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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008, VOL. 25, NO. 5
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GRANTS AND AWARDS
During the past year, CMA supported scores of residency, commissioning, performance, and cultural exchange projects-and honored performers and presenters for their contributions to the chamber music field and the community at large. Here's a glimpse of the recipients and their projects.
POLITICAL CULTURE: Government, Musicians & Public Policy
POLITICAL THEORIES: Dana Gioia, Jonathan Yardley, Leon Botstein, Robert Brustein, Nat Hentoff, Schafer, Chen Yi
Thoughts on the proper relationship between music and the state
THE STATE OF STATE FUNDING
In the aggregate, legislative appropriations for the arts are higher than they've been for a while. But taken state by state, they're highly variable-and vulnerable.
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MAKING YOUR VOTE COUNT FOR MUSIC: by Dan Hunter
Why your arts group should be involved in local electoral politics.
NO MORE MR. NICE GUY: A Q & A with Barry Hessenius
This California arts advocate argues that nonprofits should become hardball lobbyists.
WHEN JAZZ BECAME DIPLOMACY, by Gene Santoro
During the cold war, America's jazz musicians were ambassadors to the unaligned.
A VISIT TO VENEZUELA, by ERIC BOOTH
It's hard to stay skeptical about El Sistema.
PERFORMERS IN HIGH PLACES, by SEBASTIAN ZUBIETA
In Latin America, musicians are not unknown in the political establishment.
A NATION OF MUSICIANS by MAARET OLLILA
Though not as well funded as in the past, Finland's music education system is so thoroughgoing, that far too many may aspire to be professionals.
CMA GUIDE A handy reference to CMA's membership benefits, programs, staff, and board
2009 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
CMA's Ensembles, Presenting Organizations, Professional Musicians, Businesses, Educators and Advocates |
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CMA NOTE: FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
by Margaret M. Lioi
LETTERS
CMA NEWS: DUKE FUNDING RENEWED; ASIN, KIRK AND WINBORNE JOIN CMA BOARD
ORCAS ISLAND AND ST. CLOUD PRESENTERS HONORED BY CMA
SEGUES AND IN MEMORIAM
COVER TO COVER: BIOGRAPHY OF A MOVEMENT
George E. Lewis painstakingly-and lovingly-documents the history and significance of the AACM.
by A.B. Spellman
CMA SCORES: STEPHEN HARTKE'S "THE KING OF THE SUN" FOR PIANO QUARTET (1988)
PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
THE LAST WORD: THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
by Phillip Ying
Cover: Red Herring Design
