AG_details_2004: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.

(New York, NY)

Let Freedom Swing

Total Award: $100,000 over 1 year

Presidential Authority Grant
To support Let Freedom Swing, a project that explores the relationship between jazz, freedom and democracy by commissioning prominent composers to write new compositions in honor of six champions of human rights. Let Freedom Swing will celebrate the democratic essence of jazz and its role as a universal ambassador for tolerance and freedom. This program will feature works written by leading composers that honor human rights advocates: Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Francis Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt and Vaclav Havel. The music will be performed in tandem with the spoken word recitation of notable speeches and writings by these leaders. The speeches will be read by well-known actors and public figures. The concert will be recorded and nationally broadcast on the radio; programming will be developed for school-aged youth; and the works will be included in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's touring repertoire.

Program Contribution Breakdown:
$100,000 Arts and Culture Program: Objective I, Strategy 1




	Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. (New York, NY) Let Freedom Swing Total Award: $100,000 over 1 year *Presidential Authority Grant* To support Let Freedom Swing, a project that explores the relationship between jazz, freedom and democracy by commissioning prominent composers to write new compositions in honor of six champions of human rights. Let Freedom Swing will celebrate the democratic essence of jazz and its role as a universal ambassador for tolerance and freedom. This program will feature works written by leading composers that honor human rights advocates: Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Francis Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt and Vaclav Havel. The music will be performed in tandem with the spoken word recitation of notable speeches and writings by these leaders. The speeches will be read by well-known actors and public figures. The concert will be recorded and nationally broadcast on the radio; programming will be developed for school-aged youth; and the works will be included in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's touring repertoire. Program Contribution Breakdown: $100,000 Arts and Culture Program: Objective I, Strategy 1						Return to Arts Grants 2004 Research Foundation of the City University of New York Alternate Roots, Inc. Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc. Grantmakers in the Arts The Scribe Video Center, Inc. Art 21, Inc. New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility, Inc. Brooklyn Academy Local Development Corporation Pacific News Service The Advance Project, Inc. Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. Lummi Indian Business Council Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. Dance Exchange, Inc. Pangea World Theater American Visionary Art Museum, Inc. Hip Hop Theatre Junction Ella Baker Center For Human Rights in California Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay