June 8, 2023 – American Music Project

Kontras Quartet AMP program announced for 2025

The Kontras Quartet will perform its annual Chicago concert for the American Music Project on Friday May 23, 2025 at Ganz Hall The program will mark a pair of composer …

Due to the low number of competitive grant applications received this year that are also in line with our budgetary resources, there will be no AMP grants awarded for the …

The American Music Project presented pianist Emiko Edwards in a wide-ranging recital Sunday, November 3 at Roosevelt University's Ganz Hall in Chicago. The program include …

The final event of the American Music Project’s 10th anniversary season will be a piano recital by Emiko Edwards, 3 p.m. Sunday November 3 at Ganz Hall. Edwards’ wide-r …

The American Music Project partnered with conductor Stilian Kirov and the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra in a program of three American symphonies Saturday, September 21, in …

Painting by John Singer Sargent Applications are now being accepted for AMP grants for the 2024-25 season. Application forms are online and may be submitted starting today. …

The American Music Project presented the Kontras Quartet Saturday, June 1 in a wide-ranging program of homegrown music at Chicago's Ganz Hall. The event, Kontras' third co …

The first concert of the American Music Project's 10th anniversary Chicago season is coming up! Join the Kontras Quartet for a wide-ranging program of music by American co …

Alexander Crosett performed a wide-ranging program of contemporary American piano music February 29 in Somerville, Massachusetts, an event made possible by a grant from AM …

Stilian Kirov will lead the IPO in symphonies by David Diamond and William Grant Still. The American Music Project will mark its 10th anniversary season by expanding to a three …

The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble presented two performances of a recital program in November, centered on art songs by women composers, and funded by an American Music Project …

Alexander Crosett. Photo: Robert Torres The American Music Project has announced grant winners for the 2023-24 season. Alexander Crosett will perform a program of American p …

Due to unavoidable circumstances, processing of the 2023-24 AMP grants has been delayed. Grant announcements will now be made on October 30. Please check back on that date …

"The Studio," 1867, by Winslow Homer. Applications are now being accepted for AMP grants for the 2023-24 season. Application forms are online and may be submitted starting …

In a return engagement presented by the American Music Project June 7 in Chicago, the Kontras Quartet performed a wide array of neglected American music from Amy Beach, Walter …

Pure Winds gave a program of rarely heard American music for wind quintet June 6 in Lansing, Michigan. The program, funded in part by an AMP grant, included Irving Fine's …

Chamber Music Marysville in Washington state performed a concert of American wind music April 15, which was made possible by a grant from the American Music Project. Th …

Following last year’s successful concert, the American Music Project is bringing back the Kontras Quartet for another program of superb yet rarely performed American cha …

The Kontras Quartet performed a program Sunday at Ganz Hall in Chicago, which included a long-belated premiere. Presented by the American Music Project, the event included …

Boston Public Quartet After going on hiatus last season due to the pandemic, the American Music Project today announces grant winners for the 2021-22 season. Boston Public Q …

"The Violinist Leila Kalman 1924"; painting by George Bellows. After going on hiatus this past season due to financial stresses and performance limitations caused by the Covid- …

"The Cellist" by Joseph DeCamp, 1908. The American Music Project is pausing grant submissions and awards for the 2020-21 season due to Covid-19. "With great regret, I'm s …

Read the article by Chicago Tribune music critic Howard Reich previewing the Music Institute of Chicago's George Crumb Festival, made possible by an AMP grant. https://www. …

The Music Institute of Chicago's AMP-sponsored George Crumb Festival closed with a varied feast of music, earning critical accolades from the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Class …

The Music Institute of Chicago opened its George Crumb Festival on January 31. Read Chicago Classical Review's coverage of Program I, which presented several works of the Ame …

George Crumb George Crumb Festival The Music Institute of Chicago will mark the 90th birthday season of George Crumb with an immersive three-day festival of the American ico …

The Semiois Quartet performed two concerts in August of "An American Century." The Boston ensemble's AMP-granted program encompassed a wide range of music by American women, f …

Amy Wurtz The American Music Project has commissioned a second chamber work from Chicago-based composer Amy Wurtz. Wurtz’s String Quartet No. 3 will be given its world …

Among the 2018-19 recipients of American Music Project grants was Crossing Borders for their wide-ranging programs offering a variety of 20th- and 21st-century music by A …

"Still Life with Musical Instruments." AMP grant applications for the 2019-20 season are online and may be submitted starting today. The current application form will remain …

Semiosis Quartet The Semiosis Quartet will perform two concerts of music by American women composers in Boston. The program will include Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Strin …

"Spanish Music Hall" by Everett Shin, 1902. AMP grant applications for the 2018-19 season are online and may be submitted beginning tomorrow, June 1. The current application …

The Singers Miller Theatre for the JACK Quartet's programs in its Soundscape America series (New York). The JACK Quartet will present a two-concert event October 19 and 21, …

John Sloan: "The City from Greenwich Village," 1922. Due to circumstances, the announcement of American Music Project grants for the 2017-18 season has been delayed and wi …

