic Arts Foundation
ANIKAYA/Akhra, Inc. Chicago, IL
Heidi Duckler Dance New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA Experiments in Opera
Ars Nova Workshop Brooklyn, NY
Jeremy McQueen’s Black Iris Project Philadelphia, PA
New York, NY HEAL Center for the Arts
Audium Theater Saint Louis, MO
José Limón Dance Foundation San Francisco, CA
New York, NY Hub New Music
Bang on a Can Ann Arbor, MI
Katha Dance Theatre Brooklyn, NY
Crystal, MN Imani Winds Foundation
Brooklyn Raga Massive New York, NY
La Donna Dance, Inc. Brooklyn, NY
New York, NY InfraSound
CapitalBop Brooklyn, NY
LED Washington, DC
Boise, ID International Contemporary
Chicxs Rockerxs Ensemble
Nava Dance Theatre South East Los Angeles Brooklyn, NY
San Francisco, CA Bell Gardens, CA

ODC Theater Composers Now

San Francisco, CA New York, NY

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Inversion Ensemble Sound Off: Music For Bail EMPAC / Curtis R. Priem Experimental
Austin, TX New York, NY Media and Performing Arts Center at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
ISSUE Project Room Sparks & Wiry Cries Troy, NY
New York, NY Lansing, NY
Harlem Stage
Luna Composition Lab The Crossing New York, NY
New York, NY Philadelphia, PA
Kronos Quartet
Motor City Sings The Jazz Gallery San Francisco, CA
Detroit, MI New York, NY
Mantra Percussion Inc.
Music Kitchen – Food for the Soul The Lab Woodside, NY
New York, NY San Francisco, CA
Original Music Workshop
Musiqa The Merian Ensemble d.b.a. National Sawdust
Houston, TX Atlanta, GA Brooklyn, NY

Mutual Mentorship for Musicians Trilogy an Opera Company Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Woodside, NY Newark, NJ New York, NY

New Music Gathering Trinosophes Projects Palaver Strings

Brooklyn, NY Detroit, MI Portland, ME

Next Edge Arts, Inc. Unison Learning Center, Inc., Pittsburgh Opera
Raleigh, NC d.b.a. Unison Arts Pittsburgh, PA
New Paltz, NY
NYC Winter Jazzfest Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble
Brooklyn, NY Verdigris Ensemble Portland, OR
District 14, TX
Peninsula Women’s Chorus PRISM Quartet, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA Wild Up Philadelphia, PA
Los Angeles, CA
Project [BLANK] Silkroad
San Diego, CA Creation of New Work Brighton, MA

Qubit Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts The West Kortright Centre, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY Omaha, NE East Meredith, NY

Ravinia Festival Beth Morrison Projects, Inc. VisionIntoArt

Highland Park, IL Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY

Roulette Intermedium Cal Performances Works & Process, Inc.

Brooklyn, NY Berkeley, CA New York, NY

Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Cleveland, OH

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 NEW MUSIC INC
This year, we were proud to launch New Music Inc, a new program in
Baltimore, Chicago, and New York City.

Based on the New Music Capacity Building program that we debuted in

2020, New Music Inc is an incubator program that provides small-
budget, artist-led music organizations with financial support coupled
with hands-on skill building in a cohort environment intended to foster
collective learning and collaboration within and between the
three cities.

Each city’s program is supported by a local Program Coordinator who is

an active member of their respective local music community.

Marquis Gasque ‘Mighty Mark’ Kori Coleman Amanda Gookin

Baltimore Chicago New York
Program Coordinator Program Coordinator Program Coordinator

We received 160 applications for the program’s inaugural

cohorts. The awardees will be announced next year. Learn More

Regional New Music Inc programs are funded by the New

York Community Trust (New York City) and the Walder
Foundation (Chicago). The Baltimore program is supported
in part by grants from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation
and The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation.

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New Music USA announced the second cohort of Next Jazz Legacy
awardees in March 2023. Launched in November 2021 in partnership with
the Berklee Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice, Next Jazz Legacy is a
national apprenticeship program for women and non-binary improvisers in
jazz, with the intersection of gender and race as a guiding principle. The
program combines individual and group learning opportunities with a
comprehensive support package – which includes an apprenticeship with a
trailblazing band leader, mentorship, and financial support.

