Chamber Music America Accepting Applications for 2010 NEW JAZZ WORKS

Chamber Music America Accepting Applications for 2010 NEW JAZZ WORKS: Commissioning and Ensemble Development

Chamber Music America, celebrating its 33rd year as the national service organization for the ensemble music profession, is accepting application for its 2010 New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program, a grant opportunity for U.S. jazz ensembles. The application deadline is Friday, March 12, 2010, 5:00 p.m. The 2010 New Jazz Works guidelines and application <http://www.chamber-music.org/programs/gr_jazz.html> are available on the CMA website. The New Jazz Works program is made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Since 2000, Chamber Music America’s New Works programs have provided support to professional U.S. ensembles for the creation and performance of new works in the jazz idiom. To date, New Works has supported the creation of over one hundred new jazz compositions. Current New Works grant recipients <http://www.chamber-music.org/programs/recipients.html#new_works> include Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers, John Hollenbeck and The Claudia Quartet, and Mario Pavone with his Orange Double Tenor Ensemble.

The program supports the creation and presentation of new compositions, activities that extend the life of the work, and allows for the ensemble leader to acquire or increase career-related business skills.

Chamber Music America was founded in 1977 to develop and strengthen an evolving chamber music community. With a membership of over 6,000, including musicians, ensembles, presenters, artists’ managers, educators, music businesses, and advocates of ensemble music, CMA welcomes members representing a wide range of musical styles and traditions. In addition to its funding programs, CMA provides its members with consulting services, access to health and instrument insurance, conferences, seminars and several publications, including Chamber Music magazine, and a website www.chamber-music.org http://www.chamber-music.org/.

The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and the prevention of child maltreatment, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke's properties. Visit www.ddcf.org.
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