Since its founding in 1977, CMA has awarded nearly one thousand grants to ensembles, composers, and chamber music organizations, infusing $7 million into the chamber music field. CMA's signature Residency Program has distributed more than $4 million to ensembles and community presenters, supporting over 500 residencies nationwide.
CMA also fosters musical creativity. More than 170 works-written for a wide range of contemporary music and jazz ensembles-are CMA commissions.
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame with the David Sanchez Jazz Ensemble
Ars Nova Workshop with Fieldwork
Festival of New Trumpet Music with Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts with Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo Pak Coalition
Hallwalls with Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
Kerrytown Concert House with the Joel Harrison Enesemble
Other Minds with Jason Moran and the Bandwagon
Roulette with Jason Kao Hwang's Edge Plus 4
Triple Canopy with Dawn of Midi
Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University with the Joel Harrison Ensemble
2010
American Jazz Museum with The Clayton Brothers Quintet
Ars Nova Workshop with Karl Berger’s In the Spirit of Don Cherry
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle with the Steve Lehman Octet
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts with Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition
Hallwalls with the Roscoe Mitchell Trio
Jazzmobile with the Wycliffe Gordon Septet
Painted Bride Art Center with Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Octet
Planet Arts with the Louis Bonilla Quintet
Walker Art Center with Dave Douglas and Keystone
2009
Ars Nova Workshop with Marty Ehrlich's Rites Quartet
Cornish College of the Arts with Myra Melford's Be Bread
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle with the Don Byron Quartet
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts with the Dafnis Prieto Sextet
International Festival of Arts and Ideas with the Jason Moran Big Bandwagon
Jazz St. Louis with the Greg Osby Quartet
Kerrytown Concert House with Brad Shepik and Human Activity Quintet
Montgomery County Community College with The David Sanchez Group
Walker Art Center with the Jason Moran Big Bandwagon
World Music Institute with Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures Octet
2008
Dave Pietro Group with the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
Edward Simon Trio with the San Francisco Jazz Organization
Jamie Baum Septet
EMIT with the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet
Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society with Tina Marsh and the Creative Opportunity Orchestra
Helena Presents/Myrna Loy Center with the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet
Idlewild Foundation with Robin Eubanks and Mental Images
Jamie Baum Septet with We Always Swing Jazz Series and Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
Jeff Haas Quintet with Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
Joel Harrison Ensemble with Outpost Performance Space and Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
Kerrytown Concert House with the String Trio of New York
Maverick Concerts, Inc. with the String Trio of New York
Montgomery County Community College with Matt Wilson Arts and Crafts Ensemble
Myra Melford's Be Bread with the Portland Jazz Festival
Pete Robbins and Centric with Subconscious New Music and Dimensions in Jazz
Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet with the Chicago Cultural Center
San Francisco Jazz Organization with the David Sanchez Sextet
Silvermine Guild Arts Center with Edward Simon and the Ensemble Venezuela
2007
Ars Nova Workshop with the Rova Saxophone Quartet
Berman Museum at Ursinus College with Edward Simon and the Ensemble Venezuela
Da Camera of Houston with Greg Osby Five
Eastside Arts Alliance with the Billy Harper Quintet
EMIT with the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
Drew Gress’s Spin & Drift with the Chicago Cultural Center and Walker Art Center
Lenora Zenzalai Helm and Zenzalai Project with B. N. Duke Auditorium at North Carolina Central University
Idlewild Foundation with the Odean Pope Ensemble
Kerrytown Concert House with the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet
Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet with Creative Music Works and Dazzle
Donny McCaslin Group with Kerrytown Concert House and Chicago Cultural Center
Purdue University with Fred Ho & the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble
Center for Latino Arts and Culture at Rutgers University with the Edward Simon Sextet
2006
