CMA Awards $122,000 for Community Residencies

Fifteen CMA member organizations—ensembles, presenters, and festivals—have been selected to receive 2012 Residency Partnership Program grants totaling $122,000. This year's recipients include: Astral Artists (Phliadelphia, PA) with the Jasper String Quartet; Bang on a Can (Brooklyn, NY); the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (NY) with the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet; Camerata Pacifica (Santa Barbara, CA); the Christian Howes Group (Columbus, OH); Da Camera of Houston (TX) with the Meehan/Perkins Duo; Ferst Center for the Arts/Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) with ETHEL; Jason Kao Hwang's Edge (Jersey City, NJ); Jefferson Center Foundation (Roanoke, VA) with Snarky Puppy; Juneau Jazz & Classics (AK) with the Grace Kelly Quintet; Litchfield Performing Arts (CT) with the Albert Rivera Quintet; the Orbert Davis Quintet (Chicago, IL); Quintet of the Americas (New York, NY); and Yellow Barn (Putney, VT) with Due East. The Guarneri String Quartet Residency was awarded to the Miró Quartet, the residency partner of Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (Eastsound, WA).

Jazz at Lincoln Center Has New Executive Director

Jazz at Lincoln Center has appointed former NBC Universal executive Greg Scholl as its new executive director.  Scholl, whose background is in digital music distribution, succeeds Adrian Ellis, who stepped down in January.  Scholl served as president of Local Integrated Media for NBC Owned Television Stations, a division of NBC Universal.  Prior to his role at NBC, Scholl was president and CEO of the digital media company The Orchard.