Ross Bauer Awarded Barlow Grant
Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University announced that out of 135 applications for the General and LDS commissioning programs the Endowment granted $76,000 to twelve composers who will write works for the following: Robert Beaser (Boston Youth Symphony); Ross Bauer (New York New Music Ensemble); Eric Moe (Boston Modern Orchestra Project); Ronald Smith (Del Sol String Quartet); Christopher Tignor (Brooklyn Rider String Quartet); Peter Gilbert (Michael Norsworthy, clarinet); Lawrence Moss (Left Bank Concert Society); David Sanford (Duo D’amore); Matthew Barnson (Sospiro Winds); Ethan Wickman (Avalon String Quartet); Bruce Polay (Lynn University Conservatory String Quartet); and Peter McMurray (Willow Flute Ensemble).
The judging panel included the Endowment’s Board of Advisers: Melinda Wagner, Claude Baker, Lansing McLoskey, Daniel Gawthrop, and Steve Ricks. John Costa served as a guest judge. Three representatives from the performing consortium associated with the 2009 premieres of Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez’s new work for percussion ensemble also collaborated in the deliberations: Ray Dillard (Nexus–Toronto, Canada); Anders Loguin (Kroumata–Stockholm, Sweden); and Adam Sliwinski (So Percussion–New York City, USA).
The judging panel included the Endowment’s Board of Advisers: Melinda Wagner, Claude Baker, Lansing McLoskey, Daniel Gawthrop, and Steve Ricks. John Costa served as a guest judge. Three representatives from the performing consortium associated with the 2009 premieres of Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez’s new work for percussion ensemble also collaborated in the deliberations: Ray Dillard (Nexus–Toronto, Canada); Anders Loguin (Kroumata–Stockholm, Sweden); and Adam Sliwinski (So Percussion–New York City, USA).