2025
A Year in Numbers
Chamber Music America
was founded in 1977 by a group of 34 musicians determined to create a more sustainable chamber music field. In the years since, the organization has grown dramatically, expanding its offerings and its membership to be more inclusive, wide-reaching, and equitable. Today, CMA serves an increasingly diverse constituency— including individual musicians, composers, and educators; ensembles; presenters; artist representatives; businesses; and advocates of small ensemble music—representing a wide range of musical styles and traditions, all united by a shared belief in the power of small ensemble music. Through professional development services, networking opportunities, grant and award programs, publications, an annual conference, and more, CMA supports and shapes an evolving field.
CMA HAS BENEFITTED:
CMA HAS BENEFITTED
A Vibrant Community
CMA provides its members with consulting services; access to instrument insurance; conferences, seminars, and networking events; publications (including Chamber Music magazine); and connectivity with musicians, ensembles, composers, presenters, and representatives across the country.
members across 50 states & Puerto Rico through 40+programs and activities, both virtual and in-person. 24+field leaders participated in webinars, workshops, and panel discussions.
In-Person Activities
Chamber & Chill
(hosted at Chamber Music | OC in Lakeforest, CA)
Jazz Think Tank (at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY) Presenters’ Roundtable (at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park) 2025 National Conference in Houston (at the InterContinental Houston) ChamberFest Boston (at New England Conservatory)
SPREADING THE
61 newsletters (Accent and Members-Only) sent to 9,800+ recipients 51% open rate
2025
175,000 website pageviews by 66,000users 16,700+ social media followers across platforms
A Conference for the Books
2025 National Conference, held in Houston, TX, February 13–16
ATTENDANCE: 580 37 states, 10 cities 54% first-time attendees
ATTENDEES’ ROLES IN THE FIELD: 53% artists
21% presenters
11% artist representatives
7% educators
5% advocates
2.5% % other
3 venues 27 sessions (panel discussions/lectures)
39 performing ensembles 166 artists 38 speakers
Shaping the Field
CMA’s grant programs support the commissioning and performance of multiple styles of small ensemble music, as well as the professional development and artistic coaching of early-career ensembles and bandleaders.
580+
Jazz Support
2025 marks CMA’s 25th year of supporting jazz artists through its partnership with the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION .
In the last 25 years… 300+ new jazz works, funded by CMA
$4,500,000+
awarded to jazz artists 67% of jazz grants have supported female or gender-minority bandleaders 66% of jazz grants have supported BIPOC bandleaders
IN 2025, CMA DISTRIBUTED new compositions across genres created through CMA’s commissioning grant programs since 1983.
$1,261,350 in grant funding through 68 awards supporting 338 musicians across 20+ states
CMA GRANT DISTRIBUTION, 2020–2025
Grantees
Classical Commissioning
Supports the commissioning and performance of new contemporary classical works by American composers.
Funded by Chamber Music America, with additional program support provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Amphion Foundation, the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and the CMA Endowment Fund
TOTAL AWARDED: $44,000
41 years active 20 25 IN
4 grants, supporting the creation of 4 new works. Awarded to artists working in 4 states
AWARD SIZE: $10,500 –$12,750
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 108
1
GRANTEE Miller Theatre at Columbia University with Yarn/Wire (New York, NY)
COMPOSER Andrew McIntosh
INSTRUMENTATION Two pianos, two percussion, guest violin, tape playback
DESCRIPTION The commissioned work, of approximately 25-minutes duration, will be scored for violin (played by McIntosh), two pianos, and two percussionists, with tape playback. The premiere will be featured on a Miller Theatre Composer Portrait, with concert repertoire that traces the arc of McIntosh’s relationship with Yarn/Wire, including Hyenas in the Temples of Pleasure (2012-13), we see the flying bird (2015-16), and Little Jimmy (2020), all of which were written for the ensemble, plus Arc (2020) for solo violin.
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GRANTEE arx duo (Bellevue, WA)
COMPOSER Pascal Le Boeuf
INSTRUMENTATION Percussion duo
DESCRIPTION Twin Studies will explore human connection through the lens of twinhood—both in concept and performance. As an identical twin themself, composer Pascal LeBoeuf experienced the paradox of deep synchronicity and individual divergence firsthand. Percussion duo provides a natural framework for this exploration— through mirrored instrumental setups on opposite ends of the stage, allowing for antiphonal exchanges, intricate hocketing, and virtuosic unison lines that reflect the closeness of twin identity.