The seven 2023 awardees were chosen through an open call for
applications, followed by a review process chaired by Terri Lyne Carrington,
NEA Jazz Master and Next Jazz Legacy’s Artistic Director. This year’s
bandleaders and creative mentors include leading jazz artists Regina Carter,
Meshell Ndegeocello, Brandee Younger, Miguel Zenón, and many others.

In addition to performance opportunities with their bandleader mentors,

awardees showcased their talents at many jazz festivals across the country,
including NYC’s Winter Jazzfest, the DC Jazz Festival, and the Angel City
Jazz Festival in Los Angeles.

Next Jazz Legacy receives major funding from the Mellon Foundation and
support from Joe and Nancy Walker.

NEW MUSIC USA | NEXT JAZZ LEGACY 13

 Camila Cortina Bello, piano Milena Casado, trumpet & flugelhorn Liany Mateo, bass
Apprenticeship: Miguel Zenón Apprenticeship: Nicholas Payton Apprenticeship: Regina Carter
Creative Mentor: Helen Sung Creative Mentor: Meshell Ndegeocello Creative Mentor: Christian McBride

Anaïs Maviel, voice & percussion Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield, voice Neta Raanan, saxophone
Apprenticeship: Craig Taborn Apprenticeship: Brandee Younger Apprenticeship: Nasheet Waits
Creative Mentor: Nicole Mitchell Creative Mentor: Patrice Rushen Creative Mentor: Moor Mother

As a woman jazz musician in my thirties, this

program revitalized how much I really want Learn More
to perform on a larger scale...I’ve learned so
much from all these different settings –
overall professionalism, health on the road,
and developing relationships with other
Anisha Rush, saxophone musicians and music professionals."
Apprenticeship: Makaya McCraven
- Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield, Next Jazz Legacy Awardee
Creative Mentor: Tia Fuller

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 Apprenticeship is what Next
Jazz Legacy is all about, through
purposeful and collaborative
relationships with leading jazz
artists and creative mentors. It is
important that Next Jazz Legacy
awardees emerge from our
program with tools that they
need to make a lasting impact in
the field, as we continue to
strive for a more equitable jazz
future.”

Terri Lyne Carrington

Next Jazz Legacy Artistic Director

Many emerging jazz artists,

particularly those who are
historically underrepresented in the
field, face barriers and challenges in
creating, performing, and sharing
their music. As a Next Jazz Legacy
mentor, I am honored to give back
to our community by doing my
utmost to ensure that the work of
these talented artists is amplified
and celebrated.”

Brandee Younger
Next Jazz Legacy Mentor

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 FUND FOR DIVERSITY IN FILM SCORING
Initiated in 2020 with the generous backing and guidance of SESAC and film
composer Christophe Beck, the Reel Change Fund for Diversity in Film
Scoring provides a five-year grant and mentorship program for composers of
diverse backgrounds who have been marginalized in film composition. The
program continued to advance the careers of film composers by welcoming
six new awardees.

This year also saw awardee projects coming to life at film festivals across the
country; for example, “No Ordinary Campaign” (Emily Rice) won awards at
the Chicago International Film Festival and the Yale in Hollywood Fest. It was
also screened at many other festivals including SXSW and the Santa Barbara
International Film Festival.

Reel Change applications are accepted on a rolling basis and are evaluated
by an advisory board made up of prominent composers of film music,
including Christophe Beck, Jongnic “JB” Bontemps, Kris Bowers, Miriam
Cutler, Chanda Dancy, Tony Morales, and Pinar Toprak. Members of this
advisory board offer additional support and mentorship throughout the
program. Equipment and software sponsors for this initiative are Spitfire
Audio, Steinberg, and Native Instruments.

REEL CHANGE AT A GLANCE

Total of 18 awardees with 6 new awardees selected
this year from across the US

Total of $301,400 awarded to date, average of

$16,744 per grant

Supported expenses include composer compensation,

musician fees, recording, sound mastering fees, studio
expenses, orchestration, production equipment + more

Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring is powered by SESAC and composer
Christophe Beck, sponsored by Amazon MGM Studios, and administered by New Music USA.

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 Timo Chen
Film: Cash for Gold
The score evolves from a simple piano, guitar, and solo violin to one with additional
guitars, oud, strings and wind, with harmonies telling the story of a single widowed
white mom struggling to stay sober and make ends meet, who takes a job at a local
pawn shop owned by an immigrant Muslim family.