Ben Allison and Medicine Wheel with Westport Arts Center and Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
American Jazz Museum with the Bennie Maupin Ensemble
Ars Nova Workshop with Malachi Thompson’s Freebop Band and the Michael Formanek/Tim Berne Duo
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet with The Lensic Santa Fe Performing Arts Center
Xavier Davis and The New Jazz Composer's Octet with The Artists Collective
Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society with the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
Jazz is NOW! with the Matt Wilson Quartet
Eddie Marshall's Holy Mischief Ensemble with Outpost Performance Space and Litchfield Performing Arts
Jean-Michel Pilc Trio with The Jazz Bakery
Rufus Reid Group with the Kingston International Jazz Festival and Ravinia Festival
Michele Rosewoman and Quintessence with Earshot Jazz Festival and TransArt
San Francisco Jazz Organization with Andrew Hill and Point of Departure Sextet, Myra Melford and The Same River,Twice, and Jason Moran and The Bandwagon
Adorno Ensemble
Afro-Asian Ensemble
ALEA III
Alturas Duo
Amelia Piano Trio
American Baroque
Americas Society
Amherst Saxophone Quartet
Anchorage Concert Association
Antares
Ars Nova Workshop
ARTSwego
Aspen Music Festival and School
Auros Group for New Music
Babatunde Lea Quartet
Balitmore Chamber Music Society
Bang on a Can
Ben Waltzer Trio
Boston Composers String Quartet
Boston Musica Viva
Bowdoin International Music Festival
Calder Quartet
California E.A.R. Unit
Cape and Island Festival
Carlsbad Music Festival
Cassatt String Quartet
Cavani String Quartet
Center for Creative Studies
Chamber Music Chicago
Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Chamber Music International
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston
Chautauqua Institution; Logan Chamber Music Series
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chris Byars Ensemble
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Cleveland Museum of Art
Clogs
Composers, Inc.
Concert Artists Guild
Concord Community Music School Contemporary Music Festival
Contemporary Museum Mobtown Modern Music Series
Continuum
Cooper Union
Corigliano Quartet
Cornish Music Series
counter)induction
CrossSound
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Cygnus Ensemble
Da Camera of Houston
Da Capo Chamber Players
Daniel Kelly Quartet
David Ornette Cherry Ensemble
Del Sol String Quartet
Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble
Downtown Music Productions
Earplay
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle
Earth Sounds (Rez Abbasi Group)
eighth blackbird
Elm City Ensemble
EMIT Series
Fine Arts Quartet
Fontana Chamber Arts
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution
Grand Canyon Music Festival
Greenwich House Arts
Greenwich Music Festival
Hancher Auditorium
Imani Winds
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
JACK Quartet
James Carney Group
The Jazz Gallery
The John Escreet Project
Kerrytown Concert House
Kronos Quartet
La Jolla Music Society
Lied Center of Kansas
Library of Congress, Music Division
Loren Stillman Group
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lydian String Quartet
Manhattan New Music Project
Maverick Concerts
May Music in Charlotte
Merkin Concert Hall
Meridian Arts Ensemble
Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
Moab Music Festival
Mohawk Trail Concerts
Monadnock Music
Mostly Music
Music at Noon/Penn State Erie
Music From China
newEar
New Millenium Ensemble
Network for New Music
New Music and Art Festival, Mid-America Center for Contemporary Music
New Music Consort, The
New Renaissance Chamber Artists
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Ojai Festival
Opus 21
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
Orion Ensemble
Other Minds
Pacific Serenades
Painted Bride Art Center
Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Planet Arts
Present Music
PRISM Quartet
Quintessence Winds
Quintet of the Americas
Raritan River Concerts
Rova Saxophone Quartet
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
San Francisco Performances
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Seattle Chamber Players
sf Sound
Skaneateles Festival
So Percussion
Society for New Music
Southern Exposure New Music Series
Southwest Chamber Music
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
Suffolk County Community College - Open Ears
Synchronia
Talujon
Thamyris
Town Hall, The
University of Kansas Chamber Music Series
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Institute of Chamber Music
Verdehr Trio
Voices of Change
Voxare String Quartet
Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
