Yvonne Rogers
Pianist & Composer | Apprenticeship: Sara Serpa | Creative Mentor: Tomeka Reid
Nicole McCabe
Alto Saxophonist, Composer & Educator | Apprenticeship: Gerald Clayton | Creative Mentor: Caroline Davis
Kanoa Mendenhall
Bassist, Composer & Educator | Apprenticeship: Kenny Barron | Creative Mentorship: Genevieve Artadi
Eliza Salem
Drummer, Educator & Composer | Apprenticeship: Ambrose Akinmusire | Creative Mentorship: Cindy Blackman
Ciara Moser
Bassist, Composer, Producer & Educator | Apprenticeship: Nate Smith | Creative Mentorship: Sheila E.
Christie Dashiell
Singer, Composer & Educator | Apprenticeship: Terri Lyne Carrington | Creative Mentor: Stefon Harris
Amyra León
Vocals & Piano | Apprenticeship: Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly known as Christian Scott) | Creative Mentorship: Lisa Fischer
Resonator
Resonator provides administrative support and artistic development for self-managed artists so that they can focus on what matters to them: the art.
The Chinese Fine Arts Society (CFAS)
The Chinese Fine Arts Society (CFAS) is a Chicago-based organization dedicated to promoting the appreciation of Chinese culture, enhancing cultural exchange, and pursuing excellence in Chinese music, dance, and visual arts. CFAS plans to use the funding awarded by New Music USA towards staff development, fundraising initiatives, and strategic planning.
Irreversible entanglements
Irreversible Entanglements are a liberation-oriented free jazz ensemble formed in 2015 by saxophonist Keir Neuringer, poet Camae Ayewa, bassist Luke Stewart, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, and drummer Tcheser Holmes.
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
The AACM’s mission is to uplift humanity and enhance cultural understanding through the celebration of Great Black Music, to cultivate young musicians in the practice of creative music, and to push the boundaries of contemporary music through composition and improvisation, while providing an environment that encourages the development of its member-artist.
EPIC FAM Music
Every Person Is Coming From A Memory EPIC FAM is a Baltimore, Maryland based entertainment & media company with a mission to bring national attention to the city's wealth of artists. The company's goal is to develop music, television and film projects featuring & highlighting Baltimore's unique flavor & boundless talent.
Blakwater Production House
Blakwater Production House is a 3600 square foot creative sanctuary. The genesis of Blakwater stems from a vision by Husband and Wife power couple Kariz Marcel and B-FLY. Blakwater is here to establish a cultural pathway throughout the diaspora, using music, film, events, and the arts as mediums of expression and connection. This funding will help us to get the word out to the public about the services and events we offer.
Mind on Fire
Mind on Fire is a chamber orchestra making music by living composers and an arts organization showcasing the talents of performing artists, building creative access and collaborative partnerships in Baltimore.
Batalá New York
Batalá New York is the premier all-women Black-led percussion ensemble, promoting Afro-Brazilian culture and empowerment of women through high energy, visually stimulating dancing and drumming performances.
LYNX Project
Hailed by the Chicago Tribune for its "stirring contributions to the art song genre", LYNX Project is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that amplifies diverse voices through new song commissions, inclusive concerts, and educational programming. Founded in 2015, LYNX was formed to revitalize the genre of art song and share it with new audiences.
Chicago Composers Orchestra
Chicago Composers Orchestra, one of the few orchestras worldwide to place exclusive focus on living composers, will shape a strategic plan to guide our growth over the next several years and ensure we steer mindfully toward our equity and sustainability goals while continuing to advocate for contemporary music and building a community of musicians, composers and audiences.
a•pe•ri•od•ic
a•pe•ri•od•ic is a Chicago-based ensemble specializing in notated, acoustic, experimental music that explores the indeterminacy of various musical elements including instrumentation, structure, pitch, and/or duration.
Hearing in Color
Hearing in Color is a Chicago-based organization dedicated to sharing the music and stories of communities that have been historically excluded from musical spaces. The New Music USA grant will be instrumental in helping us establish a successful business structure to promote and continue the work we do!
New Music Chicago
New Music Chicago (NMC) advocates for the importance of a vital, vibrant music scene in our city and its geographical region, serving emerging and established member artists with professional development, community building, and performance opportunities ranging from our monthly hybrid Presents series to the nationally-regarded Ear Taxi Festival.
Le Mondo
Based in downtown Baltimore, Le Mondo is an artist-run venue dedicated to the development, creation, and elevation of new performance work in Baltimore City.
The Healing Project
The Healing Project is a constellation of creative works by a collective of artists aimed at dismantling structural violence and offering healing spaces.
TAK Ensemble
Founded on the principles of curiosity, change, and collaboration, TAK is dedicated to commissioning new works and direct partnership with composers and other artists, and they have premiered hundreds of works to date. The ensemble has released seven albums to critical acclaim. In 2019, TAK their in-house media label, TAK editions, on which they have released several albums and seasons of the TAK Editions Podcast.
Bergamot Quartet
Bergamot Quartet is fueled by a passion for exploring and advocating for the music of living composers with creative programming, community-oriented audience building, and frequent commissioning.
NON:op Open Opera Works
NON:op Open Opera Works engages diverse Chicago and Illinois communities with experiential performances and projects where people use the arts to create a more just society.