2008 MCAF Grantees: Music
- Chelsea Opera, Inc., The Ballad of Baby Doe by Douglas Moore
- To support two orchestra rehearsals culminating in four fully staged performances with 20-piece chamber orchestra of Douglas Moore’s American classic two-act opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe, in recognition of the opera’s NYC debut 50 years ago.
- Chhandayan, Chhandayan Sangeet Series
- To support 3 concerts of Indian Music at Actors’ Theatre Workshop
- Church of the Good Shepherd, The, Concert Series on Roosevelt Island
- To support twelve, 1.25-hour monthly recitals on Roosevelt Island, to support the community food pantry.
- East River Music Project, East River Music Project: Summer 2008 Season
- To support summer series of four free outdoor concerts to take place at the East River Amphitheater.
- Evelyne Luest, Peace and War Concert (working title)
- To support a concert about war and peace performed by the Contrasts Quartet at the MOSA Concert Series.
- Jason Tagg, Ukelele Cabaret
- To support promotion of monthly Ukele Cabaret series, featuring 60 New York-based ukele artists and hosted by Sonic Uke.
- Jessica Powell, New Amsterdam Boys Choir Artist Residency
- To support a two-week residency with an East Harlem boys choir, including two-hour workshops and a collaborative, free public performance.
- Lisa Spraragen, New Works for Guitar
- To support a live concert of Latin Guitar featuring new works by NY composers Silas Antonio Santo and Josue Perez.
- Manhattan Choral Ensemble, New Music for New York
- To support the commissioning of a composer who will create one 7-10 minute a cappella choral work to be performed among Rachmaninoff’s All Night Vigil (popularly known as the Vespers).
- New York City Master Chorale, Concert of French Composers
- To support two performances of Music of French Composers, featuring the Faure Requiem.
- Theodore M. Rosenthal, Jazz Composition
- To support a new 5 movement, 25 minute piece for jazz ensemble by composer/pianist Ted Rosenthal to be performed as part of the Dance at Dicapo program
- Welltone New Music, Cutting Edge Concerts
- To support a series of 3 concerts presenting music by living composers who discuss their work prior to each performance.
- World Foundation for Music and Healing, WTC Responder Day Concert
- To support musical performances and an interactive concert for children and parents for Responder Day, a city-wide outreach event for World Trade Center Responders/Recovery Workers and the general public in the Spring of 2008.
- Bobby Previte, April in New York
- To support a week-long concert series of improvised duets in a raw, untraditional performance space.
- Daniel Lippel, Concert and Outreach Program of Newly Written Contemporary Compositions for Guitar
- To help with costs associated with presenting a concert of new compositions for guitar as well as a presentation on new guitar music to local high school students, all commissioned by and written for guitarist Daniel Lippel.
- Emily Eagen, Meredith Monk, Multi-Music: Next Generation
- To support a concert of composer Meredith Monk’s music performed by seven young professionals who are burgeoning in their careers and passionate about continuing Monk’s legacy.
- Ensemble Pi, Thoughts about Peace in a Time of War
- To support a concert entitled Thoughts about Peace in a Time of War, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
- Gina Crusco, Livietta and Tracollo: Reinventing a Pergolesi Masterwork
- To support presentation guest artists, alongside our resident artists and a community chorus, in a new English translation of Pergolesi’s Livietta e Tracollo, culminating in a four-performance run in Manhattan Valley in June, 2008.
- Ishmael Wallace, Voices of the Neighborhood III
- To support three free concerts celebrating the creative voices of neighbors in greater West Harlem, including a cantata based on interviews with neighbors, a work created collaboratively with neighbors for instruments made from recycled junk, and a music theater work created in collaboration with homeless senior citizens.
- Kevin R. Gallagher, Cosmopositional Rock - A concert and workshop of New Music for Rock Quartet
- To support 2 new compositions for rock quartet by composers Anna Clyne and Ken Ueno, culminating in a public concert and workshop for student composers at the Monkey (West).
- Laura Thompson, Early Music Live
- To support the presentation of two full-length period instrument chamber music concerts, involving 12 musicians and 1 vocalist in midtown Manhattan.
- Marco Lienhard, Shakuhachi Concert Series
- To support a concert series in Manhattan.
- Neil Rolnick, The Economic Engine
- To support 4 workshops culminating in a performance at the Flea Theater.
- Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church, MOSA Concerts: 2008 Spring Season/2008 fall Season/2009 Spring Season
- To support artistic fees for eight concerts in Washington Heights during MOSA’s Spring 2008 and Fall 2008 Concert Seasons.
- Sicular, Eve, J. Edgar Klezmer and Songs from my Grandmother’s FBI Files
- To support a musical and multi-media performance piece based on FBI files amassed in the late 1940s on Manhattan resident Dr. Adele Sicular (the artist’s Grandma), materials obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
- Steve Swell, Steve Swell’s Slammin’ The Infinite
- To support 3 open, free to the public rehearsals/workshops culminating in 3 one hour performances at 3 different venues, one each in the East Village, the South Street Seaport area and the Lower East Side.
- Steve Wirts, 2008 Summer Jazz Series in the 11BC Community Garden
- To support a 5-concert jazz series in a public community garden on the Lower East Side.
- West Side Community Garden, West Side Community Garden Concert Series
- To support a series of six varied musical concerts during the summer of 2008, held in the West Side Community Garden, free and open to the community.