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GRANTEE Splinter Reeds (Oakland, CA)
COMPOSER Ellen Fullman
INSTRUMENTATION Oboe/English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophones, bassoon
DESCRIPTION The work will be constructed using a recording of The Long String Instrument (LSI) as a backing track. This recording will inspire source material for the quintet parts. The LSI is a string instrument spanning wall to wall, played by bowing strings lengthwise while walking. Unlike all other string instruments, which employ the transverse mode of vibration, playing the LSI excites the longitudinal mode, or a compression wave that travels along the string length. The longitudinal mode more loudly excites harmonic upper partial tones. These harmonics are continually evolving as the performer’s fingers glide past. When several strings are played at once, one can hear the combinations of overtones forming new harmonies and chords above the fundamental tunings of the strings.
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GRANTEE Quey Percussion Duo (North East, MD)
COMPOSER Mary Ellen Childs
INSTRUMENTATION Percussion duo
DESCRIPTION Tie line, the title of the new work, may refer to a circuit between two telephone exchanges or on an electrical grid—an electrical circuit connecting balancing authorities. Quey Percussion Duo specializes in highly virtuosic percussion playing and intricate interaction between the two performers. Childs’ new work will highlight these strengths using intricate back-and-forth interaction/communication between the percussionists.
Artistic Projects
Supports New York City-based projects, including performances, recordings, compositions, and residencies. These projects represent the artistic visions, concepts, and priorities of the applicants, regardless of musical genre or style.
Funded by the Howard Gilman Foundation
1
American Brass Quintet
PROJECT Commission of new quintet by composer Justin Dello Joio.
INSTRUMENTATION Two trumpets, French horn, trombone, bass trombone
2 Inwood Art Works
PROJECT Presentation of second annual Magic of Mozart concert as part of the Community Concert series.
INSTRUMENTATION Two oboes, two clarinets, two French horns, two bassoons
3 Tomoko Omura Roots Quintet
PROJECT Recording new music for a new album, to be premiered in 2025.
INSTRUMENTATION Violin, guitar, piano, bass, drums
4 The Vex Collection
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 113 3 years active
TOTAL AWARDED: $300,000 17 grants, supporting 17 ensembles
PROJECT Creating a new recording, featuring a live performance in New York City.
INSTRUMENTATION Scottish, Croatian, and Bulgarian bagpipes, drums, percussion, electronics, Korean woodwinds, saxophone, flute, cello, violin, guitar, bass, homemade instruments
5 Majid Khaliq and No Looking Back
PROJECT Recording a new project rooted in jazz, classical, electronic, and rock music, which will explore a young Martin Luther King Jr.’s spiritual awakening.
INSTRUMENTATION Violin, piano/ keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, electronics, voice, viola, cello
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PROJECT 2025 performance residency that will spotlight the group’s core members and the synergy of sound developed through their long collaboration with each other and guest artists.
INSTRUMENTATION Violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano
7 Sylvan Winds
PROJECT Recording focused on works for wind quintet by four women composers of different backgrounds and compositional styles with varied instrumentation.
INSTRUMENTATION Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, electronics
8 TAK ensemble
PROJECT Commissioning and workshop of two new concert-length works by composer Victoria Cheah, to premiere at TAK ensemble’s multi-genre, experimental festival SWOONFEST.
INSTRUMENTATION Flute, clarinet, violin, voice, percussion 2 1 3 4 8 13 14 15 16 20 25IN
Da Capo Chamber Players
9 The Cramer Quartet
PROJECT Commission by composer Juri Seo for the fourth installment of“Haydn: Dialogues,” the quartet’s flagship project, which reimagines Haydn’s 68 string quartets by pairing them with new compositions by American non-(cis)male, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC composers.
INSTRUMENTATION String quartet
10 Tessa Souter
PROJECT Performances for the CD release of ESP: The Erik Satie Project in spring 2025.
INSTRUMENTATION Voice, piano, bass, drums
11
Max Bessessen & Feet Don’t Change
PROJECT Three performances and a recording of evening-length suite, written for jazz quartet and string quartet.
