1999

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
$18,000 to support the International Chamber Orchestra Series

International House of Philadelphia
$32,000 to present the International Concert Series

Network for New Music
$40,000 to commission works by Mario Davidovsky, Anna Weesner, and Philip Maneval; and to produce a concert series of contemporary music

Painted Bride Art Center
$40,000 to support the jazz and world music series

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
$40,000 to present the International Vocal Music Project

Philadelphia Classical Symphony
$15,000 to support the production of a concert featuring 17th century music from North America

Philadelphia Folklore Project
$12,000 to support fellowship/residencies with four Philadelphia-based African and Diaspora drummers

Philadelphia Singers
$32,000 to produce the world premiere of Brotherly Love by Ezra Laderman

Piffaro
$28,000 to support guest artist fees for 15th anniversary concert series

PRISM Saxophone Quartet
$32,000 to commission a concerto for saxophone quartet from William Bolcom

1998

Choral Society of Montgomery County
$33,600 over two years to fund performances of two rarely-performed works

Curtis Institute of Music
$33,500 over two years to commission and produce two orchestra works

Delaware Valley Philharmonic
$10,200 for extended rehearsals and performance of a new orchestral work

International House of Philadelphia
$20,800 for the International Music Series

Mann Center for the Performing Arts
$19,800 to support a new four-concert jazz and blues series

Music Group of Philadelphia
$22,800 over two years to produce two commissioned pieces

Orchestra 2001
$39,300 over two years to fund increased compensation for the core ensemble and expand the concert series

Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts
$11,800 to fund guest artist fees and production expenses for two concerts of new works

Philadelphia Orchestra
$30,900 over two years to commission and premiere a new work

Philadelphia Singers
$14,800 to expand subscription concerts and commission a new work

Relache
$38,500 over two years to increase fees for the core ensemble, to commission new works and to fund related projects

Tyler School of Art
$20,900 for the production of a new musical theater piece and residency/performances with professional musicians

SRUTI, the India Music and Dance Society
$3,300 to fund a two-day workshop and performance with traditional Indian instruments and professional native artists

1997

American Music Theater Festival
$49,600 over two years to commission a work based on the novel 1959 by Thulani Davis with music composed by Don Byron and to fund related events

Annenberg Center (University of Pennsylvania)
$15,000 to present "Les Enfants Terribles—Children of the Game" by Philip Glass and Susan Marshall

Asociacion de Musicos Latino Americanos
$43,500 over two years to commission "Suite of the Americas," a big band orchestral suite by Marco Rizo and to fund related events

Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra
$43,400 over two years to increase the number of core musicians; to support additional rehearsals and increase salaries for core musicians

Fleisher Art Memorial
$24,800 over two years to support a commission and related events with Tina Davidson, composer, the Cassatt String Quartet and Voces Novae et Antiquae

Mozart Society
$5,300 to support additional rehearsals

Network for New Music
$46,000 over two years to commission three chamber works by Daniel Dorff, Maurice Wright and Libby Larsen and to support related events

Opera Company of Philadelphia
$19,100 to support the "Experimental Stage" program

Orchestra 2001
$23,900 to support American premieres of works pairing Philadelphia area composers and soloists

Painted Bride Art Center
$47,100 over two years to support commissions and event related to the jazz and world music series at the center and in the community

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
$49,600 over two years to support the Vocal Recital project and the 20th Century Chamber Music Retrospective

Philadelphia Classical Symphony
$49,100 over two years to expand programming and ensemble size, increase rehearsals and add performances to the concert series

Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts
$21,500 to support an expansion of the Big Band Subscription Series and related events

Philadelphia Folklore Project
$27,900 over two years to support "Art Happens Here," which presents Philadelphia traditional musicians in neighborhood collaborations

The Philadelphia Singers
$16,700 to expand the core ensemble to present Beethoven’s "Missa Solemnis" with orchestra

Philomel
$18,600 over two years to expand the core ensemble, increase rehearsals, and add guest artists to the series

Piffaro
$29,100 over two years to add new repertoire and guest artists to the concert series

Pottstown Symphony Orchestra
$23,900 to support additional performances of series concerts

Prism Saxophone Quartet (New Sounds Music)
$49,600 over two years to support additional performances of contemporary works, residencies and to commission new works

Relache
$21,500 to increase rehearsals and performances of contemporary works, including a retrospective of the works of John Cage

Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society
$2,500 to support guest artists’ fees for the India Music and Dance Series

