Category: competitions
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FAQs about our Grants: Can New Music Ensembles apply?
Here’s a question we should add to the list of FAQs about our Performance Grants: Q: I see your grants encourage the performance of historic composers (“we prefer that one of the two works be by a historic woman”). I guess that means that new music ensembles shouldn’t apply? A: Not at all! We interpret “historic”…
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Winners Chosen for EarShot Commissions
The League of American Orchestras together with EarsShot, and with support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, have announced the first commissions of new symphonic works by women composers. The new commissions, which were first announced in February, comes from the same foundation which also seeks out new operas by women composers. The winners this year, who will receive…