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#STONE ARCH BRIDGE FESTIVAL 2019 FULL#
#STONE ARCH BRIDGE FESTIVAL 2019 PROFESSIONAL#

Information about the next cycle of Commissioning Grants will be available in fall 2019, with a letter of intent deadline of March 24, 2020. The letter of intent deadline for the next round of Discovery Grants is November 20, 2019. Toulmin Foundation for enabling us to continue this important work, which has brought noteworthy composers to the forefront and enlivened our operatic repertoire with new pieces.” “Works by female composers are gaining traction on stages across North America, as our member companies commission an unprecedented number of operas by women,” stated Marc A. However, until the launch of Opera Grants for Female Composers in 2013, fewer than five percent of the organization’s grants for new works had been awarded to operas by female composers.

#STONE ARCH BRIDGE FESTIVAL 2019 PROFESSIONAL#

Over the past four decades, OPERA America has awarded nearly $20 million to its Professional Company Members to support the work of opera creators, companies and administrators. The grants are made possible through the generous support of the Virginia B.

Since its inception in 2014, the program has presented almost $1.1 million to opera companies and composers.

The program consists of two granting components: Discovery Grants, awarded directly to female composers to advance their work, and Commissioning Grants, awarded to opera companies for commissions by female composers. The Opera Grants for Female Composers program promotes the development of new works by women and raises the visibility of women writing for the operatic medium. The independent adjudication panel of industry experts included Carmen Balthrop, soprano Katy Clark, president, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Stephanie Fleischmann, librettist Jay Scheib, director and Daniel Sonenberg, composer.

#STONE ARCH BRIDGE FESTIVAL 2019 FULL#

The six grantees were selected from an applicant pool of 15 eligible OPERA America Professional Company Members, which applied to receive up to 50 percent of the composer’s fee for a full production of a commissioned work, with awards of up to $50,000. See below for descriptions of the funded works.

Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, SC) for an opera on the life of Omar Ibn Said (title TBD) by Rhiannon Giddens.

Opera Steamboat (Steamboat Springs, CO) for Cookie by Leanna Kirchoff.

Opera Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) for Ten Days in a Madhouse by Rene Orth.

Mill City Summer Opera (Minneapolis, MN) for Stone Arch: A Walking Opera by Mary Ellen Childs.

Lyric Opera of Chicago (Chicago, IL) for an untitled opera by Caroline Shaw.

The Industry (Los Angeles, CA) for Sweet Land by Du Yun.

As the national service organization for opera and the nation’s leading champion for American opera, OPERA America is committed to increasing diversity and gender parity across the field. The grants support the creation of new theatrical works by women who compose for the trained voice and instrumental ensemble. OPERA America has awarded the fifth cycle of Commissioning Grants from its Opera Grants for Female Composers program to six professional opera companies across the United States.