"Spanish Music Hall" by Everett Shin, 1902. AMP grant applications for the 2018-19 season are online and may be submitted beginning tomorrow, June 1. The current application …

As we prepare to accept grant applications for the 2017-18 season, please consider making a tax-deductible gift to the American Music Project.` Our goal is to rais …

With the end of the year approaching, please consider making a final, tax-deductible gift to the American Music Project for 2016. We are wrapping up our final fund-raising …

AMP grant awards announced for the 2016-17 season

Music from Copland House coplandhouse.org/music-from-copland-house/ In eight concert programs in the 2016-17 season, Music from Copland House will present seven world premi …

The winners of American Music Project grants for the 2016-17 season will be announced on the AMP website on October 4. Please check back then to see if your ensemble or org …

"Music" by Thomas Eakins, 1904. The form and guidelines for submitting an AMP grant proposal for the 2016-17 season are now online. The current application form will re …

Aperio, Music of the Americas, brought a wide range of American art song to audiences in Houston, Texas. funded by a 2015 AMP grant. In the program, titled "Gilded Twilig …

Nicholas Phillips performed his "New Playlist" program in Chicago May 6 at PianoForte. Phillips has been been performing the program of new American piano music on …

Third Angle New Music presented an inventive program spotlighting music of John Cage and Morton Feldman March 11 in Portland, Oregon. This AMP-funded event was titled "Radio H …

American Music Project grantee Nicholas Phillips is coming to Chicago Friday night. Phillips earned widespread acclaim for “American Vernacular,” his 2014 …

Photo: Max Anisimov The Chicago premiere of Geoffrey Gordon's Clarinet Quintet enjoyed great success at the American Music Project concert March 6 at Ganz Hall. Performed by JA …

Tickets are on sale for the American Music Project concert March 6 in Chicago at Ganz Hall! Come hear the program of American music that The New York Times called "a fascin …

It's been a big year for the American Music Project with its first concert in New York earning a rave review from The New York Times last month, and the first AMP funding …

Photo by Chris Lee Geoffrey Gordon's Clarinet Quintet received a resounding world premiere Friday night by Anthony McGill and the JACK Quartet. This first American Music Projec …

Come to the first New York concert of the American Music Project 8 p.m. November 20 at Roulette! The JACK Quartet will be joined by Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the N …

All contributions to the American Music Project are now tax-deductible! AMP has received its 501(c)(3) exemption from the IRS and all donations, gifts or bequests given to the …

Nicholas Phillips. Photo: Rachel Schimelman The winners of the American Music Project grant awards for 2015 are: Nicholas Phillips, pianist American P(i)anorama: New Musi …

Photo: Katie Smith Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic, will join forces with the previously announced JACK Quartet for the American Music Projec …

Photo: Elliott Kaufmann The winners of the 2015 American Music Project grant awards will be announced Monday, August 17. Check back to see if you are among the winners in th …

"Piano Practice" by Trent Gudmundsen, 1978. The American Music Project is kicking off its spring fund-raising drive today in order to reach its financial objective for the 2015 …

Since there have been fewer applications than anticipated, the American Music Project is extending the deadline for grant applications for the 2015-16 season to May 1. Don't d …

"Music" by Thomas Eakins, 1904. The form and guidelines for submitting an AMP grant proposal for the 2015-16 season are now online. The application form will remain ava …

Geoffrey Gordon Geoffrey Gordon is the second composer commissioned by American Music Project, the nonprofit foundation announced Tuesday. Gordon’s Clarinet Quintet will r …

Thank you to the many individuals and organizations who have inquired about the proposal form for AMP grants. The form will (finally) be posted in December. Thank you for your …

The second composer to be commissioned by the American Music Project will be announced in December. Watch this space for details. …

Amy Wurtz The inaugural concert of the American Music Project, which took place Sunday afternoon at Ganz Hall, has garnered positive reviews from the critics in attendance (see …

The American Music Project has received substantial favorable press since announcing its launch on August 4. Here is an updated roundup of stories. The New York Times Wa …

"The Concert" by Richard Lack (1961). Read Sean Piccoli's article about the reasons for starting the American Music Project on Chicago Classical Review. …

Irving Fine Irving Fine died at the age of 47, just two weeks after conducting the world premiere of his Symphony with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. In his sh …

The American Music Project was founded to facilitate performances of existing American works by awarding grants to organizations, presenters and ensembles for concerts of Amer …

Listen to the Chicago Q Ensemble perform the first part of Amy Wurtz's String Quartet No. 2. You can order the CD of Amy Wurtz's string quartets here. …

Amy Wurtz The inaugural event of the American Music Project will take place 3 p.m. October 5 at Ganz Hall in Chicago. The program will feature the world premiere of the Piano Q …

Ganz Hall Don't miss this special deal!! All remaining seats are now just $15 for the inaugural concert of the American Music Project. That's a 50% savings! Woo-hoo! …

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The American Music Project will awards grants for performances taking place after September 1, 2015. So, what kind of proposals will get approved? Be Ambitious A single per …