INSTRUMENTATION Alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, piano, bass, drum set, two violins, viola, cello
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INSTRUMENTATION Two violins, viola, cello, bass, piano, flute, clarinet, percussion 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 17
Waller & The
PROJECT Production, performance, and documentation of two concerts for the release of the ensemble’s forthcoming album. Performances will feature the album’s eight original songs, each crafted to explore varying iterations of life for Black women in the US.
INSTRUMENTATION Voice, guitar, piano/ keyboards, bass, drums
13 The Sax Project
PROJECT Commission by Migiwa Miyajima, a Japanese composer based in New York City and co-leader of the group, of a ten-movement suite titled WA, which means “harmony” or “being together” in Japanese.
INSTRUMENTATION Soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, voice, piano
14 Cocomama
PROJECT Performance of new album, Evolución (made possible by the 2023 CMA Performance Plus program) for audiences in the Bronx, Upper Manhattan, and Brooklyn.
INSTRUMENTATION Voice, piano, cello, bass, percussion, drum set, trombone
15 Ensemble132
PROJECT Recording of debut album and performances throughout New York City. Ensemble132 explores the intersections in classical chamber music with innovative, genre-bending programming and artist-crafted arrangements.
INSTRUMENTATION Piano, violin, viola, cello
16 The New Consort
PROJECT Commission by composer Doug Balliett for a collaborative performance and project with Manhattanbased baroque ensemble Theotokos in late September 2025.
INSTRUMENTATION Two sopranos, counter tenor, tenor, baritone, viola da gamba, organ, harpsichord, two baroque violins, theorbo
17 Soundbox Camerata
PROJECT Concert premiere of Marc Migó Cortes' Carnival of the Animals, which features notable musicians and explores diverse narratives for audiences in New York.
Alicia
Excursion
New Jazz Works
Supports the creation of new jazz compositions.
Funded by the Doris Duke Foundation
TOTAL AWARDED: $499,000 15 grants, supporting the creation of 15 new works. Awarded to artists working in 8 states
AWARD SIZE:
$29,000 –$37,000
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 195
25 years active 20 25 IN
1 Alex “Apolo” Ayala & The Bámbula Project (Brooklyn, NY)
LEADER/COMPOSER Alex Ayala INSTRUMENTATION Bass, saxophones, drums, percussion
2 Sam Yulsman and Victor VieiraBranco Duo (Philadelphia, PA)
LEADER/COMPOSER Sam Yulsman INSTRUMENTATION Piano, vibraphone
3
Geof Bradfield’s Colossal Abundance (Chicago, IL)
LEADER/COMPOSER Geof Bradfield INSTRUMENTATION Tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, trumpet, guitar, bass, mbira, gimbri
4
Dan Pugach Nonet (West Haven, CT)
LEADER/COMPOSER Dan Pugach INSTRUMENTATION Drums, piano, bass, bass trombone, tenor trombone, trumpet, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, voice
5 The Jon Gordon Nonet (Brooklyn, NY)
LEADER/COMPOSER Jon Gordon INSTRUMENTATION Alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor Saxophone, trumpet, bass clarinet, trombone, guitar, piano, bass, drums
6
Claudia Acuña Quartet (Brooklyn, NY)
LEADER/COMPOSER Claudia Acuña
INSTRUMENTATION Voice, percussion, drum set, bass, charango, piano/keyboards, accordion
7 Stephen Philip Harvey Octet (Salisbury, MD)
