We were so happy to be able to once again offer Performance Grants to support the works of women composers being performed more widely – and the judges were rather impressed, not only with the number of responses, but the quality of the proposed programs.  There are many exciting concerts to look forward to!

The winners are:

Allentown Symphony Orchestra
American Composers Orchestra
Atlantic Youth Orchestra
Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Cappella Clausura
Chattanooga Symphony & Opera
Chicago Composers’ Consortium with the Chicago Composers Orchestra
Community Women’s Orchestra
Curtis Institute of Music
Flagstaff Symphony
Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
Four Seasons Orchestra
Fresno Philharmonic
Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra
Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra
Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Macon Symphony Youth Orchestra
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
Musical Arts Youth Orchestra
Nashville Symphony
Orchestra of St. Luke’s 
Orchestra of the League of Composers
Pacific Symphony
Salem Chamber Orchestra
Saratoga (Chamber) Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra
Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Williamsburg Symphonia

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