Miscellaneous Grants
2007 - Christine Southworth
Under the auspices of the Carlsbad Music Festival in September, Christine was selected by the Calder Quartet to receive a co-sponsored $3000 commission from the Foundation. Christine already has brought new dimensions to “installations’ which are becoming increasingly popular as a part of concert music.
2007 - Nicholas DeMaison/Opera Cabal
Opera Cabal is a Chicago-based collective of musicians, writers and artists focused upon the creation and production of experimental music and theater. Nick was awarded $3500 to fund their first effort, “Collusions: Chicago (2007)” - a three day festival of new art, music, theater and film in April.
2007- Jack Quartet
This energetic quartet is gaining international fame as out-standing performers of avant garde music. In April, the Quartet received a modest grant to assist in their concert at “The Box” in NYC, assaying the difficult Lachenmann 3rd String Quartet.
2007 - Matthew Jenkins
This enterprising young composer/percussionist received $1000 in addition to $1500 from American Composers Forum to embark on a solo percussion tour along the Pacific Coast - using the venues of University of California. At the time, Matt was into his Master’s studies at UCSD after graduating from Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
2006 - Encinitas Community Center
In November, with a matching grant of $1500 from the City of Encinitas, the Foundation presented two concerts featuring the piano talents of Dr. Luciane Cardassi, Dr. Richard Carrick and violinist Christopher Otto - offering several World and West Coast premieres.
2006 - Carlsbad Music Festival & Ryan Carter
Selected from over 50 submitted scores by the Calder Quartet, Ryan’s new string quartet, “Grip” was the overwhelming choice of the jury and he received a $500 commissioning grant from The Foundation. “Grip” went on to win the Ettelson Prize in 2007. This up-and-coming new composer has since been featured at Carnegie Hall
2006 - Luciane Cardassi
Brazilian-born pianist, Luciane Cardassi was given a grant of $1000 to assist her after receiving her PhD from UCSD and returning to her native land. A prospective teaching career in Brazil was foiled by red-tape, so Luciane returned to North America and is now active at Banff, Canada. www.lucianecardassi.com
2006 - Richard Carrick & Richard Snow
Both these talented composers received grants in kind for tuition, room and board to attend the August Summer Courses at the Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, in Germany. Harry feels it important to continue the imaginative work of Helmut Lachenmann (shown with Rick Carrick) by assuring that emerging composers attend these important seminars. His attendance in 2006 led to funding ‘Der Staubachpreis’ at IMD.
2005 - Matthew McBane
As composer/violinist/founder of the Carlsbad Music Festival, Matthew received a $250 grant to help put on the first Festival. The Foundation has continued to support the Festival in 2006 and 2007 by offering grants for new musical compositions selected by the Calder Quartet.
2006/2005 - Either/Or Ensemble
In April of each year, a grant of $1250 was given to assist the Either/Or Ensemble with its Spring Festival. This group has already received rave reviews for its imaginative programming and excellence in performance. The group is headed by composer/pianist Richard Carrick and percussionist David Shively. Harry is honored to serve on its Board of Directors. www.eitherormusic.org
2005 - Richard Snow
A native of Alabama and working on his PhD in composition at UCSD, “Rick” received a new laptop computer as a grant-in-kind. Harry also offered time and funds to assist Rick in setting up his new ensemble, “Wave-link” and funding the first several concerts of this group in San Diego and Encinitas.
2004 - Christopher Tonkin
Chris is a native ‘aussie’ and received a new laptop computer as a grant-in-kind prior to leaving for Paris to study at IRCAM for one year. He distinguishes himself in computer-centered compositions and received his PhD from UCSD in 2007.
2000 to Present - Richard D. Carrick
While working for his doctorate, Richard received a grant-in-kind of a new PC computer which was replaced two years later with a new Apple computer - deemed more appropriate for music and graphics. Most recently, ‘Rick” received a desktop Apple computer as well as periphery equipment necessary for his multi-media compositions and recently received a major commission for a larger composition, to be entitled, “Adagio:. . www.richardcarrick.com
..... and more breakfasts, brunches, lunches and dinners, drinks and demi-tasses, visits and vacations, time outs and trips, discussions and debates with the above and others yet to be added to the list than can be counted. Great fun all !
2007 - RIOT Ensemble
In July, this new Ensemble’s premiere concert at Tenri Center, NYC, featured Michael Ibrahim (sax); Oren Fader (guitar) and Eric Wubbels (accordian) in an exciting evening of new music written especially for this unusual mix. The Foundation offered stipends to the performers to encourage them in their novel presentations.
www.michaelibrahim.com
2007 - Nicholas DeMaison/Opera Cabal
As a follow-on to an earlier concert performance of his new opera this year, Nicholas received a $3000 grant to put on a fully-staged version of the opera in October, 2007.
