Music: FY 2022 Grants Panelists

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
6/21/2021

Peter Ellefson
Professor of Music
Chair of the Brass Department
Jacobs School of Music
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

Eric Garcia
Music Director
Boise Philharmonic Association Inc.
Meridian, ID

Amy Gibbs
Managing Director
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Houston, TX

Ouida Keck (Layperson)
Retired College Professor
Little Rock, AR

Danh Pham
Music Director, Washington Idaho Symphony Orchestra
Director, WSU Bands and Orchestras
Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Barron Ryan
Musician
Tulsa, OK

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
6/21/2021

Elise Brunelle
Executive Director
Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
South Burlington, VT

Natalie Higgins
Assistant Professor of Horn
University of Nevada, Reno
Sparks, NV

Carlos Izcaray
Music Director
Alabama Symphonic Association, Inc.
Music Director
American Youth Symphony, Inc.
Homewood, AL

Greg Luce
Pit Orchestra
Hamilton Angelica Tour LLC
New York, NY

Alberto P. Rafols (Layperson)
Retired/Arts Patron
Portland, OR

Roderick Vester
Executive Director
PRIZM Ensemble, Inc.
Memphis, TN

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel C
6/23/2021

Jeff Boeckman
Professor of Music, Director of Bands
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

Minna Choi
Fellowship Program Director
Community MusicWorks
Providence, RI

Matthew L. Feldman
Director of Artistic Operations
Louisville Orchestra, Inc.
Louisville, KY

Ashleigh Gordon
Artistic & Executive Director
Castle of Our Skins, Inc
Producer
Boston Center for the Arts, Inc.
Boston, MA

John Milbauer
Co-Chair, Piano
Chautauqua Institution
Professor of Piano
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Tony Tapia (Layperson)
Principal
Bridging Worlds Philanthropic Advisors
Denver, CO

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel D
6/23/2021

Merrin Guice Gill
Associate Professor, Director of Choral Activities, Bethel University
Saint Paul, MN

Anne Hagan
Executive Director
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Jamie Hillman
Assistant Professor of Music
Gordon College
Faculty
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Burlington, MA

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

Laura A Reynolds
Executive Director
Boise Philharmonic Association Inc.
Boise, ID

Dave Selden (Layperson)
Attorney at Law
Paradise Valley, AZ

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel E
6/28/2021

Adriana Cuervo (Layperson)
Head of Archival Collections and Services
John Cotton Dana Library
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark
Metuchen, NJ

Eric Dupont
Musician, Drummer
Hudson, NH

Agnes Hite (Layperson)
Retired Computer Systems Engineer/Architect
Springfield, VA

Andy Milne
Pianist/Composer/Educator
Assistant Professor of Music
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Gary Motley
Professor of Performance
Founding Director of Jazz Studies
Emory University
Stone Mountain, GA

Bobbi Todaro
Executive Director
Kuumbwa Jazz Society
Santa Cruz, CA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel F
6/28/2021

LaSaundra Booth
Executive Director
Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra
Adjunct Music Professor
Winston-Salem State University
Wake Forest, NC

Abra Bush
Senior Associate Dean of Institute Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Samuel Callahan (Layperson)
Attorney
Appellate & Supreme Court Group
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Washington, DC

Emma Kail
Executive Director
Grand Teton Music Festival
Jackson, WY

Andrew M Kurtz
Music & Executive Director
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Inc
Fort Myers, FL

Grants for Arts Projects 2 - Panel A
11/8/2021

Armando J Bayolo
Freelance Composer, Conductor, and Educator
Artistic Director and Founder
Great Noise Ensemble
Adjunct Professor, Music Theory
Peabody Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Laurel, MD

Scott Allen Jarrett
Director of Music
Boston University, Marsh Chapel
Resident Conductor, Chorus
Handel & Haydn Society
Artistic Director
Back Bay Chorale, Ltd.
Artistic Director
Bach Akademie Charlotte, Inc.
Boston, MA

Lawrence J. Loh
Music Director
Symphonia
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Manlius, NY

