Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
June 17, 2024

Kyle Dickson
Assistant Conductor
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Memphis Youth Symphony
Memphis, TN

Anne Midgette
Freelance Writer 
Classical Music Critic
Washington, DC

Donald Nally
Conductor & Artistic Director 
The Crossing
Philadelphia, PA

Anthony Pierce
Chief Artistic Officer
Colorado Symphony Association
Denver, CO

Ernesto Varela (Layperson)
Adjunct Professor
Barry University
Miami, FL

Renata Yazzie
PhD Student
Department of Music
Columbia University
New York, NY

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
June 17, 2024

Nick Armstrong (Layperson)
Retired
Former Conductor, Music Educator, & Violinist
Brooklyn, NY

Tong Chen
Conductor
Jersey City, NJ

Anwar Nasir
Executive Director
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
New Orleans, LA

Frank Nowell
Artistic & Managing Director
Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
Denver, CO

Rita Shapiro
Arts Consultant
Washington, DC

Karin Stein
Musician & Manager
Artes Latinas Ensembles
Kellogg, IA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel C
June 20, 2024

Cynthia Bunton (Layperson)
Retired
International Diplomacy Executive
Washington, DC

Gonzalo Farias
Assistant Conductor
Houston Symphony Society
Houston, TX

Betsey Perlmutter 
Vice President
Schirmer Theatrical
New York, NY

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

Kathleen Suss
Executive Director
Concordia University
Vice President of Major Gifts
Concordia College
Greenwich, CT

Music – Grants for Arts Projects Panel D
June 20, 2024

Emilio Carlo
Director of Projects
Black Orchestral Network
Nashville, TN

Jeff Gershman
Director of Bands & Professor of Music
The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH

Matthew Landry
Saxophonist & Executive Director
Akropolis Quintet
Northville, MI

Patricio Molina
Associate Director of the Conservatory
Newark School of the Arts
Riverdale, NJ

Gayle M. Ober (Layperson)
Retired
Nonprofit Consultant
Mendota Heights, MN

Liz Player 
Executive & Artistic Director
Harlem Chamber Players
New York, NY

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel E
June 25, 2024

Faye Anderson 
Director
All That Philly Jazz
Philadelphia, PA

Andrew Bishop
Associate Professor 
Chair of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti, MI

Bruce D. Carlson (Layperson)
Retired
US Army Corps of Engineers
Alexandria, VA

Amanda Ekery
Founder & Director 
El Paso Jazz Girls
Brooklyn, NY

Brendon Wilkins
Director of Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble 
Applied Music Associate 
Colby College
South Portland, ME

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel F
June 25, 2024

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

Alan Chan
Instructor
El Camino Community College District
Los Angeles, CA

Maia Maiden
Director of Arts Learning & Community Engagement
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Richfield, MN

Rashida Phillips
Director of Partnerships
Art Bridges Foundation
Centerton, AR

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel G
June 27, 2024

Isrea Butler
Director of Music & Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

Jennifer Jolley
Assistant Professor of Music Theory & Composition
Lehman College
Bronx, NY

Ann Kim
Director of Strategic Partnerships & Community Outreach
Harlem School of the Arts, Inc.
Newark, NJ

Brooke Mead
Associate Director of Artistic Planning
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore, MD

Mark Thomas Powell
Executive Director
Cappella Romana, Inc.
Milwaukie, OR

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

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel H
June 27, 2024

Angela Brown
Administrator
Morning Brown, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN

Steven Brown
Freelance Arts Writer
Houston, TX

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

Matt Mehaffey
Professor of Music
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Artistic Director
Oratorio Society of Minnesota
Inver Grove Heights, MN

Tianhui Ng 
Music Director of Victory Players
Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts
Music Director
White Snake Projects
Holyoke, MA

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