1995

Academy of Vocal Arts
$45,000 over two years to expand repertory to include contemporary opera

Choral Arts Society
$45,000 over two years to commission Stephen Paulus and Ned Rorem to write large-scale works

Concerto Soloists
$40,000 over two years to commission and perform a multi-media work

Mendelssohn Club
$17,500 over two years to commission large-scale choral works from Roberto Sierra and James Primosch and add performances

Opera Company of Philadelphia
$40,000 over two years to commission and perform contemporary chamber opera

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
$45,000 over two years to start a junior youth orchestra

Philomel
$20,000 over two years to add resident musicians, guest artists, one concert, and extra rehearsals

1994

American Music Theater Festival
$52,500 over three years to form the Coalition for New Opera

Asociacion de Musicos Latino Americanos
$52,500 over three years to expand programming and commissioning of Latino composers

Annenberg Center
$80,000 over three years to support the development, residencies and production of the Coltrane Project—a city-wide partnership with local arts and community organizations who will participate in celebrating the 75th anniversary of Coltrane’s birth

Bach Festival
$67,500 over three years to present a major choral masterwork

Chestnut Brass Company
$45,000 over two years to expand Philadelphia concert series

Community Education Center
$36,000 over three years to present jazz collaborations, workshops, and performance series

Hildegard Institute
$28,000 over three years to produce a concert of choral works by women composers from the 9th through 17th centuries in 1994-95; to present orchestral works of 18th century women composers in 1995-96 with the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra; to present contemporary works of women composers in 1996-97 with Orchestra 2001

International House
$37,500 over three years to produce the family-oriented music series, "Everybody Makes Music"

Music Group of Philadelphia
$52,500 over three years to commission young composers and perform their works with Orchestra 2001

Network for New Music
$7,250 over two years to support extended rehearsal time

Orchestra 2001
$67,500 over three years to support expanded orchestra concert sites with guest artists

Painted Bride Art Center
$67,500 over three years to expand artist residency series and presentations of jazz theater works

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
$75,000 over three years to expand Crossover Series, Keyboard Plus Series, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Players Series

Philadelphia Clef Club
$35,000 over two years to launch the Jazz Advancement Program, a workshop, performance and commissioning initiative designed to spark a creative renaissance in the Philadelphia jazz community as the Clef Club moves into its new facility on South Broad Street

Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band
$48,000 over three years for research, development, and production of thematic presentations

Philadelphia Singers
$60,000 over three years to embark on a series of collaborative projects with the Curtis Institute Symphony Orchestra, the Convergence Dance Ensemble, and the Relache Ensemble

Relache
$67,500 over three years for composer commissioning and residency initiatives with extended rehearsal time

Singing City
$60,000 over three years to embark on a series of collaborative projects with the Roscoe Gil Workshop, Mercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Jazz Band, and Philadanco

1989-1992

Africamericans for Cultural Development
$60,000 over three years to augment the music component of the annual Africamericans Festival

American Music Theater Festival
$80,000 over one year to support commission and residency expenses of Anthony Davis

American Music Theater Festival
$120,000 over two years to create a resident company of performers

Associacion de Musicos Latino Americanos
$60,000 over three years to support Latin Vibrations!, a series of Latin music performance at the Painted Bride

Community Education Center
$70,000 over three years to support monthly jazz workshops and performances

Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra
$70,000 over three years to increase the number of musicians for the Resident Artists and Masterworks of Music series

International House
$45,000 over three years to expand the International Music Series

Orchestra 2001
$40,000 over three years to engage internationally-known guests soloists to perform with the orchestra

Painted Bride Art Center
$135,000 over three years to expand music concerts, engage bigger name jazz and world music artists, and to support residencies with local musicians and master players

The Pennsylvania Opera Theater
$125,000 over three years to support composer-librettist residencies

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
$130,000 over three years to add two new music series to their season

Philadelphia Singers
$75,000 over three years to form a symphonic chorale

Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band
$44,500 over three years to add a vocal quintet to the instrumental group and augments their season by one concert

Relache
$140,000 over three years to add a 10th member to the ensemble, increase paid rehearsal time, and provide resident personnel with health insurance coverage

Settlement Music School
$30,000 over three years to support run-out concerts of the Contemporary Music Players

Singing City
$22,000 over one year to commission Robert Convoy to write a work for adult and children’s choruses

Yellow Springs Institute
$40,000 over three years to expand world music residencies