Sepehr Pirasteh is The Presser Foundation’s 2023-24 Graduate Music Fellow. In this post, he shares his experience attending PRISM Quartet Inc.’s most recent concert and collaboration with composer Susie Ibarra and discusses why commissioning new music is so important. By Sepehr Pirasteh Background: About PRISM Quartet PRISM Quartet is a renowned chamber ensemble in…
The Presser Foundation Announces More Than $71,000 in New Special Project Grants to Music OrganizationsThe Presser Foundation is pleased to announce new Special Project single year and multi-year grants totaling $71,500 to 12 music organizations. This year, music organizations applied for grants within three of the following categories: 1) pilot projects/programs, 2) first-time, ongoing programmatic collaborations,…
City College of New York campus Chalmers Mathew received the 2022-23 Undergraduate Scholar Award from the City College of New York. He wrote this letter as a thank you to The Presser Foundation last spring. Thank you for generously choosing me for the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award. It is a great honor to receive this…
The “Sa Ináng Báyan: To the Motherland” recital at Indiana University By Raoul Carlo F. Angangco Invited annually, graduate schools of music present the Presser Graduate Music Award to an outstanding graduate music student whom they select. The program is designed to encourage and support in a special way the advanced education and career of…
By Abby Rolland When I started working at The Presser Foundation two years ago, part of my mission and my responsibility was to increase the level of transparency in the Foundation’s external communications. This work included a great deal of effort at the beginning (and continuous monitoring and updating now). At the time, it involved…