Seven Musicians and Composers Awarded $50,000 for Artistic Excellence

The national artists’ advocacy organization United States Artists has announced the recipients of fifty $50,000 USA Fellowship grants for artistic excellence, including seven to musicians. They are:

Rahim AlHaj, oud musician (Albuquerque, NM. USA Ford Fellow)

Cyro Baptista, percussionist (Tenafly, NJ. USA Walker Fellow)

Ella Jenkins, children’s musician (Chicago, IL. USA Collins Fellow)

Danongan Kalanduyan, kulintang musician (San Francisco, CA. USA Broad Fellow)

Hannibal Lokumbe, composer and jazz trumpeter (Bastrop, TX. USA Cummings Fellow)

Lionel Loueke, jazz guitarist and vocalist (North Bergen, NJ. USA Prudential Fellow)

Daniel Plonsey, composer of new music (El Cerrito, CA. USA Broad Fellow)

Learn more about the fellows and United States Artists here. (—Condensed from the press release)