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
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