Emily Rice
Film: No Ordinary Campaign FY21 & FY22
Centering on two people who find their world upended by Awardees
an ALS diagnosis and chance that one may only have six
months to live, energetic strings and vibrant synths create DeAndre Allen-Toole
a score full of hope in an otherwise bleak landscape. Wei-San Hsu
Sultana Isham
Avi Amon Daniel Jimenez Afanador
Film: Everything You Have is Yours Catherine Joy
In this film inspired by the story and award-winning Emer Kinsella
work of choreographer Hadar Ahuvia, Amon’s highly Ronit Kirchman
textural score comes from the body, using folk songs Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
as the source material for a new sonic world. Jennifer Lee
EmmoLei Sankofa
Jared Smith Eunike Tanzil
Film: Stay Cali Wang
The score for “Stay” walks a tightrope between horror,
jazz, voodoo, sci-fi, and various modern music throughout
the black diaspora today such as R&B and soul.

Alex Wakim
Film: Ebb & Flow
With a score featuring new instruments created specifically for Learn More
this story, the plot follows Loulwa, a teenage girl in Lebanon
during the early 2000s, who is working towards getting her first
kiss when an explosion goes off.

Leah Curtis
Film: Anwar
This live acoustic score of individual string textures captured from a
meticulous blend of close-mic and distant room mic techniques tells the
story of a mother who chose to live forever and a son who longs for heaven.

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 Production photo from Ebb & Flow

This grant from Reel Change allowed me to focus

solely on writing and producing an incredible film
score with my collaborator. Getting to level up my
project with recording, mixing, and paying my
musicians well, as well as getting to put some of my
teaching aside for the duration of the project (which I
usually depend on to sustain me), opened the door to
amazing creative opportunities. I am so thankful to
have been part of Reel Change.”

Alex Wakim
Reel Change Awardee

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 AMPLIFYING VOICES

Amplifying Voices continued to foster collaboration and collective

action between composers and orchestras toward racial and gender Amplifying Voices
Composers
equity in classical music. Over 45 orchestras have joined the
program’s co-commissioning consortia to support the work of eleven Top row, L-R:
BIPOC and women composers, with more collaborations in progress. Katherine Balch
Jessie Montgomery
This year, the second batch of new works commissioned through the Vijay Iyer
program were introduced to audiences across the country and globe: Nina Shekhar
Shelley Washington’s “Both” by the Aspen Festival Orchestra;
Tyshawn Sorey’s “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)” by the Lucerne Middle row, L-R
Festival Orchestra (Switzerland); Vijay Iyer’s “Human Archipelago” by Brian Raphael Nabors
the London Philharmonic Orchestra (UK); and Brian Raphael Nabors’ Clarice Assad
“Upon Daybreak” by the Berkeley Symphony. Sorey’s and Iyer’s works
Juan Pablo Contreras
also received their US premieres this year, by the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra and the Oregon Symphony, respectively.
Bottom row, L-R:

AMPLIFYING VOICES AT A GLANCE Valerie Coleman

Shelley Washington
Tyshawn Sorey
Tania León

45+ 11 4 World Premieres 22 States + DC

Orchestras Composers 2 US Premieres 2 Countries

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AMPLIFYING VOICES
CONSORTIA PARTNERS

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra commissioning Tania León's

"Pasajes" with co-commissioners Auburn Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra commissioning Tyshawn
Sorey's "Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)" with additional co-commissioners to join

Berkeley Symphony commissioning Brian Raphael Nabors' "Upon Daybreak" with co-
commissioners Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, ROCO, and
Seattle Symphony

Dallas Symphony Orchestra commissioning Sorel Fellow Jessie Montgomery's

"Snapshots" with co-commissioners the Baltimore Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, and Seattle Symphony

Las Vegas Philharmonic commissioning Juan Pablo Contreras' "MeChicano" with co-
commissioners California Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Louisiana Philharmonic
Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, and Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra commissioning Shelley Washington's "Both" with co-
commissioners Aspen Music Festival and School, Boston Modern Orchestra Project,
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Kansas City Symphony

