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New Music USA Announces Vanessa Rose as President & CEO
Arts Leader and Composer Advocate to Lead National Organization Supporting the Music of Our Time Photo by Jessica Strobel Photography, available in high resolution here. NEW YORK, NY – August 5, 2025 – New Music USA, a leading national nonprofit organization supporting the music of our time in all its forms, announces the appointment of… Read more »
Applications Now Open for New Music Inc Los Angeles
Incubator program will provide funding, mentorship, and cohort learning for small, artist-led music organizations based in LA Deadline to Apply is July 31, 2025 at 11:59pm PT Learn More and Apply here New Music USA announces the opening of applications for New Music Inc Los Angeles (NMI LA). NMI LA is an incubator program designed… Read more »
New Music USA Announces 2025 Creator Fund Awardees
Total of $224,000 Awarded to 62 Creators from the South, West, and New York Inaugural Thea Musgrave Performer – Composer Collaboration Grant Awarded to Zachary Mowitz and Juantio Becenti New Music USA is thrilled to announce the selection of 62 grantees for the New Music Creator Fund, which offers grants to individual music creators working… Read more »
New Music USA Announces The Thea Musgrave Performer – Composer Collaboration Grant
Endowed Gift of $250,000 from Thea Musgrave and Peter Mark to Provide 1-2 Grants/Year Through the New Music Creator Fund New Music USA is thrilled to announce a new endowed grant to support the creation of new music in the United States: The Thea Musgrave Performer – Composer Collaboration Grant, made possible through the generosity… Read more »
New Music USA Expands New Music Inc Program to Los Angeles
Incubator program will provide funding, mentorship, and cohort learning for small, artist-led music organizations based in LA Applications will open in late June 2025 New Music USA announces today the launch of New Music Inc in Los Angeles, CA (NMI LA). NMI LA is an incubator program designed to help small, artist-led music organizations in… Read more »
New Music USA and Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice Announce 2025 Next Jazz Legacy Cohort
Fourth Year Of Program Led By New Music USA & Berklee Institute of Jazz & Gender Justice Continues To Advance Jazz Inclusivity Fourth Cohort of Emerging Artists Paired with Melissa Aldana, Kris Davis, Billy Hart, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kassa Overall, Danilo Perez, Tyshawn Sorey, and David Virelles for Bandleader Apprenticeships Becca Stevens, Ellen Arkbro, Ledisi, Mark… Read more »
New Music USA Welcomes New Co-Chairs
Composer Juan Pablo Contreras and New Music Advocate Anne-Marie Spataru Unite Their Talents as New Music USA Embarks on a New Phase of Leadership Joe Walker to Step Down as Chair New York, NY (March 13, 2025) – New Music USA announces today that composer Juan Pablo Contreras and new music advocate Anne-Marie Spataru will… Read more »
Vanessa Reed to leave New Music USA to become Chief Executive of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society (UK)
New Music USA announces today that President & CEO Vanessa Reed will leave the organization to become the first woman appointed as Chief Executive of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in the UK, one of the country’s leading music organizations with a mission to transform lives through music. The organization includes the award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra… Read more »
Mellon Foundation awards $1.25m to New Music USA’s Next Jazz Legacy program, a collaboration with Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice
Applications are Now Open for the Fourth cycle of this National Program Advancing Gender Justice Presented by New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, with support from Mellon Foundation, Next Jazz Legacy is accepting applications for the fourth cohort from October 22 – November 12. New Music USA and the… Read more »
New Music USA Announces 2024 Organization Fund Grantees
Total of $613,500 awarded to 85 organizations from across the U.S. New Music USA is proud to announce the 85 awardees for the 2024 New Music Organization Fund, which provides grants to outstanding organizations that work regularly with and support the development of music creators and artists, offering crucial resources to their community. Totaling $613,500… Read more »
New Music USA Announces 2024 Creator Fund Awardees
Total of $208,000 awarded to 62 creators from across the US New Music USA is thrilled to announce the selection of 62 grantees for the New Music Creator Fund, which helps individual music creators working in any genre to get to the next stage of their creative practice. Totaling $208,000 in funding, this year’s awards… Read more »
New Music USA collaborates with Yale Library to ensure the digitization and preservation of more than 250 NewMusic Box interviews with leading composers
The library will provide free online access to the collection New Music USA continues to host all NewMusicBox content created since 1999 on its website at newmusicusa.org/newmusicbox New Music USA—the leading national resource dedicated to advancing new music in all its forms—announces it has licensed to Yale University Library more than 250 video interviews with… Read more »
