Listening Forward Video Credits

New Music USA: Listening Forward 

Video editing by Evan Chapman

Project led by Kate Dreyfuss, Director of Communications at New Music USA

Credits 

Music: Middleground by Shelley Washington, performed by PUBLIQuartet from their GRAMMY®-Nominated album, Freedom and Faith. Track courtesy of Bright Shiny Things, brightshiny.ninja 

Photos by Colleen Brostek, Brian Hatton, Ella Hovsepian, Rachel Minto, Maggie Rudisill, Sean Salamon, and courtesy of SESAC 

Video, in order of appearance 

OPENING MONTAGE 

  • be a doll by alexa dexa. Composer, Librettist, Sound Designer, Performer, Audio Engineer, Set Designer, Director, & Co-editor: alexa dexa. Shot and edited by Four/Ten Media – New Music Creator Fund
  • Video of Kori Coleman by Brandon Bott – New Music Inc. – Chicago
  • MeChicano by Juan Pablo Contreras. Performed by Orquestra Latino Mexicana, conducted by Juan Pablo Contreras, August 16, 2025. – Amplifying Voices

GRANTMAKING

  • Ben Vida with Yarn/Wire & Nina Dante, “Always Already.” Lampo at the Poetry Foundation, March 7, 2020. Video: Ben Kolak – New Music Inc. – Chicago
  • The Evolution of AI by Clarice Assad. Performed by Clarice Assad and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, January 2024 – Amplifying Voices
  • Video from CRSELA’s 2024 Summer Camp courtesy of Chicxs Rockerxs South East Los Angeles – New Music Organization Fund
  • Ami Dang at The Boulanger Initiative’s WoCo Fest 2025. Video courtesy of The Boulanger Initiative – New Music Creator Fund
  • ETHEL at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2025. Casey Schreiner: video recording; Kip Jones and Corin Lee: video editing – New Music Organization Fund
  • Cosme Liccardo, video courtesy of the artist – Reel Change
  • Trailer from CLOSE UP by Stefanie Batten Bland (Company SBB) & Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). – New Music Organization Fund – Live Music for Dance
     

MENTORSHIP 

  • Freedom Day (Part 1) | Power Station Sessions
    Vocals: Christie Dashiell, Drums: Terri Lyne Carrington, Bass: Morgan Guerin, Guitar: Matthew Stevens, Dance: Christiana Hunte. Video courtesy of Candid Records. – Next Jazz Legacy
  • Brandee Younger Tiny Desk Concert
    Harp: Brandee Younger, Bass: Rashaan Carter, Drums: Allan Mednard, Vocals, Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield. Video courtesy of Brandee Younger. Special thanks to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts – Next Jazz Legacy 

MEDIA 

  • Footage of Nathalie Joachim, Ellen Reid, and Tyshawn Sorey courtesy of the NewMusicBox archives, Frank J. Oteri, editor
  • Money Matters images courtesy of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN / American Composers Forum