COMMISSIONS    .    GRANTS    .    FELLOWSHIPS    .    AWARDS


                                           

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CURRENT  /  RECENT




  • Greater Hartford Arts Council
2013 Greater Hartford (CT) Arts Council grant to support the composition of a new 25:00 piece for the combined forces of the Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra and (vs.) the Generous New Music Ensemble.  The new work will be premiered during the ambitious HICO/GE "1913 / 2013 Festival" October 17 - 21, 2013


  • New York State Council for the Arts

$25,000 New York State Arts Council grant to support various projects & activities as Composer in Residence with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and the Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival, NYC and upstate New York


  • League of American Orchestras, Inc.

$25,000 grant for five (5) new orchestral works as Composer in Residence for the great state of New Mexico. Michael Schelle was selected - by the League of American Orchestras - for the Music Alive: New Partnerships initiative, which fosters new relationships between composers and orchestras. Eight (8) extended trips to / residencies in New Mexico and five (5) different orchestra-commissioned world premieres during the period, sponsored by the League of American Orchestras, Inc. and MUSIC ALIVE / Meet the Composer, Inc.


  • College Band Directors National Association
2011/2013 : CONSORTIUM COMMISSION : a new work for symphonic band / symphonic wind ensemble, 'inspired' by the 2011 Japan earthquakes and tsunami, the Mayan calendar, and the Nostradamus doomsday prophecy for the end of the world on 21 December 2012. 35 CBDNA university bands participating in the consortium include Michigan, Eastman, Texas, Kansas, Indiana, Florida, Minnesota, etc.  (see NEWS page)


  • Midwest Orchestra Consortium

2012/2013 : ORCHESTRA CONSORTIUM COMMISSION : The Exorcism of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Consortium orchestras include the Detroit Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, Tulsa Symphony, Missouri Symphony, Fort Smith (AR) Symphony, Alabama Symphony Orchestra (Birmingham), South Shore Orchestra (Chicago), Purdue University Symphony and others . . .  premieres begin in October 2012

           


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  • Arts Council of Indianapolis
        $7500 grant for composition, research and study in Japan : 2009


             


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           PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONS





             ORCHESTRAL

    • Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
    • Minnesota Orchestra
    • Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    • Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
    • Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
    • Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
    • Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
    • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
    • Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    • Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
    • Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra
    • Indiana State Orchestra Consortium
    • South Shore Orchestra (Chicago)
    • Missouri Symphony Orchestra
    • Culver Military Academy Orchestra
    • Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
    • Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
    • Cleveland Chamber Symphony
    • Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
    • St. Petersburg Philharmonic (Russia)
    • Kremlin Chamber Orchestra (Moscow)
    • Kammerorchester Basel (Switzerland)
    • Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Costa Rica)




           CHAMBER MUSIC

    • XTET (Los Angeles)
    • American Pianists Association
    • UQ (Urban Quartet of Phoenix)
    • Indiana Opera Theatre
    • Koenig Ensemble of London
    • Eastman New Music Group
    • Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
    • Firenza New Music Festival (Italy)




           SYMPHONIC BAND / WIND ENSEMBLE
           CONSORTIUM COMMISSIONS


    • World Association for Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles (WASBE)
    • College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA)
    • Mid-America College Band Directors Association (MAC-BDA)       



                 MANY OTHER ORCHESTRAS, CHAMBER ENSEMBLES and UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLES


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           MAJOR COMPOSITION AWARDS    (grants, prizes, awards and fellowships)


           


               National Endowment for the Arts

               American Music Center

               American Symphony Orchestra League, Inc.

               Rockefeller Foundation

               League of American Orchestras, Inc.

               The Welsh Arts Council (Cardiff, Wales)

               The Organization of American States  (OAS)

               International Percussive Arts Society

               American Composers Forum

               Eli Lilly Foundation Grant

               National Band Association  "2012 Revelli Composition Prize"

               New York State Arts Council

               Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

               New England Foundation for the Arts

               Greater Hartford Arts Council

               AMC "Meet The Composer" Music Alive program

               Broadcast Music, Inc.

               Arts Midwest

               Minnesota State Arts Board

               Great Lakes Arts Alliance

               Barlow Endowment for Music Composition (Utah)

               American Pianists Association : 1998 commissioned etude for the 12 semi-finalists

               The Jerome Foundation

               Pew Charitable Trust

               Margaret Jory Fairbanks Fund

               Butler University / Holcomb Research Foundation : multiple faculty grants

               MacDowell Artists Colony, New Hampshire : extended residencies in 1977, 1989

               ASCAP "Morton Gould Award" for Young Composers (under age 30): 1978, 1979, 1980

               Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts (Vienna, VA) : Composer in Residence

               Music Teachers National Association Composition Prize : Composer of the Year

               Inter-American Music Festival Prize for New Orchestral Works  (Costa Rica)

               Delius Association Composition Prize

               Music in the Mountains Orchestral Composition Prize  (New York)

               Arts Council of Indianapolis :

                         $7,500 Individual Creative Arts Fellowship: for composition (2008)
                         $7,500 Individual Creative Arts Fellowship: for composition (2000)
                         $5,000 Individual Creative Arts Fellowship: for composition (1996)
                         $5,000 Individual Creative Arts Fellowship: for composition (1991)

              Indiana Arts Commission : Individual Artist Fellowship program: 1986, 1998