Sarah Gibson Foundation

Home
United States
Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Gibson Foundation

Developing the Next Generation of Musical Voices
In Memory and in Honor of Sarah Gibson

04/21/2026

Applications for the Sarah Gibson Foundation’s 2026 Scholarships are due by MAY 21 — if you’re a student pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in music that possesses a passion for new music, don’t miss out on this opportunity!

Visit our website and fill out the corresponding form to apply, or check the link in our Instagram bio.

03/31/2026

The Sarah Gibson Foundation is excited to announce our next commission: Linda Dallimore will be composing a nonet to be premiered by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at next year’s festival!
We are thrilled to be working with Linda, and to be partnering with the Aspen Music Festival and School for this commission. Stay tuned for more details to follow!

03/09/2026

In the most recent issue of Esquire, our very own founder Aaron Fullerton has an article featured, titled “The Last Symphony,” detailing Sarah’s fight with cancer and the effect her music had on him as Aaron listened to the posthumous premiere of her final piece.

We highly recommend you check out the most recent edition of Esquire, or check out the article on their website. Stay tuned for more updates from the Foundation, coming soon!

02/21/2026

September 1, 2026 will mark the US premiere of Sarah Gibson’s “beyond the beyond”, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.

The last piece Sarah wrote before her passing, all of us at the Foundation are so grateful to hear it performed, for the first time in the States, at such an amazing venue. Tickets are now available on the Hollywood Bowl website, and we look forward to seeing you there!

01/22/2026

The SGF is proud to announce that our 2026 Scholarship applications are now open!

Whether you’re a young composer, performer, or a combination of the two, this is the perfect opportunity to further your musical journey!

Visit our website and fill out the corresponding form to apply, or check the link in our Instagram bio.

12/15/2025

“I feel incredibly moved by what the musicians brought and how it all came together, and by everyone’s responses. I feel like something magical happened on stage [at the premiere] and it felt like a group effort. It felt like a vulnerable process that felt very safe in the hands of the musicians, in the hands of the whole Foundation, and the beautiful energy that the SGF brings that empowers me to take risks, to be brave, and to explore something.” — Julia Moss, on the premiere of “(Please Don’t) Look Away”

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra on a brilliant premiere, and to Julia Moss for crafting such a beautiful piece for the Sarah Gibson Foundation’s first commission!

11/25/2025

On November 22nd and 23rd, 2025, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra audiences witnessed the premiere of Julia Moss’s “(Please Don’t) Look Away” for string sextet — the first official Sarah Gibson Foundation new music commission. Thank you to LACO and the performers for the incredible premiere and collaboration, to Julia Moss for accepting the commission and delivering an absolutely stunning work, and to everyone who made this night possible.

“(Please Don’t) Look Away” string sextet:
Margaret Batjer, VIOLIN I
Susan Rishik, VIOLIN II
Yura Lee, VIOLIA I
Robert Brophy, VIOLIA II
Andrew Shulman, CELLO I
Trevor Handy, CELLO II

Photos courtesy of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Photos by Elizabeth Asher.

11/18/2025

THIS WEEKEND!
Our first official commission, “(Please Don’t) Look Away)” by the incredible Julia Moss, will have its world premiere in the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concert “A Brahmsian Affair”. The concert will be in Zipper Hall at the Colburn School on Saturday at 7:30PM, and at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday at 4PM. Tickets are on sale here: https://www.laco.org/events/brahmsian-affair/ — we hope to see you there!

10/27/2025

“I prefer living in color” as performed at the Tanglewood Music Center on August 5, 2018, when Sarah Gibson was a Composition Fellow. Sarah’s program note for the piece reads as follows:

“I prefer living in color” is inspired by David Hockney’s Snails Space, a gigantic painted landscape of shapes with a shifting light installation created to represent Los Angeles’s Mulholland Drive. This vivacious artwork impacted the melodic structure and energy in my piece. Beginning with a lyrical melody and morphing to a rock band-like groove, I was imagining the many vibrant colors of Hockney’s painting shifting in and out of foreground and background. These musical structures represent both the changing landscapes in Hockney’s painting and also the energizing curves and changing views found along Mulholland Drive.”

10/06/2025

We are excited to announce that Sarah Gibson’s chamber orchestra piece “warp & weft” will be featured in the program for the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming concert, “Emotional Tapestry”. Sunday, October 19 @ 6PM at the Lied Center for Performing Arts - if you are in the Nebraska area, don’t miss out!

A link to the tickets can be found on the Sarah Gibson Foundation’s Website - hope to see you there, and thank you to the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra for continuing to allow for Sarah’s voice to be heard.

09/28/2025

[CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT]
Our first commission is almost here! The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s upcoming concert, “A Brahmsian Affair,” will be featuring the premiere of The Sarah Gibson Foundation’s first commission, Julia Moss’s string sextet “(Please Don’t) Look Away.” Please join us for this incredible night.

Tickets are now available on the LACO Website - follow for more updates!

Address

3756 West Avenue 40, Ste K509
Los Angeles, CA
90065

Website

https://www.sarahgibsonfoundation.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Sarah Gibson Foundation posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to Sarah Gibson Foundation:

Shortcuts

Featured

Peter Christian Hernandez Memorial Scholarshi

Want your organization to be the top-listed Non Profit Organization in Los Angeles?