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New Music Organization Fund: 2024 Cycle Update 📰 Public announcement coming next month! Thank you to all who applied to the 2024 cycle of the New Music Organization Fund. We were blown away by the extraordinary quality of the applications we received from 702 organizations across the country. We look forward to making the public announcement of our 86 Organization Fund grantees in mid to late August. Watch this space for more soon! 👀 📷: 2023 Organization Fund awardee American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall – Photo credit Alfred Kan

Vicki Leona Nguyen: Grantee of the Month - July 2024
We’re excited to introduce our new Grantee of the Month series, where we spotlight our talented grantees, their work, and the music that inspires them. ✨� Our first Grantee of the Month is Vicki Leona Nguyen (Creator Fund 2024)! Based in NYC, Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American composer, performer, and multi-media artist. Her work explores the psycho-social - or rather the intangible relationships - between all of us, both within and outside of the bounds of music. Watch this video to learn more about Vicki and her New Music USA-funded project, “Ginger Flavored Bubblegum”, which explores the multiplicity and transcendence of grief through poet, filmmaker, and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's seminal and last published work, "Dictee." 🎧 Vicki also curated a wonderful playlist for us that includes some of her favorite music right now. Check it out on Spotify or YouTube! • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RTcjjRq45o5cG0p3E4PHv?si=4c0880edb7a648ec&nd=1&dlsi=d363f628c9514c2b • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcIAPnHiDZvksFgSmFGHH_o_F0O2cEaVM 🔊: Vicki Leona Nguyen’s “M O V E”

We are thrilled to celebrate a major milestone for Reel Change awardee Nikhil Koparkar’s funded film project, Dead Whisper! Last month, Variety published an exclusive article on Vertical Entertainment's acquisition of their film, marking a significant step forward for their creative team. The film will debut in select theaters on July 5th, and on Apple TV and Prime Video beginning July 9th. Congrats to Nikhil Koparkar on scoring the film, Conor Soucy on directing it, and all other folks involved in its success! 👏 Read the Variety article: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/vertical-entertainment-conor-soucy-dead-whisper-1236027517/ #WeAreNewMusic 🎥: Courtesy of Conor Soucy

2023 Reel Change awardee Andres Soto testimonial
Now Accepting Applications! Reel Change: Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring 🎞️ Hear directly from 2023 awardee Andrés Soto about the incredible impact that support from Reel Change had on his score for the film, Colibrí! Reel Change is a five-year grants and mentorship program for composers of diverse backgrounds who have been marginalized in film composition. It supports film projects currently in production by providing additional funding, gear, and mentoring to assist composers at a pivotal moment in their careers. Supported expenses include composer compensation, musician fees, recording, sound mastering fees, studio expenses, orchestration, production equipment, and more! Details & application: https://newmusicusa.org/program/reel-change-film-fund/ Reel Change is powered by SESAC and composer Christophe Beck, sponsored by Amazon MGM Studios and administered by New Music USA. 🔊: Excerpt from Soto’s funded score for the film, Colibrí.

New Music USA Announces 2024 Creator Fund Awardees
We are thrilled to announce the awardees of the 2024 New Music Creator Fund! 🎉 Kudos to this year's 60 grantees from 21 states across the US, who will receive a total of $208,000 in funding! The New Music Creator Fund offers grants to individual music creators working in any genre who need support to get to the next stage of their creative practice, with collaboration as a central element. We can’t wait to experience the creativity that emerges from this exceptional group. Congratulations to all! Learn more about the New Music Creator Fund & this year’s awardees: https://bit.ly/CreatorFund2024 Pictured here: Brent Birckhead, Veena Chandra, Iwo Jedynecki, Mel Hsu, Fahad Siadat, Laura Dixon Strickling, Ethan Soledad, Juliette Jones, Molly Joyce, and Raymond Pinto.

