LEE ACTOR by Palo Alto Philharmonic, where he is Composer-in-Residence, to write a new work, Symphony No. 2. The work premiered at Cubberley Theater in Palo Alto, CA, on February 24, 2007.
PHILLIP BIMSTEIN by Western Kentucky University to compose "Cats in the Kitchen." It is to be premiered in Bowling Green, KY, and Logan, UT, in the spring of 2007.
LINDA BOUCHARD (SOCAN), VINCENT HO (SOCAN), MARK KILSTOFTE, PETER KNELL, WILLIAM KRAFT, KAROLA OBERMULLER (GEMA), MARTA PTASZYNSKIA and ERIK ULMAN by Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University.
TAN DUN and MARC NEIKRUG by the New York Philharmonic for its 2007-2008 season. Dun's work is Piano Concerto, and Neikrug's is Quintessence: Symphony No. 2.
GABRIELA LENA FRANK by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She received a $50,000 grant from Chicago's Joyce Foundation. Frank will be composing a multi-movement piece for full orchestra and will be premiered in the ISO's 2008-09 season.
DAVID GAINES to write a concerto for baritone saxophone and chamber orchestra to be recorded in fall of 2007 by Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra for a 2008 release on MMC Recordings.
DAN STEVEN LOCKLAIR by the Winston- Salem Symphony Orchestra for a new orchestral work, Phoenix for orchestra.
BENNETT ANDREW SIEMS by contemporary performance company Off-Leash Area to compose music for Maggie's Brain, a theater-dance work.
