Grant Recipients

Search current and past recipients of CMA grants and their projects.

Helen Sung, New Jazz Works grantee / photo: CMA

Grant Type

Year Awarded

Performance Plus | 2022
Idol Beings
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Idol Beings

Ensemble Leader: Akua Allrich

Artist-Educator: Marc Cary

Location: Washington D.C.

Presenter Consortium for Jazz | 2022
Jazz Bakery Performance Space (Beverly Hills, CA), The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (Los Angeles, CA), National Jazz Museum of Harlem (New York, NY)
Ensemble: The Cookers & Carmen Lundy Ensemble 
New Jazz Works | 2022
Diego Rivera Quintet
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Diego Rivera Quintet

Leader/Composer: Diego Rivera

Instrumentation: saxophones, trumpet, piano, bass, drums

Location: Lansing, MI

Artistic Projects | 2022
Nnenna Ogwo
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Nnenna Ogwo

NYC Borough: Manhattan

Project Title: Juneteenth Legacy Project

Project Type: Performance

Ensemble Forward | 2022
Ensemble Decipher
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Ensemble Decipher

Instrumentation: three percussion/electronics, viola, vocals/electronics, piano/electronics

Coach: Bora Yoon (composer/vocalist)

Classical Commissioning | 2022
Friction Quartet
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Friction Quartet

Composer: Paul Mortilla

Instrumentation: two violins, viola, cello, vocal quartet (guests), harpsichord (guest)

Location: Concord, CA

Artistic Projects | 2022
Momenta Quartet
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Momenta Quartet

NYC Borough: Bronx

Project Title: Julián Carrillo Microtonal Compositions

Project Type: Recording

Ensemble Forward | 2022
​ Singularity Saxophone Quartet
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​ Singularity Saxophone Quartet

Instrumentation: four saxophones

Performance Plus | 2022
Lakecia Benjamin and Pursuance
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Lakecia Benjamin and Pursuance

Ensemble Leader: Lakecia Benjamin

Artist-Educator: Terri Lynn Carrington

Location: New York, NY

Presenter Consortium for Jazz | 2022
DC Jazz Festival (Washington D.C.), August Wilson African American Cultural Center (Pittsburgh, PA), JazzMobile (New York, NY)
Ensemble: Regina Carter "Gone in the Phrase of an Air" 
New Jazz Works | 2022
Luciana Souza Trio
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Luciana Souza Trio

Leader/Composer: Luciana Souza

Instrumentation: voice/percussion, guitar/voice, bass

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Artistic Projects | 2022
Syrian Music Preservation Project
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Syrian Music Preservation Project

NYC Borough: Manhattan

Project Title: Syrian Music Preservation Project

Project Type: Performance

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