Grants for Arts Projects - Panel A
Jun 22, 2020

Carla Johnson
Fund Development Consultant
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Norfolk, VA

Matthew Levy
Executive and Co-Artistic Director
Musician, Educator and Mentor
PRISM Quartet Incorporated
Philadelphia, PA

Christina L Littlejohn
Chief Executive Officer
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc.
Little Rock, AR

Willa B Perlmutter (Layperson)
Attorney/Arts Patron
Portland, OR

Roderick Vester
Executive Director
PRIZM Ensemble, Inc.
Oxford, MS

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel B
Jun 22, 2020

Mary K. Denton (Layperson)
Attorney
Meridian, ID

Beverly Everett
Artistic Director
Bismarck Mandan Orchestral Association
Bismarck, ND

Kellen Gray
Assistant Conductor
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Charleston, SC

Tian Hui Ng
Music Director
Victory Players
Holyoke, MA

Brenda S Nienhouse
Retired
Grand Haven, MI

Eric Stark
Professor, Butler University
Artistic Director
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel C
Jun 23, 2020

Kurt Carr
Music Director/Musician/Marketing Coordinator/Management Consultant
Performer
Concordia Santa Fe, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM

Mei-Ann Chen
Music Director & Conductor
First Artistic Partner
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Chicago, IL

Roy J Guenther (Layperson)
Retired
Vienna, VA

Blake-Anthony Johnson
CEO
Chicago Sinfonietta, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Mark Seto
Director, Brown University Orchestra
Brown University
Madison, CT

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel D
Jun 23, 2020

LaSaundra Booth
Adjunct Music Professor
Department of Music
Winston-Salem State University
Wake Forest, NC

Anne Midgette
Freelance Writer
Washington, DC

Reinaldo Moya
Assistant Professor of Music Composition
Augsburg University
Northfield, MN

Stanley E. Romanstein
Dean and Thomas James Kelly Professor of Music
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

Marna R Seltzer
Director of Princeton University Concerts
Princeton University, Trustees of
Princeton, NJ

Randy Wong
President
Hawaii Youth Symphony
Musician
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
Honolulu, HI

Grants for Arts Projects - Panel E
Jun 24, 2020

Amy Bormet
Pianist/Vocalist/Composer
Cheverly, MD

Alicia Carusona Zoller (Layperson)
Tax Field Auditor
West Townshend, VT

Quincy Davis
Music Professor
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Oran Etkin
Musician, Composer, Educator President/Founder
Timbalooloo Inc
New York, NY

Michelle Grove Herzog
Consultant
Tucson, AZ

Felipe Salles
Associate Professor
Music and Dance
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Florence, MA

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel A
Nov 16, 2020

Jennifer Arnold
Director of Artistic Operations
Richmond Symphony
Richmond, VA

Peter Bilotta
Executive Director
Chamber Music Northwest
Portland, OR

Marilyn Colyar (Layperson)
Retired school teacher/administrator
Gig Harbor, WA

Gonzalo Farias
Associate Conductor
Jacksonville Symphony Association
Jacksonville, FL

Grant Gershon
Artistic Director
Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Los Angeles, CA

Jim Hirsch
Consultant
Chicago, IL

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel B
Nov 17, 2020

Teddy Abrams
Music Director
Louisville Orchestra, Inc.
Peter Britt Gardens Music and Arts Festival Association
Louisville, KY

Kalena Bovell
Assistant Conductor
Memphis Orchestral Society, Inc.
Memphis, TN

Brandon Boyd
Assistant Director of Choral Music Activities
Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education
University of Missouri–Columbia
Columbia, MO

Helen H Cha-Pyo
Conductor
Artistic Director
New Jersey Youth Symphony
Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts
Morristown, NJ

Jeff Gershman
Director of Wind Ensembles/Professor of Music
Capital University Conservatory of Music
Columbus, OH

Catherine J. Pickar (Layperson)
Retired
Chevy Chase, MD

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel C
Nov 17, 2020

Miles Cohen
Artistic Director
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Artistic Administrator
Marlboro School of Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

David C Howse
Executive Director
ArtsEmerson
Senior Associate Vice President
Office of the Arts
Emerson College
Milton, MA

Ari Solotoff (Layperson)
Founder and Principal
Solotoff Law Group, PLLC
Portland, ME

Bruce D. Sorrell
Executive Director
Chamber Music Tulsa, Inc.
Tulsa, OK

Rosalyn M Story
Arts Journalist
Violinist
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Dallas, TX

Jennifer Teisinger
Executive Director
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Sioux Falls, SD

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel D
Nov 19, 2020

Kayla J. Boettcher
Executive Director
Sitka Summer Music Festival Inc.
Sitka, AK

Kellen Gray
Assistant Conductor
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Charleston, SC

Miera Kim
Executive Director
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Iowa City, IA

James W Palermo
Managing Director
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN

Julie Sorensen
Artistic Director/Conductor
Idaho State Civic Symphony
Assistant Professor, Music, Flute
Idaho State University
Mendon, UT

Frank L Stubbs (Layperson)
Arts Patron/Community Volunteer.
Edina, MN

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel E
Nov 19, 2020

Andrew Bishop
Associate Professor
Chair of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Director of the Summer Jazz Institute
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Ypsilanti, MI

Regina Carter
Violinist
Artistic Director
New Jersey Performing Arts All Female Jazz Residency
Faculty
Manhattan School of Music
Maywood, NJ

Darryl Harper
Associate Professor of Music
Director of the Center for Humanistic Inquiry
Amherst College
Amherst, MA

BJ Leiderman
Owner
BJ Leiderman Music
President
Llama Productions, Inc
Swannanoa, NC

Arnie Malina (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Burlington, VT

Camila Meza
Vocalist, Guitarist, and Composer
New York, NY

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel F
Nov 20, 2020

Brandon Bell
Director of Education and Artistic Administrator
Education and Artistic
Da Camera Society of Texas
Houston, TX

Mary Ellen Childs
Composer
Minneapolis, MN

Tad Czyzewski
Executive Director
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Washington, DC

Denise A Gonzales (Layperson)
Senior Consultant, Non-Profit Division
Fusion Labs/NPact Solutions
Albuquerque, NM

Sara Mummey
Executive Director
Lafayette Symphony
Lafayette, IN

Tony Padilla
Associate Professor of Music
Lawrence University of Wisconsin
Appleton, WI

NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships Panel A
February 4, 2021

Fitz Gitler (Layperson)
Production Director
Hearst Creative Communications
Princeton, NJ

Robert Glasper
Pianist, Composer, Musical Director, Producer
New Orleans, LA

Robert Hurst
Assoc. Professor of Music, School of Music Theatre and Dance
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Plymouth, MI

René Marie
Vocalist, Actor, Arranger, Composer, Educator, Lyricist
Playwright, Speaker\
Fredericksburg, VA

Pat Metheny
2018 NEA Jazz Master
Guitarist, Composer
New York, NY

Tomeka Reid
Cellist, Composer
Chicago, IL

NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships Panel B
February 4, 2021

Fitz Gitler (Layperson)
Production Director
Hearst Creative Communications
Princeton, NJ

Robert Glasper
Pianist, Composer, Musical Director, Producer
New Orleans, LA

Robert Hurst
Assoc. Professor of Music, School of Music Theatre and Dance
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Plymouth, MI

René Marie
Vocalist, Actor, Arranger, Composer, Educator, Lyricist
Playwright, Speaker
Fredericksburg, VA

Pat Metheny
2018 NEA Jazz Master
Guitarist, Composer
New York, NY

Tomeka Reid
Cellist, Composer
Chicago, IL