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 Innova
has received a major grant from the New York State Music
Fund to increase its activities in that state. Over
2007-8 innova will 1) release at least 30 CDs of music
by New York artists, 2) do extensive marketing of existing
New York artists' works on the label by placing nearly
2,000 CDs in school and public libraries in small towns
across the state, and 3) establish an outstate touring
network with travel subsidy for the artists to present
their work to new audiences. The touring subsidy will
allow each artist to present outreach activities and
performances at our venue partners who include: Society
for New Music, Syracuse; SUNY, Potsdam; St. Lawrence
University, Canton; Deep Listening Institute, Kingston;
Roulette, NYC; and several others.
Artists included (subject to evolution)
LaMonte Young (NYC), Cristian Amigo (Astoria), Rudresh
Mahanthappa (NYC), Sean Noonan (Brooklyn),
Amanda Monaco (NYC), Kiku Collins (NYC) , Neil
Rolnick (NYC), Todd Reynolds (Sunnyside), Roger Kleier
NYC), Susie Ibarra (NYC), Lukas Ligeti (NYC), Yuanlin Chen
(Kew Garden Hills), Robert Een (NYC), John Morton (Tappan),
Ushio Torikai (NYC), Ethel (NYC) plays Mary Ellen Childs "Dreamhouse",
Michael Farley (Canton), Bill Ryan's Grand Valley State
University New Music Ensemble plays Steve Reich's "Music
for 18 Musicians" in SACD Surround, Esther Lamneck (NYC):
Works by Cort Lippe, Robert Rowe, Dinu Ghezzo, Orlando
Legname, Lawrence Moss, Zack Browning; David Del Tredici
(NYC), Virgil Moorefield, Stephen Gosling, Tom Chiu, David
Eggar, Tom Kolor, Michael Lowenstern, Thad de Brock (NYC),
Brian Dewan (New Rochelle).
A second phase of the grant will support the production
of at least 10 more projects, including: Basya Schechter
and Pharaoh's Daughter, Selections from the 227 NYFA Composition
Fellows curated by Cristian Amigo, Nikos Brisco and Cafe
Antarsia Ensemble, Sidiki Conde, Teo Macero, Giancarlo
Vulcano, Kitty Brazelton, Jason Kao Hwang and the EDGE,
Val Jeanty (in partnership with Harvestworks) and George
Lewis with Marina Rosenfeld (also in partnership with Harvestworks).
The New
York State Music Fund was created when the New
York State Attorney General's Office resolved investigations
against major record companies that had violated state
and federal laws prohibiting "pay for play" (also called "payola). The
fund is administered by the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
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