Joan G Lounsbery (Layperson)
Consultant
Los Angeles, CA

Carolyn Nishon
Executive Director
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra
South Portland, ME

Carmen Santos-Robson
Associate Director and Development
Newark School of the Arts, Inc.
West Orange, NJ

Grants for Arts Projects 2 - Panel B
11/8/2021

Jamie A Broumas
Chief Artistic Officer
Music Academy of the West
Santa Barbara, CA

Mike Buckley (Layperson)
Retired/Arts Patron
Falls Church, VA

Amanda Flosbach
Executive Director
Teton Music School
Wilson, WY

Paul Hegland
Executive Director
Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association
Fargo, ND

Dinorah B. Marquez
Director of Latino Arts Strings Program
Latino Arts, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI

Aaron Paige
Assistant Professor
School of Music
Ball State University
Muncie, IN

Grants for Arts Projects 2 - Panel C
11/12/2021

Isrea Butler
Department Head and Professor, Music
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA

Camille Cintron Devlin
Public Relations and Communications Consultant
Wheeling, WV

Andy Keeler (Layperson)
Professor Emeritus
Coastal Studies
East Carolina University
Manteo, NC

Linda Reichert
Artistic Director Emerita
Network for New Music, Inc.
Chester Springs, PA

Earl G Rivers Jr
Professor Emeritus of Conducting
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, OH

Mark Seto
Conductor and Musiciologist
Director, Brown University Orchestra
Senior Lecturer & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Music
Brown University
Madison, CT

Grants for Arts Projects 2 - Panel D
11/12/2021

Erin R Freeman
Director of Choral Activities
Virginia Commonwealth University
Artistic Director
Wintergreen Performing Arts
Director of Richmond Symphony Chorus
Richmond Symphony
Richmond, VA

Adrienne Harding
Music Admissions Program Coordinator
School of Music
University of Delaware
Wilmington, DE

Anna Kuwabara
Executive Director
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Averill Park, NY

James May
Proposal Writer
Accruent LLC
New Orleans, LA

Susan I. Miville
Director of Education and Community Engagement
Austin Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc.
Austin, TX

Paul T. Tucker (Layperson)
Retired Attorney/Arts Patron
Charleston, WV

Grants for Arts Projects 2 - Panel E
11/15/2021

Gene D. Bradford
President & CEO
Jazz St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Socrates Garcia
Associate Professor of Music
Director of Music Technology
University of Northern Colorado
Johnstown, CO

Tracy M. McMullen
Associate Professor of Music
Bowdoin College
Portland, ME

Molly Murphy (Layperson)
Independent Radio Producer
Wyndmoor, PA
Jamison Ross
Jazz Drummer, Vocalist
New Orleans, LA

Kim Scott
Director, Student Support Services
Flute Instructor
Alabama School of Fine Arts Foundation, Inc.
Trussville, AL

Grants for Arts Projects 2 - Panel F
11/15/2021

Peter J. Bilotta
Executive Director
Chamber Music Northwest
Portland, OR

Kurt Carr
Music Director
Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band
Santa Fe, NM

Paul Fisher (Layperson)
Tennis Coach
Burke, VA

Kelly Kuo
Associate Artistic Director
American Lyric Theater Center, Inc.
Music Director and Conductor
Reno Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH

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

Jessica Ruiz
Director of Artistic Planning
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Mount Clemens, MI

NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships Panel A & B
2/10/2022

Terri Lyne Carrington
Jazz Drummer, Composer, Educator, NEA Jazz Master
Artistic Director, Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice
Berklee College of Music, Inc.
Woburn, MA

Etienne Charles
Musician, Composer
Associate Professor of Studio Music & Jazz
Patricia L. Frost School of Music
University of Miami
Okemos, MI

Alisa L Clancy
News Anchor
KCBS San Francisco
San Bruno, CA

José A Diaz
President, Founder, Artistic Director
Diaz Music Institute
Houston, TX

Rio Sakairi
Artistic Director
Jazz Gallery
Fort Lee, NJ

Antoine Sanfuentes (Layperson)
CNN Vice President and Managing Editor
White House, Capitol Hill, Political Coverage
Bethesda, MD