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 for Dance projects.
Applications were evaluated based on artist support and community involvement, as well as geographic diversity. In total, $613,500 was given in awards.
This program funds organizations working in a variety of genres to help them sustain their programming of new music, nurturing of music creators, and other services. The following recipients are representative of those in the classical voice field.
General Operating Support
Castle of our Skins
Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Composers Now
Golden Hornet Project
Guerilla Opera
International Contemporary Ensemble
M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)
Network for New Music
New Music Gathering
New Performance Traditions
Recording Artists and Musicians with Disabilities
Wild Up
Creation of New Work
Ancram Center for the Arts
Concert Theatre Works
Conspirare
