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IDRS 50 for 50 Commissioning Project: Grants

Commissioning Grant Details

Grants

The purpose of these grants is to diversify the composers of double reed repertoire. These grants are given towards the commissioning of composers who are women, binary and nonbinary trans-identified and gender non-conforming persons, Black, Indigenous, people of color (Latinx, Asian, Middle-Eastern, etc) and historically underrepresented ethnic groups.

Up to five Commissioning Grants of $1,000, $750 or $500 will be awarded to 2025 Conference recital applicants whose proposal includes the commissioning and premiere of a new work for a double reed instrument(s); this money must be used to assist in the fulfillment of the composer’s fee and will be paid directly to the composer after the premier performance at the IDRS Conference at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, June 10-14, 2025.

The awarded composer will agree to IDRS recording and sharing a video of the premiere with IDRS membership.

IDRS thanks Members of the IDRS Commissioning Committee, Ryan Reynolds (Chair), Hassan Anderson, Lorelei Dowling, Nicolasa Kuster, Sarah Roper (ex officio), Esther Williams, Yiu Song Lam.

2025 Commissioning Grant Application Form

Please note: The Commissioning Grant Application Form applies only to performers who have already submitted an application for a performance at the 2025 IDRS Conference (Indiana, USA, June 10-14) in the 2025 Conference Artistic Proposal Form.


Deadline for application form submissions: November 5


The four 2024 Commissioning Grant winners in alphabetical order are:

Composer: Margi Griebling-Haigh – “Elevenses” Trio for flute, oboe, and clarinet

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Performers: Veritate Winds, Tammara K. Phillips, flute, Dione Chandler, oboe, Lynn Musco, clarinet

Margi Griebling-Haigh
Margi Griebling-Haigh

Composer: Regina Harris Bariocchi – “oboe haiku” for oboe, oboe d’amore and English horn

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Performers: Patricia Morehead, oboe, oboe d’amore and English horn

Regina Harris Bariocchi
Regina Harris Bariocchi

Composer: Samuel Murillo – “Sones de Sinaloa” for 2 bassoons

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Performers: Dos Más (2+) Carly Rae Gómez and Jason Glenn Souliere, bassoon

Samuel Murillo
Samuel Murillo

Composer: Brian Raphael Nabors – “Synergy” for 2 bassoons and 2 bass clarinets

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Performers: Andrea Baker, Caroline Sackleh, bassoons, Bryce Newcomer, Catherine Conlin, bass clarinets

Brian Raphael Nabors
Brian Raphael Nabors

Questions?

Please address any questions to commissioning@idrs.org.