OFFICIAL TRAILER | INVISIBLE NATION
Reel Change awardee Wei-San Hsu’s funded work, Invisible Nation, had its theatrical release in New York at the Quad Cinema, and will come to theaters in LA on June 20! 🎞️ With unprecedented access to Taiwan’s sitting head of state, director Vanessa Hope investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan. Thorough, incisive and bristling with tension, Invisible Nation is a living account of Tsai’s tightrope walk as she balances the hopes and dreams of her nation between the colossal geopolitical forces of the U.S. and China. Hope’s observational style captures Tsai at work in her country’s vibrant democracy at home, while seeking full international recognition of Taiwan’s right to exist. At a time when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated the ever-present threat of authoritarian aggression, Invisible Nation brings punctual focus to the struggle of Taiwan as it fights for autonomy and freedom from fear. • Learn more about Hsu’s funded film score: https://quadcinema.com/film/invisible-nation/ 🎥: Wei-San Hsu / Abramorama

Earlier this month, the 2024 Next Jazz Legacy awardees absolutely CRUSHED IT at their debut performance together on The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage as part of the Mary Lou Williams festival! 🎶 Here’s a clip from their spellbinding performance of Amyra León's ‘On the Run’. Watch the full performance on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7bQoFUOrOM Our Next Jazz Legacy program invests in our awardees through a comprehensive support package that includes intergenerational apprenticeships and mentorship, showcases, cohort learning, and a grant that contributes to awardees’ creative and professional development. 🎥: Amyra León

Next Jazz Legacy awardee Christie Dashiell's take on Adam Blackstone's "Round Midnight," performed at Blue Note New York!
Happy #InternationalJazzDay! 🎶 We're thrilled to celebrate the incredible women and gender-expansive individuals in jazz within our New Music USA orbit. Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming seven emerging women and non-binary jazz musicians to our Next Jazz Legacy 2024 cohort! In a recent interview with Forbes celebrating this new cohort, #NextJazzLegacy co-founder and Terri Lyne Carrington shared, "Women and non-binary jazz musicians have been marginalized groups in the [jazz] community, so our goal is to contribute to the collective work of changing that." In that same interview, Next Jazz Legacy's co-founder and New Music USA CEO & President Vanessa Reed said, "At New Music USA we want to see an equitable ecosystem in jazz and other music genres, including film scoring, which would be enhanced if a broader range of voices was valued and nurtured." Reed continues to spotlight other organizations doing good work to better level the playing field, including "the work of Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa and their Mutual Mentorship for Musicians - M³ program, which New Music USA has supported. Other initiatives we've been proud to support include El Paso Jazz Girls led by Amanda Ekery, and the Boulanger Initiative led by Laura Colgate, violinist and Leilani Joy. I'm impressed by the work of the Willie Mae Rock Camp led by LaFrae Sci." Continue reading Forbes' article, "Meet The Next Jazz Legacy Class Of Women And Non-Binary Jazz Stars" here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2024/04/24/meet-the-next-jazz-legacy-class-of-women-and-non-binary-jazz-stars/?sh=1bfcd6142b4e 🎥: Featured here is 2024 Next Jazz Legacy awardee Christie Dashiell Music's take on Adam Blackstone's "Round Midnight," performed at Blue Note New York!

Next Jazz Legacy April 2024 Awardee Announcement
We are excited to announce the seven emerging women and non-binary jazz musicians who make up the 2024 cohort of #NextJazzLegacy awardees! 🌟 Congratulations to Amyra León, Christie Dashiell Music, Ciara Moser, Eliza Salem, Kanoa Mendenhall, Nicole McCabe, and Yvonne Rogers! Next Jazz Legacy aims to tackle gender and racial inequities through a comprehensive support package that includes intergenerational apprenticeships and mentorship, performance opportunities, cohort learning, and a grant that contributes to awardees’ creative and professional development. This year's awardees are paired with leading jazz musicians Ambrose Akinmusire, Kenny Barron, Cindy Blackman Santana, Terri Lyne Carrington, Gerald Clayton, CHRISTIAN SCOTT QUINTET, Sheila E., Lisa Fischer, Nate Smith, and others for apprenticeships and creative mentorships. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2024-NJL Created by New Music USA and Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, Next Jazz Legacy was co-founded by Terri Lyne Carrington & Vanessa Reed, with funding from the Mellon Foundation and Joe and Nancy Walker.

