The 2024 Performance Plus Grantees Announced

Today, Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network for ensemble music professionals, has announced the distribution of $197,900 in awards to support 13 jazz ensembles led by women and gender-minority artists. In addition to the funding, CMA’s Performance Plus program connects the ensembles with experienced artist-educators for evaluative listening sessions and recording projects.

The 2024 grantees were selected after an adjudication process by an independent peer panel in late winter 2024. Individual awards up to $21,500, will be used to support ensembles across four major regions in the United States: the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West.

The Performance Plus grant program is supported by The Doris Duke Foundation. The grantees and the artist-educator coaches are outlined below.

• Laura Dreyer and The Manhattan/Rio Connection (New York, NY)
  Bandleader: Laura Dreyer | Artist-Educator: Salvador da Silva
• New Muse 4tet (Beacon, NY)
  Bandleader: Gwen Laster | Artist-Educator: Michele Rosewoman
• Glass Bead Orchestra (Spokane, WA)
  Bandleader: Rachel Bade-McMurphy | Artist-Educator: Ryan Keberle
• Emi Makabe Ensemble (Brooklyn, NY)
  Bandleader: Emi Makabe | Artist-Educator: Bill Frisell
• Rebecca Kleinmann Quintet (Durham, NC)
  Bandleader: Rebecca Kleinmann | Artist-Educator: Rahsaan Barber
• Gaea Schell Quintet (San Francisco, CA)
  Bandleader: Gaea Schell | Artist-Educator: Edward Simon
• The Destiny Muhammad Trio (Oakland, CA)
  Bandleader: Destiny Muhammad | Artist-Educator: James Newton
• Ellie Pruneau’s Two Way Mirror (New York, NY)
  Bandleader: Ellie Pruneau | Artist-Educator: Carmen Staaf
• Anisha Rush and the Encounter (Chicago, IL)
  Bandleader: Anisha Rush | Artist-Educator: Makaya McCraven
• Hannah Marks Quartet (Brooklyn, NY)
  Bandleader: Hannah Marks | Artist-Educator: Jason Moran
• Laura Lizcano (New York, NY)
  Bandleader: Laura Lizcano | Artist-Educator: Sirintip Phasuk
• Dark Matter (New York, NY)
  Bandleader: Adi Meyerson | Artist-Educator: Sean Jones
• Georgia Heers Quintet (New York, NY)
  Bandleader: Georgia Heers | Artist-Educator: Cécile McLorin Salvant

Chamber Music America, the national network of ensemble music professionals, was founded in 1977 to develop, strengthen, and support the chamber music community. With a membership 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 instrument and other insurances, conferences, seminars, and its quarterly publication, Chamber Music magazine.  

The mission of the The Doris Duke Foundation is to improve the quality of people’s lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research, and child well-being, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke’s properties.