Oregon Symphony commissioning Vijay Iyer's "Human Archipelago" with co-

commissioners Boise Philharmonic, Fresno Philharmonic, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra,
Las Vegas Philharmonic, and London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra commissioning Valerie Coleman's "Concerto for Orchestra"

with co-commissioners Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, and New World
Symphony

YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) commissioning Sorel Fellow Nina Shekhar's "Mad
Libs" with Play on Philly, Sistema Ravinia, and The People's Music School

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra commissioning Clarice Assad's "The Evolution of AI"
with co-commissioners American Composers Orchestra (New York), the Chicago
Sinfonietta, and ROCO (Houston)

The New York Philharmonic and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

commissioning Katherine Balch's "musica pyralis" with co-commissioners
Ann Arbor Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, and Santa Rosa Symphony Learn More

Amplifying Voices is powered by the Sphinx Venture Fund, with additional

support from ASCAP, the Sorel Organization, the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation,
and the Wise Music Charitable Foundation.

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This project is impactful in so many ways. I am beyond honored and
elated to share and serve as a voice for so many who look like me
and share my experience. Along with my wonderful colleagues, I
believe this groundbreaking work will help to lay the foundation for
barriers to be broken and the eradication of stigmas that have
plagued our field for many years. To be a part of that change is an
affirmation of everything I’ve worked for and continue to work for.”

Brian Raphael Nabors

Amplifying Voices Grantee

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 ADVOCACY AND PARTNERSHIPS
By establishing and facilitating local, city-based funding opportunities and
partnerships, we supported and amplified the work of new music creators
and organizations in Portland, OR and Chicago, IL. These initiatives
reflect our focus on expanding our organization’s national reach, so that
we can continue to strengthen our advocacy for diverse music
communities across the US.

SMALL GRANT FUND — Portland, OR

The first Small Grant Fund supported ten organizations in Portland, OR with
one-time grants of $3,000 to support general operating costs an opportunities
for collaboration.

Albina Music Trust Big Mouth Society Fear No Music Montavilla Jazz

Portland Jazz Resonance

Opera Theater Oregon REBELWISE
Composers Ensemble Ensemble

Learn More

Third Angle New Music World Stage Theatre

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 CALL FOR SCORES: BREAKING BARRIERS
FESTIVAL AT RAVINIA — Chicago, IL

We partnered with the Ravinia Festival to support a call for scores and
collaborative workshop for three Chicago-based women and non-binary
composers as part of Breaking Barriers, Ravinia’s annual celebration of diversity
in classical music, curated by conductor Marin Alsop. The three awardees had
their orchestral works read and rehearsed at Ravinia by Taki Alsop conductor
fellows, Marin Alsop, and the Chicago Philharmonic, and
had access to invaluable mentorship opportunities. Our aim is to encourage
collaboration and future partnerships between women composers and
conductors through this initiative.

Call for Scores

Awardees
Gillian Rae Perry
Kari Watson
Amy Wurtz

Semi-Finalists
Blair Boyd
Jessica Carter

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NewMusicBox is New Music USA's online magazine that has been devoted
to sharing the diverse and timely stories and voices of new music creators
for over 20 years.

This year, we were proud to launch the NewMusicBox Guest Editor series,
which features exclusive content written, produced, or commissioned by a
rotating artist or organization. The inaugural Guest Editors were dublab and
the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM). This content
stands beside our regular Toolbox articles, Different Cities Different Voices
and Out of the Box series, and SoundLives podcast episodes.

We published 57 total articles, news items, and podcast episodes.

The Guest Editor series kicked off with Los Angeles-based

nonprofit radio station dublab. The partnership featured weekly
content from over a dozen different voices, presented in
conversations, DJ mixes, articles, and live performances all
exploring the current landscape of music composition.
Contributors included creators, curators, writers, and artists such
as BAE BAE, Colloboh, Jeremiah Chiu with Marta Sofia Honer,
Maddi Baird, Mark McNeill, Qur’an Shaheed, Beatie Wolf with
Mark Mothersbaugh, and Tana Yonas.

The series continued with a collaboration with the Gabriela Lena

Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM), a nonprofit founded
by composer Gabriela Lena Frank that is centered around
nurturing creativity and eco-citizenship in emerging and mid-
career composers. The partnership featured 12 essays and
musical compositions by contributors including Nicolás Lell
Benavides, Erika Oba, Timothy Peterson, Matthew Evan Taylor,
and Gabriela Lena Frank.