LEADER/COMPOSER Stephen Philip Harvey INSTRUMENTATION Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar, piano, bass, drums
8 Noah Garabedian Quintet (Brooklyn, NY)
LEADER/COMPOSER Noah Garabedian INSTRUMENTATION Bass, saxophone, piano, drums, trumpet, production/ sound design
9 Ben Wendel Group (Brooklyn, NY)
LEADER/COMPOSER Ben Wendel
INSTRUMENTATION Saxophone, bassoon, piano/keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, electronics
10
Sean Mason Trio (Charlotte, NC)
LEADER/COMPOSER Sean Mason INSTRUMENTATION Piano, bass, drums
11 Doug Beavers Titanes del Trombón 2 (Jersey City, NJ)
LEADER/COMPOSER Doug Beavers INSTRUMENTATION Trombones, voice, flute, bass trombone, piano, bass, drum set, percussion
12 Camila Cortina & the Afro-Cuban Connections
Ensemble (Weehawken, NJ)
LEADER/COMPOSER Camila Cortina Bello INSTRUMENTATION Piano, bass, drums, saxophone, vocals, percussion, trumpet
13 Jesse Palter’s Tunezies (Detroit, MI)
LEADER/COMPOSER Jesse Palter INSTRUMENTATION Voice, piano, bass, drums, saxophone, guitar
14 Manuel Valera New Cuban Express (New York, NY)
LEADER/COMPOSER Manuel Valera INSTRUMENTATION Piano, bass, drums, saxophones, woodwinds, trumpet, percussion
15 Fernando García & The Lux Quintet (New York, NY)
LEADER/COMPOSER Fernando García Rodas INSTRUMENTATION Drums, percussion, bass, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, electric guitar
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4 5 6 7 8
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Performance Plus
Supports woman- and genderminority-led jazz ensembles by connecting them with an experienced artist-educator for evaluative listening sessions and recording projects
Funded by the Doris Duke Foundation
6 years active 20 25 IN
TOTAL AWARDED: $238,600
14 grants to support 14 women and gender-minority jazz led ensembles
Grantees located in 8 states & Puerto Rico
AWARD SIZE: $11,900 –$21,500
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 33
1
Ginita y La Orquesta Esa (Brooklyn, NY)
LEADER Gina Benalcázar-López
ARTIST-MENTOR Michael Mossman
2
Berta Moreno & La Troupe (New York, NY)
LEADER Berta Moreno
ARTIST-MENTOR Stefon Harris
3
Ikioi Quartet (Brooklyn, NY)
LEADER Naomi Nakanishi
ARTIST-MENTOR Anna Webber
4
EMPECTET (Queens, NY)
LEADER Emily Pecoraro
ARTIST-MENTOR Steven Bernstein
5 Ariacne (Union City, NJ)
LEADER Ariacne Trujillo
ARTIST-MENTOR Gonzalo Grau
6
Catherine Bent & Ian Coury (Jamaica Plain, MA)
LEADER Catherine Bent
ARTIST-MENTOR Anat Cohen
7
Alden Hellmuth Sextet (Los Angeles, CA)
LEADER Alden Hellmuth
ARTIST-MENTOR Steve Lehman
8
Stella Heath Septet: The Billie Holiday Project (Graton, CA)
LEADER Stella Heath
ARTIST-MENTOR Marcus Shelby
9 Alyssa Allgood Quintet (Chicago, IL)
LEADER Alyssa Allgood
ARTIST-MENTOR Nicole Zuraitis
10 Karen Shiraishi Quintet (New Orleans, LA)
LEADER Karen Shiraishi
ARTIST-MENTOR Herlin Riley
11 Paola Rivera & Aquarela (Arecibo, PR)
LEADER Paola Rivera
ARTIST-MENTOR Miguel Zenón
12 Nicole Odreman Quartet & Friends (New York, NY)
LEADER Nicole Maria Odreman Valenciano
ARTIST-MENTOR Donald Vega
13 Rebecca Kleinmann Quintet (Durham, NC)
LEADER Rebecca Kleinmann
ARTIST-MENTOR Rahsaan Barber
14 Haeun Joo Trio (Brooklyn, NY)
LEADER Haeun Joo
ARTIST-MENTOR Jihye Lee
2 1 3 4 6
Presenter Consortium for Jazz
Supports US-based presenters that work together in groups of three to engage a jazz ensemble for concerts in their respective communities.
