The Lydian String Quartet is excited to be one of twelve ensembles awarded a grant through Chamber Music America’s Classical Commissioning program supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to commission a new work from our amazing composer friend Kurt Rohde! The announcement from CMA:
New York, NY (August 23, 2021)—Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network for ensemble music professionals, today announced the distribution of $1,290,450 through its six grant programs: New Jazz Works, Performance Plus, and Presenter Consortium for Jazz, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Classical Commissioning, supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ensemble Forward, supported by the New York Community Trust; and Digital Residency, launched this year to mitigate pandemic-related live performance interruptions, enabling artists and presenters to maintain and cultivate relationships with their audiences, supported by Chamber Music America’s Residency Endowment Fund.
This funding will provide key support for the creation, performance, and presentation of small ensemble works, community engagement/audience-building initiatives, and artist/ensemble development. “This has been such an extraordinary year for the small ensemble music field,” said Margaret M. Lioi, CMA’s CEO who retires this month after 21 years of service to the field. “We are so grateful to our funders for helping us maintain our grant programs during this incredibly difficult time, and applaud the creativity, fortitude, and resilience of our musicians and presenters. Despite the unprecedented challenges they faced, they were unwavering in their commitment to the music and their audiences. CMA is privileged to have helped their projects come to fruition.”
The grantees in each program were selected by independent peer panels and adjudicated throughout CMA’s 2021 fiscal year (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021).