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 SOUNDLIVES Podcast
SoundLives shares in-depth insights, stories, and sound clips from
creators and performers who dedicate their lives to new music.

The rules of music are also arbitrary. So anything that exists outside
of these rules is considered experimental or noise. But that's the
freeing thing; there are no rules here.”
Victoria Shen (Evicshen), SoundLives Guest

Victoria Shen Elena Ruehr Tania León

(Evicshen)

Kevin Puts Tina Davidson Brandee Younger

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It’s all about turning emotion into sound.

As far as I’m concerned, that’s my job;
that’s what I do.”
Elena Ruehr, SoundLives Guest

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 José Limón Dance Foundation
Organization Fund Grantee

2022-2023

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

American Composers Orchestra

Organization Fund Grantee

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

Total Assets: $19,644,498

Current Assets $2,016,019

Investments, at fair value $17,625,520
Non-current assets $2,959

Total Liabilities and Net Assets: $19,644,498

Current Liabilities $1,472,664

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $101,331

Grants Payable $1,371,333

Net Assets $18,171,834

Without Donor Restrictions

Operating Fund $363,975
Board Designated Fund $515,460
Board Designated Cash Reserve Fund $400,000

With Donor Restrictions

Temporary $1,342,252
Perpetual $15,550,147

NEW MUSIC USA | FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 27

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

Revenue: $3,271,638

$1,687,347 (52%) Foundations

$800,000 (25%) Endowment Releases

$144,410 (4%) Government

$395,260 (12%) Individuals

$108,446 (3%) Corporations

$44,795 (1%) In-Kind

$91,380 (3%) Other income*

*Includes unrestricted investment income

Expenses: $3,096,710

$1,326,300 (43%) Grants Awarded

$1,154,845 (38%) Program Activity

$588,565 (19%) Administration &

Development

NEW MUSIC USA | FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 28

 D-Composed
Organization Fund Grantee

2022-2023

STAFF, BOARD &

COUNCILS

Jacinta Clusellas
Creator Fund Grantee

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 STAFF CONTRACTORS
Monisha Chowdhary Kori Coleman
Grantmaking Manager Program Coordinator, New Music Inc Chicago
(Started May 1, 2023)
Ami Dang
Development Director Marquis Gasque (Mighty Mark)
Program Coordinator, New Music Inc Baltimore
Christa Ebert (Started May 1, 2023)
Program Associate
(Started October 31, 2022) Amanda Gookin
Program Coordinator, New Music Inc NYC
Jasmine Khorsandi (Started May 1, 2023)
Digital Associate
Michelle Hromin
Julia Lu
Director of Finance and Administration Lisa C. Nuñez
(Through April 15, 2023) Finance Controller
(Started April 17, 2023)
Valerie Marchesi
Development Manager Wolfgang von Stuermer
IT Advisor
Daniel Marro (Through June 23, 2023)
Administrative Associate
(Started October 17, 2022)

Frank J. Oteri
Composer Advocate &
NewMusicBox Editor

Vanessa Reed
President & CEO

Lolivone de la Rosa
Program Manager, Next Jazz Legacy

Jill Strominger
Communications Director

Ricky Tyler
Administrative Associate
(Through August 10, 2022)

Scott Winship
Director of Grantmaking Programs

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 BOARD OFFICERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Reena Esmail Kate Bensen

Co-Chair
Aja Burrell Wood
Joseph Walker
Dorothea Endicott
Co-Chair
James Kendrick
Amy Iwano
Vice-Chair Alan Kornberg

Chere Lott
Gayle Morgan
Secretary Marya Martin

Steven Tresnan Phyllis Mills

Treasurer
Angelica Sanchez
Vanessa Reed
Nancy Sanders
New Music USA (Elected September 2022)
President & CEO
Matías Tarnopolsky

Susan Wegleitner

Joseph Young

Frederick Peters
Chair Emeritus

Frances Richard
Honorary Director

Steve Reich
Director Emeritus

Steven Stucky
Founding Member in Memoriam

NEW MUSIC USA | STAFF, BOARD & COUNCILS 31

 ADVISORY COUNCIL

Teddy Abrams
Marin Alsop
Jonathan Bailey Holland
Jeff Beal
Kathryn Bostic
Kris Bowers
Terri Lyne Carrington
Rhiannon Giddens
Tamar-Kali
Tania León
George Lewis
Nico Muhly
Matana Roberts
Kamala Sankaram
Jeanine Tesori
Brandee Younger
Miguel Zenón