Last month, Creator Fund grantee Kal Sugatski's funded project, Vigorous Tenderness, celebrated the reemergence of spring with chamber music by composers of color and queer composers connecting new sounds, the environment, and the community. 🌱 Enjoy these highlights from their nature-infused performance! Vigorous Tenderness is an immersive outdoor concert series that amplifies marginalized voices in classical music and democratizes new / experimental music. Learn more about the concert series: https://www.kallieviola.com/vigorous-tenderness #WeAreNewMusic

Missy Mazzoli & Jennifer Koh: Tiny Desk Concert clip
Lately we’ve been loving past grantee Missy Mazzoli & Jennifer Koh’s recent #tinydeskconcert on NPR Music! 🤩 The description in the full YouTube video – linked below – says it best, “Hearing this set, in all its rugged delight, feels like we’re eavesdropping on something personal — a fruitful, collaborative friendship between composer and performer that has yielded amazing music.” Watch their full performance here: https://youtu.be/PxZhSNla0U8?si=JdCrJPKEus9KqWfx&t=15

Resonance Collective: Sufi parable of the Moth
Congrats to 2019 grantee Resonance Collective on completing the final recording of their funded project, The Conference of the Birds! ✨ This is a new, movement driven, a cappella oratorio is about the journey of the soul as it seeks union with the Divine. Check out this animation of the Sufi parable of the moth by Chia-Hsin Lee, featuring audio from the new album, as performed by Amanda Achen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxabi3w_SaM Learn more about this project: https://www.conferenceofbirds.info/ #WeAreNewMusic 🎥: Resonance Ensemble / Fahad Siadat

dublab at LAX
Our friends at dublab have been awarded a contract to program Art & Music at LAX ! ⁠🛫⁠ With this opportunity, they get to bring their curatorial, communal, and creative sensibilities to the first impression of those who land in LA. 🌴 ⁠During our Guest Editor series with dublab in 2022, we had the pleasure of vibing out with the remarkable LA-based composer showcased here, Colloboh. He treated us to a live performance at the dublab studios, featuring fresh compositions crafted with modular synthesizers. 🎶✨ You can enjoy that very performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_tU1XYOGlM 🎥: dublab

Camila Cortina Bello & Miguel Zenón at The Jazz Gallery
Last weekend, #NextJazzLegacy awardee Camila Cortina Bello and mentor Miguel Zenon performed together at The Jazz Gallery! 🎶 The evening featured arrangements by both Zenón and Cortina, and also celebrated Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernandez and Cuban composer and songwriter Pablo Milanes. We're always thrilled to see our Next Jazz Legacy talents make great music together! 🎵✨

"Whisper" Score Preview by Reel Change composer Nikhil Koparkar
Reel Change composer Nikhil Koparkar’s funded film score project, “Whisper,” directed by Conor Soucy, will have its premiere this Saturday, March 16th at Cinequest! 🔊 You can hear Koparkar’s musical touch bring this psychological horror feature-film to life in this eerie, chilling clip. Discover more about Koparkar’s funded project: https://newmusicusa.org/projects/nikhil-koparkar/ 🎥: #repost from Nikhil Koparkar

Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of witnessing Mind on Fire's performance at 2640 Space, both of which are Baltimore New Music Inc grantees! In this video, members of Pique Collective, many of whom are also part of Mind on Fire, are performing a piece called "Shui" by Juri Seo for six crotales and water. You can learn more about this piece here: https://www.juriseomusic.com/store/shui It's truly inspiring to witness our community flourish and cultivate innovative collaborative music projects! #WeAreNewMusic

Grantee words colliding!
Love seeing worlds collide like this!🤯This Saturday, March 2, Organization Fund grantee International Contemporary Ensemble will perform works by (and with) the lovely Leila Adu featured here. 🎹 The evening’s program includes a solo piano set by none other than Pulitzer Prizes-winning composer, Anthony Davis, one of our NewMusicBox SoundLives podcast guests! If you’ll be near NYU Skirball this weekend or just want to learn more, visit https://nyuskirball.org/events/international-contemporary-ensemble/ 🎥: International Contemporary Ensemble & Leila Adu, reshared with permission

2023 Next Jazz Legacy Artist Profiles | Teaser
Meet the remarkable 2023 Next Jazz Legacy awardees in this 90-second snapshot video! 🎷 You'll hear a bit about their personal backgrounds, deep connection to music, and unwavering commitment to their careers. Discover why these talented individuals choose to dedicate their lives to music and the powerful beliefs that drive their artistry. 👀 Stay tuned for our announcement next month revealing our 2024 Next Jazz Legacy Awardees! Camila Cortina Liany Mateo Tatiana Ladymay Mayfield Anisha Rush Anaïs Maviel Milena Casado Fauquet Neta Raanan