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The American Music Project will return to live performance this spring with a concert by the Kontras Quartet June 5 at Ganz Concert Hall in Chicago. While the Chicago-based foundation has awarded grants to groups in recent years, this will be the first live concert presented by AMP since 2016. As is AMP’s mission, the […]
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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 Quartet The Boston Public Quartet will perform three American chamber rarities: Arthur Foote’s Piano Quartet, Florence Price’s Piano Quintet and Jeraldine Saunders Herbison’s Piano Quartet. Salt Creek Song Festival The Salt […]
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After going on hiatus this past season due to financial stresses and performance limitations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the American Music Project will once again bestow grants for performances of music by American composers in the 2021-22 season. Applications are online and may be submitted starting today. Grant applications must be submitted by August […]
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The American Music Project is pausing grant submissions and awards for the 2020-21 season due to Covid-19. “With great regret, I’m sorry to announce that we will not be able to make any AMP grants for performances of American repertoire in the 20-21 season,” said Lawrence A. Johnson, AMP founder and president, on Thursday. “Fundraising […]
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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.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ott-crumb-festival-reich-0131-20200130-usopb6houzapla24k3w2ws42ta-story.html
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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 Classical Review. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ent-mccraven-crumb-review-0203-20200202
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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 American iconoclast.
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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 iconoclast’s music, March 27-29, 2020. Works to be performed include Night of the Four Moons, Sun and Shadow (Spanish Songbook II), Three Early Songs, Vox Balaenae and the complete Makrokosmos, […]
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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, from Ruth Crawford Seeger and Florence Price to Caroline Shaw and Shelley Washington. Reviews are below. https://www.classical-scene.com/2019/08/31/semiosis-challenged-all-around/
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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 premiere in Chicago in the 2019-20 season by a leading chamber ensemble. Details will be announced at a later date. This commission follows Wurtz’s Piano Quintet, AMP’s first commission, which […]