April 2021
Ingrid Laubrock
$10,000 Composition Commission / Tuition Assistance
Toward a masters degree in music composition from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Website: Ingrid Laubrock
April 2021
Sun Ra House
$6,500 Repairs / Restoration
The Sun Ra Arkestra house in Philadelphia is getting a second life after partially collapsing. The Robert D. Bielecki Foundation’s support (in conjunction with Ars Nova Workshop, PA) is helping to save the house as well as the Sun Ra legacy. Read the story.
“It is sad and outrageous that Marshall Allen and some Arkestra members are living in these conditions. Sun Ra’s legacy, the Arkestra, and the house are American Treasures and deserve to be treated as such.”
— Robert D. Bielecki
April 2021
Bang on a Can
$8,000 in Commissions to Bang on a Can
• Matana Roberts
• Rudresh Mahanthappa
• Fred Frith (2 compositions 2021/2022)
Website: Bang on a Can Marathon
April 2021
Yarn / Wire
$7,000 Recording and Performance Fees
Support for the forthcoming Black Truffle release of Annea Lockwood’s “Into the Vanishing Point” / Nate Wooley’s “Becoming Air.”
Website: Yarn / Wire
April 2021
Louth Contemporary Music Society
$5,250 Underwriting Support
In support of the forthcoming release:
Jürg Frey’s I Listened to the Wind Again (2016/2017)
Soprano, clarinet, string trio, percussion
Hélène Fauchère, Carol Robinson, Sylvian Lemêtre, Agnès Vesterman, Garth Knox
Website: Louth Contemporary Music Society
Website: Jürg Frey
