Genres Music

Ghost of Woody Guthrie
Halker, Bucky
Year Grant Awarded: 2012
On "The Ghost of Woody Guthrie" (a double CD), songwriter, performer, and scholar Bucky Halker draws on years of researching Guthrie and performing his songs to create a distinct, honest, unflinching homage to Guthrie’s spirit, music, and legacy. Read More
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- Website: http://www.buckyhalker.com

Hearing Climate Change in NYC
Kate Amrine
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
Hearing Climate Change in NYC involved three new commissions of three new works for trumpet tied to three specific locations in NYC that have been and will be affected by climate change. Read More
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- Website: www.kateamrine.com

Sharon Katz & The Peace Train
Katz, Sharon
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Sharon Katz and her colleague Wendy Quick ran workshops in Teaneck Middle and High Schools in 2012 to encourage children to resolve their conflicts peacefully. The workshops culminated in a performance at the Puffin showcasing the children's talents. Read More
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- Website: https://sharonkatz.com

Recitations in Movement
Lamprea, Stephanie
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
Recitations in Movement is an interdisciplinary performance of George Aperghis' 14 Recitations. This show seeks to express the sufferings of domestic abuse victims through the interaction of movement and voice. Proceeds are donated to Rosie's Place, a battered women's shelter in Boston, MA. Read More
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- Website: http://www.stephanielamprea.com

MendelsSongs: Stories of a Neighborhood
Loeb, Alison
Year Grant Awarded: 2010
True stories of the German Jews of Washington Heights (and one Catholic) in a live, multimedia theatrical concert set to Felix Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words" by award-winning lyricist Alison Loeb. Read More
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- Website: http://www.mendelssongs.com

Living Concert Series
Mad haPPy
Year Grant Awarded: 2012
The Sustainable Living Concert Series, now shortened to Living Concert Series was actually inspired by the stated purpose of the Puffin and Puffin West Foundations in the funding of projects that use Art to cultivate a progressive cultural vision. Read More
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- Website: http://www.madhappy.com

Mother Me
Mary Prescott
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
An interdisciplinary performance that explores the complex relationships, psychology and sociology surrounding motherhood. Read More
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- Website: mary-prescott.com

Ye Are Many-They Are Few
Mathews, Norman
Year Grant Awarded: 2012
A composition for four singers and piano about social and civil justice. The text is by 8 writers, including the composer, but the centerpiece of the text uses selected stanzas from Shelley's Mask of Anarchy. Read More
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- Website: http://www.normanmathews.com

Music Connects Lives
Moonlight Serenade
Year Grant Awarded: 2011
Moonlight Serenade has made it their mission to enrich the quality of life for seniors and people with disabilities in nursing homes, senior living facilities and independent senior groups by presenting concerts of fine classical music. Read More
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- Website: http://www.Moonlightmusic.us

Noli Me Tángere
Muñeses, Matthew
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
Noli Me Tángere is a forthcoming recording for jazz quintet/sextet by Filipino-American saxophonist Matthew Muñeses. The project draws upon musical elements from American and Filipino cultures, and draws inspiration from the writings of Filipino national hero, José Rizal. Read More
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- Website: http://www.matthewmunesesmusic.com/