Music: FY 2024 Grants Panelists

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
June 20, 2023

Ana Abrantes
Director of Education & Access
Sphinx Organization, Inc.
Westland, MI

Armando Castellano
Artistic Director
Latino Music Education Network
Menlo Park, CA

Shawn Crouch
Associate Professor of Practice in Composition & Theory
University of Miami
Pembroke Pines, FL

Robyn Hilger
Executive Director
American Choral Directors
Oklahoma City, OK

Joanne Marie Kelly (Layperson)
VP & Chief Counsel Yahoo, Inc.
Vienna, VA

Yan Pang
Assistant Professor of Music
Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts
Pittsburgh, PA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
June 20, 2023

Kurt Carr
Director and Conductor
Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band
Santa Fe, NM

Reinaldo Moya
Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition
Wellesley College
Northfield, MN

Sara Mummey
Executive Director
Lafayette Symphony
Lafayette, IN

George D. Reardon (Layperson)
Real Estate Finance Manager (Retired)
South Pasadena, CA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel C
June 22, 2023

Brandon Cash
Director of Choral Activities, Assistant Professor of Music
Mississippi Valley State University
Greenwood, MS

Lisa Federico (Layperson)
Retired
Decatur, GA

Eric Hung
Executive Director
Music of Asian America Research Center
Burlington, NJ

Julie Sorensen
Musician - Flute/Piccolo
Conductor
Assistant Director of Student Orientation and Transition Services
Utah State University
Mendon, UT

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel D
June 22, 2023

Beverly Everett
Music Director
Bismarck Mandan Orchestral Association
Artistic Director
Bemidji Symphony Orchestra
Bismarck, ND

Adriana Marcial
Executive Director
San Francisco Girls Chorus, Inc.
San Carlos, CA

Donna Milanovich
Executive Director Emerita
Chicago Philharmonic Society
White Rock, NM

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

Steven R. Sunderman
Executive Director
Cincinnati Musical Festival Association
Executive Director
Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati
Cold Spring, KY

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel E
June 23, 2023

John C. McCormick (Layperson)
Healthcare Investing
New York, NY

Kathryn Paradise
Instructor of Commercial Music and Coordinator of Commercial Voice
Belmont University
Nashville, TN

Rashida Phillips
Executive Director
American Jazz Museum
Kansas City, MO

Thad Wilson
Adjunct Professor of Music
George Washington University
Cottage City, MD

Linda Yohn
Jazz radio host
WRCJ-FM
Ypsilanti, MI

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel F
June 23, 2023

Carissa Burkett
Executive Director
Third Angle New Music Ensemble, Inc.
Portland, OR

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

Miriam Owens
President and Chief Executive Officer
People's Music School, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Martin Sher
Senior VP of Artistic Planning and Programs
New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami, FL

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel G
June 28, 2023

Miles Cohen
Artistic Director
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA

Janice Fain Dean (Layperson)
Psychotherapist
Silver Spring, MD

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

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

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel H
June 28, 2023

Greg Carroll
Board President
Kansas City Jazz Alive
Kansas City, MO

Zizi Mueller
Creative Consultant
Boosey & Hawkes
Santa Fe, NM

José Rivera
Professor
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Aberdeen, NC

Kurt Rohde
Professor
UC Davis, Mondavi Center
San Francisco, CA

Dave Selden (Layperson)
Attorney at Law, Partner
Messner Reeves LLP
Paradise Valley, AZ