PROGRAM COUNCIL

Composers Artists, Administrators, Presenters & Curators

Arooj Aftab Amanda DeBoer

Ambrose Akinmusire Ashleigh Gordon
Raven Chacon Chelsey Green
Sebastian Currier Aaron Greenwald
Amanda Ekery Alex Laing
Jennifer Jolley Flor Lizbeth Cruz Longoria
David Ludwig Maggie Molloy
Gustavo Matamoros Jannina Norpoth
Angélica Negrón Valérie Sainte-Agathe
Sam Newsome Ashley Shabankareh
Frances Pollock
Jake Runestad
Carlos Simon
David Skidmore
Derrick Skye
Omar Thomas
Sakari Dixon Vanderveer

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 I cannot briefly articulate
how much New Music
USA has helped me and
our creative community
for decades. I would be
lost without their
guidance and
community."
Jennifer Jolley
New Music USA
Program Council Member

Being a member of the Advisory

Council of New Music USA has
been a privilege and a source of
inspiration. The commitment to
nurturing a vibrant and inclusive
community for artists and
listeners is not just a lofty goal,
but a lived reality that permeates
every aspect of the organization.
Matana Roberts
New Music USA
Advisory Council Member

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 Taina Asili
Creator Fund Grantee

2022-2023

SUPPORTERS

Elastic Arts Foundation

Organization Fund Grantee

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 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
New Music USA gratefully acknowledges the support of the foundations,
corporations, and government agencies that make our work possible.

Support for our programs and activities is

provided in part by public funds from the New
York City Department of Cultural Affairs in
partnership with the City Council, the New York
State Council on the Arts with the support of the
Office of the Governor and the New York State
Legislature, and the National Endowment for the
Arts.

Annual operating support is provided by grants

from The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.,
Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, The
Amphion Foundation, Inc., BMI Foundation, The
Cheswatyr Foundation, Howard Gilman
Foundation, The Mattina R. Proctor Foundation,
Pacific Harmony Foundation, The Rodgers &
Hammerstein Foundation, and William Randolph
Hearst Foundation.

Major program and project-based support is

provided by grants from The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, The ASCAP Foundation Bart
Howard Fund, Booth Ferris Foundation, Fifth
House Ensemble, Francis Goelet Charitable
Lead Trusts, The Heinz Endowments, Howard
Gilman Foundation, The Jacob and Hilda
Blaustein Foundation, The New York Community
Trust, The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Sorel
Organization, Sphinx Venture Fund, Virginia B.
Toulmin Foundation, Walder Foundation, and the
Wise Music Charitable Foundation.

Corporate contributions and in-kind support are

provided by ASCAP, Capital Group, Native
Instruments, SESAC, Spectrasonics, Spitfire
Audio, and Steinberg.

We recognize the lasting legacy support of our

endowment donors, including The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable
Trust, Helen F. Whitaker Fund, Baisley Powell
Elebash Fund, Hewlett Foundation, Fidelity
Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Gladys
Krieble Delmas Foundation, and Francis Goelet
Charitable Lead Trusts.

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 INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT

New Music USA’s many programs and activities are made possible by
hundreds of individual contributors every year, enabling us to amplify
today’s musical luminaries and support new connections that enrich
the music of our time.

We extend special thanks to our New Music Connect members listed

on this page for their partnership in our mission. Their annual
contributions expand our ability to fund more projects and amplify
the voices of tomorrow.

Benefactors - $25,000+ Partners - $5,000-$9,999

Dorothea Endicott Anonymous

Bill and Patricia O'Connor Charitable Fund, Miles and Joni Benickes
a Donor Advised Fund of the U.S. Tom Brener and Inbal Segev
Charitable Gift Trust Rick and Sharon Ellingsen
Joseph A. Walker and Ms. Marya Martin and
Nancy Meli Walker Mr. Kenneth Davidson
Ms. Barbara A. Petersen and
Mr. Roger Roloff

Visionaries - $10,000-$24,999 Patrons - $2,500-$4,999

Anonymous (2) Kristopher Bowers and

Jeff and Joan Beal Briana Henry
Christophe Beck James Kendrick
Katharine Bensen Ms. Marla Mayer and
Elizabeth Greenberg Mr. Chris Ahearn
Phyllis and A. Slade Mills Murray Metcalfe
David C. Nuss Ms. Gayle Morgan
Frederick and Alexandra Peters Moira G. Smiley
Nancy and Barry Sanders Anne-Marie Spataru
Joan R. Wynn Andrew Wallach

NEW MUSIC USA | SUPPORTERS 36

 We are also grateful for our many individual contributors from across
the country whose gifts provide a strong base of support to strengthen
the new music community.

