TJG PROGRAMS

RESIDENCY COMMISSIONS

In addition to giving performance opportunities to young artists, The Jazz Gallery also has a strong track record of nurturing compositional talent, having commissioned new work annually since 2002 which evolved into the Residency Commissions program, which grants talented composers and bandleaders the resources to work on large-scale projects that will have enduring and transformative effects on their creative development.

We encourage commissioned artists to think outside their usual box and deeply explore their creative ideas and take risks by removing financial and space constraints.

To this end, Residency Commission recipients receive a commissioning fee, as well as unrestricted access to our performance space for an entire season to compose, rehearse, and record during off-hours, culminating in the premiere of their new work later in the season.

Since 2002, our Commissions program has supported 52 artists’ creations of 55 new works, many of which have since been commercially released and several of which have been nominated for GRAMMY Awards; however, our focus for the program is not the end products. We are more concerned with providing the process for the artists, most of whom are receiving a commission for the first time in their careers.

The Jazz Gallery Residency Commissions are made possible in part by the grant from the Jerome Foundation with additional support from the New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Howard Gilman Foundation, and the Cheswatyr Foundation.

RESIDENCY COMMISSION ARTISTS

 

2024

Patricia Brennan
Nicola Caminiti
Emmanuel Michael

2022 - 2023

Vanisha Gould
Marquis Hill
Micah Thomas

2021 - 2022

Gabriel Chakarji
Arta Jekabsone
Wayne Tucker

2020 - 2021

Morgan Guerin

2019 - 2020

Miho Hazama
Tivon Pennicott
Immanuel Wilkins

2018 - 2019

Shai Maestro
Camila Meza
Kassa Overall

2017-2018

Charles Altura
Melissa Aldana
James Francies

2016-2017

Maria Grand
Adam O’Farrill
Joel Ross

2015-2016

Rafiq Bhatia
Mary Halvorson
Gilad Hekselman

2014-2015

Chris Morrissey
Becca Stevens
Jonathan Finlayson
Ingrid Laubrock

2013

Ben Wendel
Greg Ward
Ben van Gelder
Godwin Louis
Roman Filiu

2012

Fabian Almazan
Kris Davis
John Escreet
Sullivan Fortner
David Virelles

2011

Matt Brewer
Alexis Cuadrado
Linda Oh
Joe Sanders

2010

Amir ElSaffar
Sofia Rei Koutsvitis
Jen Shyu
Sachal Vasandani

2009

Ambrose Akinmusire
John Ellis
Miles Okazaki

2008

Darcy James Argue
Gregg August
David Binney
John Ellis
Pedro Giraudo
Jason Lindner
Sherisse Rogers
Josh Roseman
Yosvany Terry

2007

Gerald Clayton
John Ellis
Marcus Gilmore
Aaron Parks
Luis Perdomo
Yosvany Terry

2002

James Hurt
Vijay Iyer
Jason Lindner
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Jason Moran
Dafnis Prieto