Funded by Doris Duke Foundation
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1 PRESENTERS American Piano Awards (IN); Twin Cities Jazz Fest (MN); and School of Music at Indiana State University (IN)
ENSEMBLE Sullivan Fortner Trio
2
PRESENTERS Jazz House Kids (NJ); DC Jazz Festival (DC); and August Wilson African American Cultural Center (PA)
ENSEMBLE Jazzmeia Horn Quartet
3
PRESENTERS Kayenta Arts (UT); UtahPresents (UT); and Vilar Performing Arts Center (CO)
ENSEMBLE Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez
TOTAL AWARDED: $179,750 6 grants to 18 presenters presenting 6 ensembles
AWARD SIZE: $5,000 –$11,000 per partner
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 30
24 years active 20 25 IN
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PRESENTERS Stanford Live (CA); Edmonds Center for the Arts (WA); and Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc. (CA)
ENSEMBLE Jahari Stampley Family Trio
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PRESENTERS Blues to Green (MA); FirstWorks (RI); and Simsbury Performing Arts Center (CT)
ENSEMBLE William Cepeda and Elio Villafranca Sextet: Merging Roots
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PRESENTERS Art Lit Lab (WI); New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Inc. (LA); and Summer of the Arts, Inc. (IA)
ENSEMBLE The Original Pinettes Brass
PHOTO CREDITS
ANNUAL REPORT: (top to bottom) p79 by 4kclips/Shutterstock.com, Hilary Scott; p80 by Melissa Taylor, Shelley Kusnetz, bottom two by Hilary Scott; p81 by Melissa Taylor.
CLASSICAL COMMISSIONING: Yarn/Wire by Bobby Fisher; Andrew McIntosh courtesy of the artist; arx duo courtesy of the artist; Pascal Le Boeuf by Shervin Lainez; Splinter Reeds by Lenny Gonzalez; Ellen Forman by Theresa Wong; Quey Percussion Duo by Kevin Peragine; Mary Ellen Childs by Laura Bianchi.
ARTISTIC PROJECTS: American Brass Quintet courtesy of the artist; Inward Art Works by Harry Mandel; Tomoko Omura by Martina DaSilva; Vex Collection by Luke Maranta; Majid Khaliq by Shakiru Bola Okoya; Da Capo Chamber Players by Liam Brosh; Sylvan Winds courtesy of the artist; TAK Ensemble by Titlayo Ayangade; Cramer Quartet by Julia Comita; Tessa Souter by Joseph Boggess; Max Bessessen by Chris Drukker; Alicia Waller by Bernardo Lima Infante; Sax Project by Hayato Sakurai; Cocomama by Chris Drukker; Ensemble132 courtesy of the artist; New Consort by Kyle Picha; Soundbox Camerata by Andrej Grilc.
NEW JAZZ WORKS: Alex Ayala courtesy of the artist; Sam Yulsman by Cameron Kelly McLeod, courtesy of ISSUE Project Room; Geof Bradfield by Patrick Pyszka; Dan Pugach by Ben O’Brien Smith; Jon Gordon by Julio (Buio) Assis; Claudia Acuña by Hollis King; Stephen Harvey by Cecile Davis; Noah Garabedian by Dasha Dare; Ben Wendel by Josh Goleman; Sean Mason by Alex Lockett; Doug Beavers by Adrian Montanez; Camila Cortina by DC Visual Media; Jesse Palter by Cybelle Codish; Manuel Valera courtesy of the artist; Fernando García by Krystal Pagan.
PERFORMANCE PLUS: Gina Benalcázar-López by Natalie Peña Peart; Berta Moreno by Jordan Matter; Naomi Nakanishi by Lauren Desberg; Emily Pecoraro by Drew Bordeaux; Ariacne Trujillo by José Salazar Vega; Catherine Bent and Ian Coury by Todd Gieg; Alden Hellmuth by Pete Agraan; Stella Heath courtesy of the artist; Alyssa Allgood by Matt Baker; Karen Shiraishi by Sophia Rose Lee; Paola Rivera by Alex Cruz; Nicole Maria Odreman Valenciano by EBAR Photography; Rebecca Kleinmann by Alexandrea Laseter; Haeun Joo by Kiyun Jung.
PRESENTER CONSORTIUM FOR JAZZ: Sullivan Fortner by OGATA Photography; Jazzmeia Horn courtesy of the artist; Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez courtesy of the artist; Jaharey Stampley courtesy of KNKX Radio; William Cepeda by David Molnar; Elio Villafranca by Kasia Idzkowska; Original Pinettes Brass courtesy of the artist.
