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Reminder to Apply for NYFA’s 2016 Artists’ Fellowships

Applications are due on January 28, 11:59 PM (EST) Artists’ Fellowships, awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period, are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. The 2016 Fellowship categories are: Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design Choreography Music/Sound Photography Playwriting/Screenwriting Deadline: Thursday, January 28,…

Fellows at 30: NYFA Collection: Vol. Two is released

The NYFA Collection: Volume Two celebrates the 30th Anniversary of NYFA’s Artists’ Fellowship Program The NYFA Collection: Volume Two continues the archiving and dissemination of the New York music collection, which began with The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music—a collection DownBeat called a, “stunning document of historic culture.” Volume Two celebrates the…

Fellows at 30: Rudresh Mahanthappa

“More exciting to me is to seek out that middle ground where everyone is pushed beyond their usual comfort zone in making great attempts to flourish in unfamiliar spaces.” NYFA continues to mark the 30th anniversary of its Artists’ Fellowship Program with the release of The NYFA Collection: Vol. 2 (innova recordings) this Friday, November 13. To…

Fellows at 30: The NYFA Collection, Vol. Two

The NYFA Collection: Volume Two will be released on Friday, November 13 and celebrates the 30th Anniversary of NYFA’s Artists’ Fellowship Program The follow-up to 2010’s critically acclaimed NYFA Collection, The NYFA Collection: Volume Two collects works by the 2013 Music and Sound Fellows and presents a staggeringly broad swath of sonic territory: Fellini-esque circus…

Creative Careers: Music Jobs Roundup

Whether you’re a musician yourself or someone with a love of song and keen administrative skills, you can find a job in the music field that suits your abilities.  Although many people wish they had a musical ear or that they were a child musical prodigy, most of us don’t have the talents necessary to become…