Program

Small Grant Fund

The Small Grant Fund is a new initiative that New Music USA is developing across different US cities and regions where we have identified opportunities for collaboration with patrons and other funders who are passionate about supporting a music community which is significant to them. The first Small Grant Fund focuses on Portland, Oregon.

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Program

Small Grant Fund

The Small Grant Fund is a new initiative that New Music USA is developing across different US cities and regions where we have identified opportunities for collaboration with patrons and other funders who are passionate about supporting a music community which is significant to them. The first Small Grant Fund focuses on Portland, Oregon.

The Small Grant Fund is a new initiative that New Music USA is developing across different US cities and regions where we have identified opportunities for collaboration with patrons and other funders who are passionate about supporting a music community which is significant to them. This sits alongside our New Music Capacity Building program which, over the coming years, will demonstrate our aim to work locally and regionally to increase and deepen our impact across the many diverse music communities in the US. 

The inaugural program is being launched in Portland, Oregon and has provided one-time grants of $3,000 to ten total awardees representing a broad range of organizations and genres across the region that need support to help re-boot their programming of new music and nurturing of music creators following the disruption of the past few years.   

Funding may be used for general operating costs which support the organization’s regular programming and collaboration with US-based composers and artists. New Music USA will also work to build connectivity amongst the organizations we support to facilitate shared learning, exchange of ideas, and opportunities. This program has been made possible by a donor who is passionate about Portland’s new music scene, and wishes to remain anonymous.

Read the news story on the Portland awardees here.

Photo of Montavilla Jazz Festival featured above.

Portland, Oregon Awardees (Announced January 2023)

Albina Music Trust

Portland, OR

Albina Music Trust is preserving North Portland’s music culture with programming that documents the Black community’s oral history, archival media, and special events.

Big Mouth Society

Portland, OR

Big Mouth Society is a member-supported community of all ages and backgrounds, founded by award-winning composer Emily Lau. Big Mouth Society embraces music as a catalyst for connection.

Fear No Music

Portland, OR

Fear No Music promotes music education through the high-quality public performance of modern and contemporary classical music, and by offering groundbreaking youth mentorship in composition.

Montavilla Jazz

Portland, OR

Montavilla Jazz promotes home-grown jazz in Portland, Oregon by providing unique opportunities for local artists to build an audience for their music through performance and teaching.

Opera Theater Oregon

Portland, OR

The mission of Opera Theater Oregon is to create, develop, and produce new operatic work, with an emphasis on projects that engage the community on issues of environment and social justice.

Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble

Portland, OR

Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble commissions, performs, and releases new music created by Portland and Oregon-resident professional and student composers.

REBELWISE

Portland, OR

REBELWISE is an artist collective committed to uplifting our people and our communities by delivering high-caliber videos and music with intentional lyricism and life-affirming values.

Resonance Ensemble

Portland, OR

Resonance Ensemble, a professional vocal ensemble, creates powerful programs that promote meaningful social change.

Third Angle New Music

Portland, OR

Third Angle New Music leans into the experiential side of performances through cross-genre collaborations and intentional pairings of music with architecture.

World Stage Theatre

Portland, OR

World Stage Theatre is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, all-ages arts organization committed to creating a culture where imagination, exploration, creativity, and growth thrive.

If you would like to explore how your donation could make an impact on a music community that is meaningful to you, please contact Ami Dang, Development Director at New Music USA: [email protected]

For media inquiries, please contact Jill Strominger, Communications Director at New Music USA: [email protected]