ASCAP honored nine chamber music and jazz ensembles, festivals and presenters for their adventurous programming at the annual Chamber Music America (CMA) National Conference on January 17, 2009.
The 2009 recipients are listed below by category:
Presenters/Festivals Ten or More Concerts
1st: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)
2nd: Da Camera of Houston (Houston, TX)
Presenters/Festivals Nine or Fewer Concerts
1st: Other Minds (San Francisco, CA)
2nd: Grand Canyon Music Festival (Grand Canyon, AZ)
Chamber Music Ensembles Mixed Repertory
1st: Calder Quartet (Los Angeles, CA)
2nd: Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston (Boston, MA)
Chamber Music Ensembles New Music
1st: newEar (Kansas City, MO)
2nd: JACK Quartet (New York, NY)
Jazz Ensembles
1st: James Carney Group (Brooklyn, NY)
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