New Music USA announces Inaugural Cohort of New Music Inc Awardees in Baltimore, Chicago, and New York City
$244,000 awarded to a cohort of 30 small-budget, artist-led music organizations in Baltimore, Chicago, and New York City. Awardees receive funding plus 12-18 months of mentorship and cohort learning opportunities led by local Program Coordinators. With New Music Inc, New Music USA expands and deepens its resources across multiple US cities. New Music USA is… Read more »
Frank J. Oteri to step down as NewMusicBox editor
After 24 years helming the pioneering online magazine, Oteri moves on and joins the full-time faculty of The New School this fall New Music USA—the leading national resource dedicated to advancing new music in all its forms—announces today that Frank J. Oteri, editor of its multi-media publication NewMusicBox, will be stepping down from his position at… Read more »
2023 Organization Fund Awardees Announced
New Music USA announces 2023 Organization Fund Awardees Total of $620,750 awarded to 85 organizations from across the U.S. New Music USA is proud to announce the selection of 85 awardees for the 2023 New Music Organization Fund, which provides grants to outstanding organizations that work regularly with, and support the development of, music creators… Read more »
Takeaways from our Pittsburgh and NYC Community Meetings
New Music USA recently hosted community meetings in Pittsburgh and in New York City with local music creators, performers, organizers, and non-profit leaders in each city to discuss the current opportunities and challenges faced by each community member, and by the city’s music scene as a whole. The groups also discussed how people within the… Read more »
New Music USA announces 2023 Creator Fund Awardees
New Music USA announces 2023 Creator Fund Awardees Total of $208,050 awarded to 60 creators from across the U.S. New Music USA is proud to announce the selection of 60 awardees for the 2023 New Music Creator Fund, which offers grants to individual music creators working in any genre to lead the development of new… Read more »
New Music USA opens New Music Inc program in Baltimore, Chicago, and New York City
Incubator program will provide funding, mentorship, and cohort learning for small-budget, artist-led music organizations Applications now open, deadline to apply is June 12, 2023 New Music USA today launches New Music Inc—an incubator program designed to help small-budget, artist-led music organizations generate new ideas, strategies, and collaborations at pivotal stages in the group or collective’s development. This… Read more »
NewMusicBox Guest Editor Series Continues with Gabriela Lena Frank and her Creative Music Academy
New Music USA announces Gabriela Lena Frank and her Creative Music Academy as NewMusicBox’s latest Guest Editor with a focus on Eco-Citizenship New Music USA‘s web magazine NewMusicBox today continues its new ongoing Guest Editor series, which aims to celebrate a plurality of voices from across the nation and will feature exclusive content written,… Read more »
New Music USA announces awardees of its new Small Grant Fund, launching first in Portland, OR
Ten Portland-area organizations receive one-time grants of $3,000 for general operating costs supporting programming and collaboration with US-based composers and artists New Music USA is excited to announce the ten awardees of our new Small Grant Fund, which is a new initiative to provide support across different US cities and regions where we have identified opportunities… Read more »
New Music USA launches NewMusicBox Guest Editor series
New Music USA launches NewMusicBox Guest Editor series with forward-thinking artists and organizations across the US First partnership kicks off today with Los Angeles-based radio station dublab, which will present original content that explores the current landscape of music composition New Music USA‘s web magazine NewMusicBox today launches its new ongoing Guest Editor… Read more »
New Music USA's Amplifying Voices Expands to Include Over 45 Orchestras in the US and Beyond
Announcing Two Additional Composers to be Co-Commissioned: Katherine Balch – New York Philharmonic & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Clarice Assad – The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Amplifying Voices will present 13 Orchestral Premieres During the 2022-23 Concert Season in London, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Houston, Atlanta, & More Already Participating Composers are Valerie Coleman, Juan Pablo… Read more »
New Music USA Announces Small Grant Fund, Launching in Portland, OR
Applications open for our new Small Grant Fund in Portland, OR. The Small Grant Fund is a new initiative that New Music USA is developing across different US cities and regions where we have identified opportunities for collaboration with patrons and other funders who are passionate about supporting a music community which is significant to them. This… Read more »
New Music USA Announces 100 More Awardees in its 10th Anniversary Year
New Music USA is pleased to announce the selection of 100 organizational awardees as part of the 2022 Organizational Development Fund, with a total of $678,000 in funding being allocated to outstanding organizations across the nation that work regularly with, and support the development of, music creators and artists, offering a crucial resource to their community.… Read more »