Gifts $1,000-$2,499 Gifts $500-$999, Continued

Anonymous Karen Molleson and Lowell Hill

Michael Abels Vanessa Reed
Stephen Block Mr. Steve Reich
NancyBell Coe Carlos Rivera
Ramin Djawadi Jim Rosenfield
Jonathan Ehrlich Valérie Sainte-Agathe
Reena Esmail Sandra Schmid
Ms. Amy Iwano Mr. Lawrence Tarlow
Chere Lott Matías Tarnopolsky
Thomas W. Morris Dr. Elizabeth Wood
Ms. Frances Richard
Jonathan and Xiaohong Rose
Lori Laitman Rosenblum Gifts $250-$499
Theodore Shapiro
Daniel Asia
Alan Silvestri
Brandt and Tian Dayton
Paul J. Sperry
Ruth Eliel
Mr. Steven Tresnan
Susan Feder
Joseph Young
Mr. Peter Flint
Don Freund
Gifts $500-$999 Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg
Ara Guzelimian
Bill Abrams and Julie Salamon Edward Harsh
Samuel Adler and Emily Freeman Brown Nicholas Houfek
Thomas Buckner Richard Kraft
Mr. Anthony Creamer David Liptak
John Dwyer Linda Lott
John Tyler Evans Beth Morrison
Jennifer Higdon Martin L. Murray and Lucy Miller
Duane E. Hill Ed Patuto
Harriet and David Kaufman Eric Sather
Caitlin Macy and Jeremy Barnum Louise Smith
Gabriel Mann
Bear McCreary
Ross Metzman

NEW MUSIC USA | SUPPORTERS 37

 Gifts $100-$249 Gifts $100-$249, Continued

Anonymous Louise Kerner

Rez Abbasi Jin Hi Kim
Daniel Jimenez Afanador Dave Lake
Ted Allen Beth Lange
Mr. Greg Allen Michael Levine
Clara and Bevis Longstreth Ann McCracken
John Blane Thomas Mikusz
Donald Braden Janice Misurell-Mitchell
Mr. Philip C. Brunelle Meredith Monk
Deirdre Chadwick Elizabeth O'Connor
Ms. Gloria Cheng Mr. Marc D. Ostrow
Libby Van Cleve Ronald Perera
Jim Cockey Shulamit Ran
Jeanine Cowen John Richards
Carolyn Davis Kenneth Savelson
Charles Ditto David Schwartz
Pamela Drexel Robert Scrofani and Wesley York
Mr. Richard Einhorn Lucy A. Shelton
Mary Gauer Yoko Shioya
John Gilbreath Mr. Thomas Steenland
Daniel Godfrey Ms. Marina Voyskun
Peter Golub Stewart Wallace
Mr. John Harris Miriam Wiener
Stan Harrison Mark Wilson
Lucas Helker Mr. Mark Winges
Michael Hersch Drs. Chen Yi and Zhou Long
Ethan Joseph

NEW MUSIC USA | SUPPORTERS 38

 Avram Fefer
Creator Fund Grantee

I am so proud of the way New

Music USA is helping
composers and musicians of
all backgrounds to realize
their creativity and to move
music forward through the Amy Iwano
breadth of its funding and its New Music USA
Board Vice-Chair
programs.

