Award Recipients
Every ensemble, organization, artist, composer, and educator honored via CMA’s award programs, including the Cleveland Quartet Award, Richard J. Bogolmony National Service Award, Michael Jaffee Visionary Award, and others.
Eighth Blackbird recieves CMA's inaugural Visionary Award / photo: CMA


Master of the Modern
An in-depth profile of the winner of CMA’s 2023 Richard J. Bogolmony National Service Award, soprano Lucy Shelton.
Lucy Shelton
Location: New York, NY
Ronnie Malley
Location: Chicago, IL
Aizuri Quartet
Location: New York, NY
Seth Parker Woods
Location: Buffalo, NY
Tania León
Location: Nyack, New York
Samora Pinderhughes
Location: New York, NY
Joan Tower
Verona Quartet
Location: Boston, MA
PUBLIQuartet
Location: New York, NY
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)
Location: Chicago IL/New York, NY
Rolston String Quartet
Location: New Haven, CT
Jon Batiste
Location: Kenner, LA