| McKnight Visiting Composer Residencies |
Application deadline: March 26, 2011 (postmark).
Each year, the McKnight Visiting Composer Program underwrites a Minnesota residency of at least eight weeks for two out-of-state composers. While in residence, the visiting artist collaborates on a project with a Minnesota performing, presenting, and/or community organization.
The program encourages interaction with a variety of audiences, including rural populations and students. The selection process favors projects that promise to have considerable impact on the host community. Previous composers have led instrument-building workshops, created school music dramas, collaborated with the restaurant workers' union, and constructed an installation in a remote cave.
This program is intended to reward imaginative project design and artistic achievement. It is not a commissioning program, although the creation of new work may be an element of the residency. Specific partner organizations need not be determined at the time of application, unless the success of the project depends on the assistance of a particular organization.
Applications, which include a detailed description of the proposed residency activities, are reviewed by a three-member panel (in conjunction with the McKnight Composer Fellowships). Visiting composers are expected to complete their projects within 18 months of receiving the award. Applications are traditionally due in mid-March of each year (postmark deadline).
A complete list of McKnight Visiting Composers is included below.
RESIDENCY PROPOSAL SAMPLE 1
RESIDENCY PROPOSAL SAMPLE 2
Who May Apply::
Composers living outside Minnesota are eligible to apply.
Who May Not Apply:
- Composers who have received a McKnight Visiting Composer Fellowship within the last three years (2007, 2008, 2009) may not apply.
- Students who have not yet completed their course work may not apply (ABD).
- You need not be a member of the American Composers Forum to apply, but are required to join to be granted a residency.
- ACF staff and board may not apply.
McKNIGHT VISITING COMPOSERS:
- 2010
Ellen Fullman
David James Nielsen
Panelists:
Fernando Benadon
David Conte
Mary Jane Leach
- 2009
Eve Beglarian
Ryan Ingebritsen
Panelists:
Derek Bermel
Jennifer Bilfield
Newman Baker
- 2008
Jeff Herriot
William Neil
Panelists:
Mark Applebaum
Margaret Leng-Tan
David Stock
- 2007
Billy Fox
Evan Solot
Panelists:
Susie Ibarra
Matthew Levy
Steven Stucky
- 2006
Sidiki Conde
Stuart Hyatt
Panelists:
Milford Graves
Belinda Reynolds
Neil Rolnick
- 2005
Todd Hammes
Susan Haugh
Panelists:
Eleanor Hovda
Robert Moran
Roger Kleier
- 2004
Michelle Nagai
Ushio Torikai
Panelists:
Jason Hwang
Alex Shapiro
Kevin Stahlheim
- 2003
Oliver Lake
John Morton
Panelists:
Fred Frith
Anthony deMare
Ileana Perez Velazquez
- 2002
Steven Rosenthal
Janek Schaefer
Panelists:
Joel Chadabe
Melissa Hui
David Cleary
- 2001
Kenny Endo
Annie Gosfield & Roger Klier
Panelists:
Chinary Ung
Eve Beglarian
Philip Bimstein
- 2000
Fred Ho
Beth Custer
Panelists:
Bill Brooks
Tamar Diesendruck
Adolphus Hailstork
- 1999
Brenda Hutchinson
Brenda Rawcliffe
Panelists:
Ellen Christi
Allen Strange
Regina Baiocchi
- 1998
Ron George
Richard Johnson
Panelists:
John Duffy
Fred Ho
Judith Shatin
- 1997
Ermir Dergjini
Pamela Z
Panelists:
Sebastian Currier
Anne Deane
Gustavo Matamoros
- 1996
Brent Michael Davids
David Revill
Panelists:
Orlando Garcia
James Tenney
Augusta Reed Thomas
- 1995
William Banfield
Dan Senn
Panelists:
Warren Burt
Fran Richard
Lois Vierk
Funded by generous gifts from:
The McKnight Foundation
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