2022 Grantees: Jazz & New Music
Music
Marvin Tate – voice, poetry Erwan Keravec – bagpipes Gerrit Hatcher - tenor saxophone Lia Kohl – cello Gaspar Claus - cello Two pictures attached Copyright : AP
Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation are pleased to announce the grantees for the 2022 application cycle of the Jazz & New Music program. This program encourages the creative and professional development of French-based jazz and contemporary music composers, musicians, and ensembles through Creative Grants for new creations and commissions and Touring Grants for US tours.
Selected projects for Creative Grants
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Chansons du Crépuscule
L’après-midi d’un Bot
New creation by Hélène Breschand (FR) and Elliott Sharp (US), accompanied by Floy Krouchi (FR) and Zafer Tawil (US)
New York, NY
June 1 – December 31, 2022
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Epsilon Spires
Commissioning and Recording New Works in French Electroacoustic Music
New creation by François J. Bonnet (stage name: Kassel Jaeger) (FR) and Éliane Radigue (FR)
Brattleboro, VT
April 1–30, 2023
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Beyond This Point and François Sarhan
Dreams, and why not?
New creation by Beyond This Point (US ensemble); Adam Rosenblatt (US), John Corkill (US), François Sarhan (FR, Germany), and Jennifer Torrence (Norway)
October 29 – November 5, 2022
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Franck Vigroux, Antoine Schmitt and Loïc Varanguin de Villepin
NATCH
New Creation by Franck Vigroux (FR), Antoine Schmitt (FR), and Loïc Varanguin de Villepin (FR)
Presented at Gray Area, San Francisco, CA
April 1 – May 31, 2023
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Reverso
Reverso reimagines Lili Boulanger, A Composition and Recording Project
New creation by Ryan Keberle (US), Frank Woeste (FR), Vincent Courtois (FR)
Presented by the Jazz Gallery, New York, NY
February 1 – May 31, 2023
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La Compagnie Nine Spirit
Music is my field
New Creation by Raphaël Imbert (FR), Alban Moraud (FR), Régis Michel (FR)
With guest artists John Boutté (US), Sarah Quintana (US) Dwight Andrews (US) Art Rosenbaum (US), Cary Fridlay (US), and Jon Stickley (US)
New Orleans, LA; Atlanta, GA; Nashville, TN
March 1 – November 1, 2023
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Paul Lay – Ingrid Jensen Group
New Creation by Paul Lay (FR), Clemens Van der Feen (Holland), Ingrid Jensen (US), Nicole Glover (US), and Kendrick Scott (US)
New York, NY and Washington, D.C.
May 1 – June 30, 2023
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Josh Hari, Cale Hawkins, Marie Davy and Tiss Rodriguez
Lilt project
New Creation by Josh Hari (US), Cale Hawkins (US), Marie Davy (FR), and Tiss Rodriguez (FR)
New York, NY
July 1 – December 1, 2022
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Issue Project Room
Leila Bordreuil and Luke Stewart present New Works for Feedback Ensemble with Nina Garcia
New creation by Leila Bordreuil (FR, US) Luke Stewart (US), Nina Garcia (FR), and Feedback Ensemble (US)
New York, NY
September 1, 2022 – May 31, 2023
Selected projects for Touring Grants
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The Bridge
Temple of enthusiasm
Marvin Tate (US), Gerrit Hatcher (US), Erwan Keravec (FR), Lia Kohl (US), Gaspar Claus (FR)
Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; Madison WI
October 31, 2022 – November 16, 2022
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Sakina Abdou (FR)
New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL
October 30 – November 13, 2022
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Ensemble intercontemporain (FR)
New York, NY; Miami, FL; Houston, TX
March 23 – April 1, 2023
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Ecce Ensemble (USA)
Next Generation France
Ecce Ensemble (US), Raphaèle Biston (FR), Manon Lepauvre (FR), Sanae Ishida (FR), Sophie Lacaze (FR)
Worcester, MA; Northampton, MA; New York, NY
January 27 – February 5, 2023
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Raymond Boni (FR) & Joe McPhee (USA)
Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Austin, TX; Shreveport, LA
April 24 – May 1, 2023
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lovemusic (FR)
Chicago, IL; New Orleans, LA; Waltham, MA; Cambridge, MA
April 11-29, 2023
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ONJ – Orchestre National de Jazz
Ex Machina
Frédéric Maurin, Steve Lehman, Jérôme Nika, Jonathan Finlayson, Chris Dingman
+ 12 musicians of ONJ – Orchestre National de Jazz (FR)
New York, NY; Princeton, NJ; Philadelphia, PA
September 29 – October 10, 2022
To learn more about the selected projects and Jazz & New Music, click here.
In partnership with
FACE Foundation
FACE Foundation is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting French-American relations through innovative cultural and educational projects. In partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, FACE Foundation promotes artistic, literary, and educational exchange and collaboration between creative professionals from both countries. With additional corporate, foundation, and individual support, FACE Foundation administers grant programs in the performing and visual arts, cinema, translation, and secondary and higher education, while providing financial sponsorship to French-American festivals and other cultural initiatives. FACE Foundation focuses on new and recent work of living artists and the promotion of bilingualism and the French language.
Ministry of Culture
The French Ministry of Culture aims to make the major works of humanity— and especially those of France— accessible to the largest number of people possible. As such, it maintains a policy of conservation, of protection, and of development of all components of French cultural heritage. It promotes the creation of works of art and of the mind, and the development of art practices and education. It further contributes to cultural initiatives outside of France, and to initiatives relating to the establishment of French cultural programs throughout the world.
Institut français
The Institut français is responsible for France’s international cultural program. Supervised by both the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and by the Ministry of Culture, it promotes French culture abroad through cultural exchange initiatives. Operating in a space where the arts, intellectual exchange, cultural and social innovation, and linguistic partnerships interact and intersect, it is also responsible for promoting the French language and the sharing of works, artists, and ideas all over the world. The Institut français is one of Villa Albertine’s main French partners.
SACEM
The role of SACEM is to provide protection, representation and service for original music composers, authors and publishers SACEM collects authors’ rights and redistributes the payments to the rights-holders SACEM promotes and supports original creative music in every different form. SACEM is a private entity; it is a non-trading company [“société civile”] directed by authors, composers and publishers.
Centre national de la musique
Created on January 1, 2020, the CNM is an organization designed to accompany and support the various stakeholders in the music sector, from artists and songwriters to labels, music publishers, concert promoters, venues, managers, sound engineers and retailers. The CNM is a public-private partnership, operating under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture.
