Emergency Grants

Astroturf Noise
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2023

Astroturf Noise, a trio comprised of Sam Day Harmet, Sana Nagano, and Zachary Swanson, received a grant in June to tour the United Kingdom, with performances June 22-28.

Bearthoven
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2023

Bearthoven, a piano trio consisting of pianist Karl Larson, bassist Pat Swoboda, and percussionist Matt Evans, received a grant in August to present a tour to Ohio, with four performances September 10-14.

Reg Bloor
Music/Sound
New York, NY
2023

Reg Bloor, an experimental guitarist, received a grant in December to perform at Zebulon in Los Angeles, CA on January 10.

Jeff Carey
Music/Sound
New Market, MD
2023

Jeff Carey, a composer and improvisor, received a grant in January to present Luminiferous Aether at Voxel in Baltimore, MD, with performances on February 3 and 4.

Kirsten Carey
Music/Sound
Dearborn, MI
2023

Kirsten Carey, a guitarist and composer, received a grant in March to perform at five different venues in Tokyo, Japan, from April 6-29.

Fonema Consort
Music/Sound
Welches, OR
2023

Fonema Consort, an avant-garde chamber ensemble, received a grant in March to present La canción del agua / The Song of Water at Microscope Gallery in New York, NY on March 4.

Nick Demopoulos
Music/Sound
Brooklyn, NY
2023

Nick Demopoulos, a musician and instrument builder, received a grant in January to tour throughout southeast Asia in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia, with performances January 14-February 6.

Cory Diane
Music/Sound
New Orleans, LA
2023

Cory Diane, a composer and multi-instrumentalist, received a grant in November to present Reverie for the Baleen of the Gulf of Mexico of Many and No Known Names at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC on November 16.

Judy Dunaway
Music/Sound
Boston, MA
2023

Judy Dunaway, a sound and installation artist, received a grant in March to participate in the group exhibition An AIDS Walkthrough at Village in Berlin, Germany, on view April 6-16.

Angela Edwards
Music/Sound
Oakland, CA
2023

Angela Edwards, a musician and composer who performs as Sharkiface, received a grant in April to tour to the Ende Tymes Festival of Noise and Sonic Liberation at Trans Pecos in Ridgewood, NY; Pageant Solovee in Philadelphia, PA; Red Room in Baltimore, MD; Trinosophes in Detroit, MI; Little Rose Tavern in Cleveland, OH; and The Hub in Cincinnati, OH, with performances April 29-May 7.