2024-2025 Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Bryan Young, CHAIR
Bassoonist, Poulenc Trio / Principal Software Engineer, Expel
Jennifer Grim, PRESIDENT Flutist, Zéphyros Winds / Associate Professor of Flute, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
Jenny Bilfield, VICE PRESIDENT President & CEO, Washington Performing Arts
Oliver Ragsdale, Jr., VICE PRESIDENT President & CEO, The Carr Center
Jennie Oh Brown, TREASURER
Flutist, Executive & Artistic Director, Picosa / Executive Director, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Nicholas Csicsko, SECRETARY
Managing Director of Investments, Trinity Church Wall Street
Kevin Kwan Loucks
CEO, Chamber Music America
DIRECTORS
Dawn Berry-Walker
Chief Executive, Pappy Martin Jazz Collective
Noah DeGarmo
Emergency Medicine, Arlington Memorial Hospital / Amateur Pianist
Carlton Ford
Managing Director, Diaz Inclusion Consulting / Board Chair, Nu Deco Ensemble
Annie Fullard
Violinist, Cavani String Quartet / Director of Chamber Music and Chair at Peabody Conservatory / Chair of Chamber Music, McDuffie Center for Strings
Janet Green
Executive Director, Phoenix Chamber Music Society / Founder, Musica Dolce
Natalie Haas
Cellist / Faculty, Berklee College of Music
Jessica Han
Senior Strategy and Operations Manager, Sesame Workshop
Juliana Han
Corporate Counsel, Amazon Web Services / Co-Director, Piedmont Chamber Music Festival
Julian Hernandez Clarinetist
Edward Kim
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group
Calvin Lee
Surgeon & Acupuncturist / Amateur Violinist & Pianist
Adriana Linares
Violist & Festival Director, Dalí Quartet / President, Director & Founder, ArCoNet / Faculty, West Chester University
National Council
Richard J. Bogomolny
William Bolcom
Leon Botstein
Heidi Castleman
Ronald Crutcher
Paquito D’Rivera
Constance Emmerich
Richard Goode
Bonnie Hampton
Gilbert Kalish
Paul Katz
Benita Valente
Anthony Viscusi
Marc D. Ostrow
Law Offices of Marc D. Ostrow / Adjunct Professor, Cardozo School of Law
Nicholas Phan
Tenor / Curator / Educator / Artistic Director & Co-Founder, Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago
Sofía Rei
Vocalist / Composer / Producer / Professor at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
Rob Robbins
Founder, Alliance Artist Management
James E. Rocco
Managing Consultant, JER HR Group
Sophia Contreras Schwartz
Deputy General Counsel, Nextdoor, Inc.
Daniel Seeff
West Coast Director, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz / Host, Excursions Radio / Bassist / Guitarist
Wendy Sharp
Violinist / Faculty and Director of Chamber Music, Yale School of Music
Christopher Shih
Gastroenterologist, Regional GI / Pianist
Helen Sung
Jazz Pianist & Composer
Samuel Torres
Composer / Percussionist / Arranger
Dwight Trible
Executive Director, The World Stage Performance Gallery / Vocalist
Melissa White
Violinist & Founding Member, Harlem Quartet / Faculty, New York University
Pat Zagelow
Executive Director, Friends of Chamber Music (Portland, OR)
Jeffrey Zeigler
Cellist / Assistant Professor of Chamber Music and Innovation, Frost School of Music
2024-2025 Contributors
Chamber Music America
gratefully acknowledges the support of the following government agencies, foundations, corporations, and individuals, whose generosity enables us to provide an array of programs and services to the ensemble music community.
GOVERNMENT
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
CORPORATE
ASCAP
Berkley Program Specialists
BMI
Carriage House Violins
Clarion Associates, Inc.
Donemus Publishing and Ed Schneider
MKI Artists
Morgan Stanley
David Murphy, Senior Vice President
Mylk Labs
Plectrum Advisers
Sene
Sphinx Connect
Tessitura
University of California, Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts
FOUNDATION
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music
The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
The Amphion Foundation
Doris Duke Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Wallace Foundation
VISIONARY
Nicholas Csicsko
Noah DeGarmo
Edward Kim
Calvin Lee
Marc D. Ostrow and The Leslie Farrar Foundation
James Rocco
Sophia Contreras Schwartz
Wendy Sharp
Christopher Shih
Bryan Young
The Waverly Consort in memory of Michael Ja ee
INNOVATOR
Atherton Family Foundation and Renate 艶子 Rohlfing
Jenny Bilfield
Kristen Cooke
Elise von Dohlen
Carlton Ford
Annie Fullard
Jesse Han
Juliana Han
Kevin Kwan Loucks
Special Thanks
We extend our sincere thanks to the following for their help with special projects throughout the year.
