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New Music USA

Celebrating 10 years of expanding the creation, discovery, and community of new music in the US.

National non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing a vibrant and inclusive community for artists and listeners through grantmaking, mentorship, media, and community events. We believe in a vibrant future for new music in all its forms, and our community includes anyone who is shaping the future of music creation and sound.

08/05/2026

Grantees at the office! Thanks for paying us a visit, Eunike Tanzil! Eunike was a Reel Change grantee in 2022; the program helped support her score for 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗨𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡. 🎥 🎶

08/03/2026

: What an evening in Detroit at Wasserman Projects experiencing ‘Infinite Movement’, a concert performance curated by Justin Snyder (Justin Snyder), with special appearance by Shara Nova (Shara Nova), in response to Shara Nova and Matthew Ritchie’s collaborative work and exhibition ‘Half Winged.’ ‘Half Winged,’ on view at Wasserman Projects thru 8/15, was supported in part with a grant from New Music USA.

From the program note:

“‘Infinite Movement’ weaves together Shara Nova’s reworked vocal incantations from ‘Half Winged’ with Justin Snyder’s solo piano response to Shara Nova and Matthew Ritchie’s collaborative work. Zooming out, program traces a path toward the infinite - a descension in reverse - until human freedom, human catastrophe, human-made machines all become a brief, luminous flicker in something incomprehensibly larger. Before the fall, before paradise, and before the question even existed to be asked.”

The transcendent program featured music by Shara Nova, Peter Garland, Kate Moore, Daniele Ghisi, and Somei Satoh.

07/16/2026

Scenes from the New Music USA team’s annual summer staff retreat in NYC, featuring a very special bowling guest! 👀

🎵: “Joyful Noise” from Next Jazz Legacy awardee and program co-founder and Artistic Director ’s GRAMMY-nominated album “We Insist 2025!”

07/14/2026

Meet drummer Lily Finnegan, a member of the 2026 Next Jazz Legacy cohort! 🥁

Lily Finnegan is a Chicago-based drummer, composer, improviser, and organizer. She was spotlighted by The Chicago Reader as a “Chicagoan of Note” and included in The Chicago Sun Times’ “Next Generation of Jazz Musicians.” She leads her own quartet, Heat On, which released its debut album on Cuneiform Records. Lily’s bandleader is Camae Ayewa, and her Creative Mentor is Marilyn Crispell.

Next Jazz Legacy offers intergenerational apprenticeship, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to emerging jazz artists who contribute to a more vibrant and inclusive jazz future. The program is operated in partnership with Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, led by GRAMMY-winning artist and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington, and is funded by the Mellon Foundation.

📸: Dawid Laskowski

07/09/2026

Bay Area Friends! This Saturday July 11 at 12pm PT, Del Sol Quartet (Organization Fund grantee) presents 'Wayfinding - 50 Years of Hōkūle’a' at Angel Island State Park in partnership with Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (). Funding from New Music USA helped support this ongoing concert series which shares immigrant community stories and music with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.

Del Sol will give the world premiere of 'Moananuiākea' by composer and Creator Fund grantee Leilehua Lanzilotti, which celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Hōkūle’a’s first voyage to Tahiti. The program also features world premieres by Michael-Thomas Foumai and Edward Simon alongside Peter Sculthorpe's String Quartet no. 12 'Earth Cry.'

Visit delsolquartet.com for more info.

07/08/2026

2026 Creator Fund awardee Hannah Marks recently released her new album, ‘Feed the Fire’! ‘Feed the Fire’ is a collaboration with producer Jason Moran that pushes musical boundaries while honoring the jazz tradition. New Music USA’s funding will help support the Hannah Marks Quartet’s 6-night album release tour (continuing through July 10!), where the artists will develop new, freer compositions and deepen their collaboration. Read more from Hannah below:

“’Feed the Fire’ is officially out! Beyond excited to share this music with the world and to tour the Midwest this weekend with my quartet.

Thank you to .reising, Lex Korten, and Steven Crammer for bringing this music to life, and to Jason Moran for pushing us into new musical territories. To my parents, and Marzipan: I love you and I’m grateful for your endless support.”

07/05/2026

Over the coming weeks and months, we will bring this reflective perspective to our audience by highlighting platforms, grantees, partners, and community actions that embody . We invite you to join us as we live our history to ‘listen forward.’

07/02/2026

We recently attended Opera Saratoga’s presentation of the “workshop” premiere of Alyssa Weinberg’s new opera ‘DRIFT’, which was supported by a 2025 New Music Organization Fund grant for Creation of New Work. Opera Saratoga’s award helped fund the commissioning and production of the opera, plus collaborative workshops supporting its premiere.

'DRIFT’ is a story touching on themes of motherhood, exile, and climate change, delving into the complexities of identity and nationhood.

Photos courtesy of New Music USA.

07/01/2026

🎥 Get to know the artists of the 2025 Next Jazz Legacy cohort! Artist profile videos are now available on our YouTube channel.

Next Jazz Legacy’s support package includes artist profile videos that each awardee can continue using as a marketing tool after the program concludes. The videos offer a glimpse into the artists’ craft their , shared in their own words.

The 2025 Next Jazz Legacy cohort is .ridout, April May Webb, Brenda Navarrete-Guzman, Carmen Quill, Chanelle Ignant, DoYeon Kim, Melissa Almaguer, and Nora Stanley.

Next Jazz Legacy offers intergenerational apprenticeship, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to emerging jazz artists who contribute to a more vibrant and inclusive jazz future. Next Jazz Legacy is a New Music USA program that is operated in partnership with Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, led by GRAMMY-winning artist and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington, and funded by Mellon Foundation.

Find the 2025 Next Jazz Legacy artist profile playlist at the link in bio.

Videography and editing by Mariana Meraz

06/29/2026

Listening Forward means taking risks, embracing curiosity, and staying open to new ideas and new sounds. Meet the New Music USA team as we share what Listening Forward means to each of us.

Our spring fundraising campaign ends tomorrow at midnight, and we're making one final ask: will you help us support the future of music today? Your gift funds the creatives who are taking risks and opens doors for artists who don't fit neatly into any tradition.

Donation link in bio.

🎶: ‘Strands’ - Winner of the 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Instrumental Composition - featuring: (past Organization Fund awardee), (Creator Fund awardee) – piano/composition, - drums

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