2007 - ‘Opera is Grand’ Lecture Series
A grant of $2500 was given to Carlsbad Dove Library to allow continuation of Dr. Eiler’s well-received lectures on Opera Appreciation and “Music in Your Life” after the City of Encinitas withdrew its permission to use the City’s Community Center for these events; Harry’s dissenting remarks regarding the agenda and attitude of Councilwoman Houlihan were given as the reason for this ‘business decision’ by HR analyst, Penelope Chase.
2008 - Matthew Jenkins
A grant of $1000 was awarded to this outstanding young percussionist and composer to assist in his travel expenses to Vienna in November, 2008, at the invitation of Wien Moderne to perform as soloist and in ensemble at their prestigious new music Festival. Matt recently received a scholarship to attend the IMD Summer Courses in Darmstadt. Matt has received his MA and is now studying for his Doctorate at UCSD with Steven Schick as his mentor.
2008 - HiFi New Music Festival
A grant of $1000 was given to Michael Ibrahim and Adam Mizra, co-founders and co-producers of this innovative new music festival in New York City held during the month of April. A provocative series of concerts in various venues and featuring an assortment of known, up-and-coming ensembles has garnered critical acclaim for its avant garde programing. (Elliot Carter at the piano)
2008 - Carlsbad Music Guild, Inc.
A grant of $2500 was given to this new organization which sponsors Harry’s continuing lectures on ‘Opera Appreciation” and “Music in Your Life” on the first and last Tuesdays of each month, respectively, at Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad, California. Before the start of the new season in August, Harry conducted a well-attended and well-received in-depth analysis of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen”.
2008 - Aaron Helgeson
A grant of $1000 was given this bright, talented composer to enable him to attend this year’s Acanthes Festival in Metz (France) where he will join in work-shops, lectures and discussions as well as be present as an active participant by invitation to compose a new work for piano and percussion. Mr. Helgeson is presently studying for his doctorate at UCSD and offers an interesting history of successful compositions for modern soloists and ensembles.
2009 - Symposium
A weekend in late January devoted to discussions about music and especially Steven Takasugi’s take on Musil’s “Der Fliegenpapier”, with Jezek Prize Winner Trevor Bača and noted musicologist/composer Martin Iddon. On Saturday evening a bevy of performers and composers from UCSD provided broad based input to various issues of contemporary music.
2009 - EnsembleXII
The Foundation committed $2500 to this group to present two-weeks of recordings and concerts at UCSD in August and to receive monies on behalf of ‘EnsembleXII’ with oversight to ensure that funds are used in accordance with grant agreements. This residency is sponsored in part by UCSD and other international organizations as well as the Foundation
2009 - Eliot Gattegno
Eliot won the prestigious Kranischsteiner Preis at IMD, Darmstadt in July 2008 for his performances on the saxophone. He was given a small stipend to perform a Bach ’Partita’ originally scored for flute at Harry’s lecture in January in Carlsbad and discuss new performance techniques on the ‘sax’. It was awesome !
2009 - Martin Iddon
Martin received his Doctorate from Cambridge and was awarded a commissioning grant of $1000 to compose an original String Trio to be performed at the Spring Festival, 2010 of Either/Or Ensemble in New York City. Dr. Iddon is a well-known musicologist and writer at the University of Lancaster and this commission with performance represents the first major introduction of his talents as a composer in New York City. His acoustic music is already familiar to those in California.
2009 - Ross Karre
A recent graduate with DMA at UCSD, this outstanding percussionist is actively engaged in fostering his own performance career as well as that of Ensemble xii - an outgrowth of the Lucerne Ensemble promoted by conductor, Pierre Boulez. He also performs with the prestigious Red Fish/Blue Fish ensemble. Ross was awarded a stipend to prepare a lecture and demonstration on the “Role of Percussion in Contemporary Music” at Harry’s “Music in Your Life” lectures at Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad Dove Library in September, 2009.
2009 - Richard Carrick
In 2007, Richard Carrick received a $5000 grant to write a score for a significant ensemble with the only stipulation that the tempo be “Adagio”. After the birth of his daughter and son, Richard now has the time to complete this commission at the end of summer, 2009, with plans to have a performance under a separate commission by an outstanding string ensemble.
2009 - Talea Ensemble
This Ensemble received a $1000 grant to perform a tribute to Stockhausen in NYC on September 24, 2009. This novel concert featured: Anthony Cheung, piano; Alex Lipowski, percussion; and Victor Adan, sound engineer.
2009 - Monday Evening Concerts
Working through composer Aaron Helgeson, a nominal grant was given in December to assist in travel costs for Alicia Teyssier to perfom at MEC and to record Aaron’s lastest work for a small ensemble.
2010 - The JACK Quartet at Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad
A grant to Carlsbad Music Guild, Inc. will fund a concert of the JACK Quartet on April 17, 2010 @ 7:30PM at Schulman Auditorium, Dove Library, Carlsbad, CA. The program includes one of the Xenakis Quartets - their DVD of which has received rave reviews - and a new work by Richard Carrick, “Adagios”, commissioned earlier by the Foundation.