Seth Abramson
Annette Aguilar
Andrew Appel
Aruna Quartet
Marcelo Aviles
Balourdet Quartet
Tanya Bannister
Jonathan Barber
Robert Besen
Michael Bobbitt
Robert Breithaupt
Reba Cafarelli
Maya Cassady
Brian Chin
Olivia Cosío
Del Sol Quartet
Matthew Detrick
David Dove
Eugene Drucker
James Emery
Oskar Espina Ruiz
ETHEL
Matthew Evan Taylor
Amanda Fischer
Fischoff National Chamber
Music Association
Nina Fleiss
Aloysia Friedmann
Annie Fullard
Pedro Funes Whittington
Erin Gee
Matt Geraghty
Miriam Gordon-Stewart
Stephanie Griffin
Jennifer Grim
Mimi Hwang
Katherine Gould-Martin and Robert L. Martin
Louise K. Smith
Anthony Viscusi
Pat Zagelow
AMPLIFIER
Jennie Oh Brown
Andrea & Brad Buchbinder in honor of Pei-Shan Lee and Paul Katz
Brian Goodman
Janet Green
Lorraine and Todd Idson
Paul Katz
Robert Mayes
Douglas MacLaughlin
Martin L. & Lucy Miller Murray
Jenny Ouellette
Judith J. Plows
Oliver Ragsdale
Peter Seybolt
Lucy Shelton
Mary Dabney Wilson
Barbara S. Yopp
CONNECTOR
Peter Bransten
Julia Filson
Julian Hernandez
Nicholas Phan
Rob Robbins
Judith Sherman
Richard S. Weinert
Melissa White
Je rey Zeigler
Heather Ireland Robinson
Ivalas Quartet
Andrea Kalyn, New England Conservatory
Kim Kashkashian
Paul Katz, CelloBello
Reuben Kebede
Barry Kempton
Ann Kim
Alecia Lawyer
Jordana Leigh
Vienna Lewis, 360 HR Consultants
Lydia Liebman
Matthew Loden
Kenji López-Alt
Lotus Quartet
Kimberly Luevano
Robert Mayes, Carriage
House Violins
David McCormick
Laura Metcalf
Camila Meza
Andy Milne
Miró Quartet
COLLABORATOR
David Balakrishnan
Susan Dadian
Natalie Haas
Dorothy Lawson
Adriana Linares
Yo-Yo Ma and Jill Alison Hornor
Yvonne S. Moriarty
Lyle Moses
David Murphy
Destiny Muhammad
Sofía Rei
Helen Sung
Samuel Torres
Rochelle Uchibori
David E. Young
FRIEND
Dawn Martin Berry-Walker
Sarah Enescu
Bruce Gertz
Daniel See
Ofir Tomer
Rodolfo Morales
Pedro Moreno
Sounds of A&R
Andrew Ousley
Ulysses Owens, Jr.
Nina Ozlu Tunceli
Oscar Perez
Tyler Rand
Vanessa Reed
Sofia Rei
Rufus Reid
Michelle Reiser-Memmer
Jennifer Rimmer
Fabian Robinson
Sherisse Rogers
Renate Rohlfing
Vanessa Rose
Thomas Rosenberg
Sara Rothenberg
Kareem Roustom
Pedro Sanchez
Akiko Sasaki
Kathy Schuman
Eric Segnitz
Marna Seltzer
LEVELS OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING
VISIONARY $5,000 and above
INNOVATOR $1,000-$4,999
AMPLIFIER $500-$999
CONNECTOR $250-$499
COLLABORATOR $100-$249
FRIEND up to $99
Seraph Brass
Monica Shriver
Rob Smith
Michael Spudic
Ruth Stokes
Lillian Sun
Helen Sung
Susan Thomas
Tim Thomas
Leslie Tomkins
Trio Azura
Valerie Troutt
Drew Tucker
Ulysses Quartet
Rice University, Shepherd
School of Music
Donald Vega
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Emily Wells
James Westfall
WindSync
Kristin Wolfe Jensen
Juli Wood
Chloe Yang
Siggy Yap