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 PHOTO CREDITS
Grantee Testimonial: Photo of Akenya Seymour Page 19: Photo of Katherine Balch courtesy of
by Jacqueline Cabre artist; Photo of Jessie Montgomery by Jiyang
Chen; Photo of Vijay Iyer courtesy of artist;
Table of Contents: Photo of Kayla Briët by Jess X. Photo of Nina Shekhar courtesy of artist; Photo
Snow of Brian Raphael Nabors courtesy of artist;
Photo of Clarice Assad courtesy of artist; Photo
Page 2: Photo of Vanessa Reed by Ruth of Juan Pablo Contreras courtesy of artist;
Kilpatrick Photo of Valerie Coleman by Matt Murphy;
Photo of Shelley Washington by Peter
Page 3: Photo of Reena Esmail by Rachel Garcia; Yankowsky; Photo of Tyshawn Sorey courtesy
Photo of Milena Casado by Érico Moreira of artist; Photo of Tania Léon by Gail Hadani
Page 4: Photo of Kal Sugatski by Ethan Woods; Page 21: Photo of Brian Raphael Nabors
Photo of Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble by courtesy of artist.
Kathryn Elsesser
Page 22: Photo of Albina Music Trust by Sam
Page 5: Photo of Kian Ravei by Junshi Yang Slater; Photo of Big Mouth Society by Emily
Lau; Photo of Montavilla Jazz by Kathryn
Page 6: Photo of Berta Moreno by Jordan Elsesser Photography; Photo of Opera Theater
Matter; Photo of Carla Kihlstedt by Joseph Oregon by Theodore Sweeney; Photo of
Navas – Organic Photography Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble by Lynn
Darroch; Photo of REBELWISE by Simon Baum;
Page 8: Photo of Treehouse Shakers by Photo of Resonance Ensemble by Rachel
Christopher Duggan; Photo of AXIS Dance Hadiashar; Photo of Third Angle New Music by
Company by Maurice Ramirez Intisar Abioto; Photo of World Stage Theatre
courtesy of organization
Page 10: Photo of Motor City sings by Sydney
Kispert-Bostick; Photo of Dark Circles Page 23: Breaking Barriers graphic courtesy of
Contemporary Dance by Heras Creatives Ravinia Festival
Page 12: Photo of Marquis Gasque by Kirby Page 25: Photo of Victoria Shen by Paul Butler;
Griffin; Photo of Kori Coleman by Orel Photo of Elena Ruehr by Aynsley Floyd; Photo
Chollette; Photo of Amanda Gookin by Julia of Tania León by Gail Hadani; Photo of Kevin
Comita Puts by David White; Photo of Tina Davidson
by Nora Stultz; Photo of Brandee Younger by
Page 13: Photo of 2023 Next Jazz Legacy Erin Patrice O’Brien
awardees by Russ Rowland
Page 26: Photo of José Limón Dance
Page 14: Photo of Camila Cortina Bello by DC Foundation by Kelley Puleio; Photo of
Visual Media; Photo of Milena Casado by Érico American Composers Orchestra by Alfred Kan
Moreira; Photo of Liany Mateo by Audrey
Matuz; Photo of Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield by Page 29: Photo of D-Composed by Sulyiman
Takiyah Wallace; Photo of Anisha Rush Stokes; Photo of Jacinta Clusellas by Alessio
courtesy of the artist; Photo of Anaïs Maviel by Romano
Gretchen Robinette; Photo of Neta Raanan by
Dan Schlosser Page 33: Photo of Jennifer Jolley by Liz Glenn;
Photo of Matana Roberts by Anna Niedermeier
Page 15: Photo of Terri Lyne Carrington by
Michael Goldman; Photo of Brandee Younger Page 34: Photo of Taina Asili by Nathan
by Erin Patrice O’Brien Bogardus; Photo of Elastic Arts Foundation by
Ricardo Adame
Page 17: Photo of Timo Chen by Sergio
Sanchez; Photo of Emily Rice by Anna Azarov; Page 39: Photo of Avram Fefer by Nina
photo of Avi Amon by Jeremy Mauriac; Photo Roberts; Photo of Amy Iwano by E. Jason
of Jared Smith by Don Teva; Photo of Alex Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune
Wakim by Juan Dussan; Photo of Leah Curtis
by Aimee Westcott Page 40: Photo of Coco Elysses by Anthony
Roberso
Page 18: Photo of Alex Wakim by Kacy
Meineke; Production photo of Ebb & Flow by Page 41: Photo of Experiments in Opera by
Nay Tabbara Reuben Radding

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 New Music USA is an essential part of
the musicsphere. Their advocacy and
community building efforts keep us all
focused on doing what we do best —
creating meaningful music and art.

Experiments in Opera
Organization Fund Grantee

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