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2015 Guggenheim Fellowship Awards Announced

The Guggenheim Foundation has awarded fellowships to 175 scholars, artists, and scientists–among them 11 composers.

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NewMusicBox Staff

The official logo of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1925 inscribed in a circle)

In its ninety-first competition for the United States and Canada, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded 173 Fellowships (including two joint Fellowships) to a diverse group of 175 scholars, artists, and scientists. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen from a group of over 3,100 applicants. There are 11 composers among this year’s awardees:

Darcy James Argue
Matthew Barnson
Richard Carrick
Etienne Charles
Chihchun Chi-sun Lee
Steve Lehman
George E. Lewis
Andreia Pinto-Correia
Sean Shepherd
Rand Steiger
Amy Williams

Two additional music-related fellowships have also been awarded to music critic Alex Ross in the category of general non-fiction and University of Chicago-based music theorist Thomas Christensen in the field of music research. For a complete list of 2015 Guggenheim fellows, please visit the Guggenheim website.