Description
The Sight and Sound Subvention Committee will consider applications regarding financial assistance to facilitate the publication of non-print material concerning American music. Such material may include film, DVD, CD and other audio/visual formats, radio programs, website development, or other projects that further the Society’s mission and goals. These materials should be available through a commercial source, not on the applicant’s personal pages.
The maximum award is $750.
Eligibility
Applications may be made by performers, editors, or producers, who are members of the Society.
Application Requirements
In addition to the application, please submit the following materials:
- An abstract of no more than 500 words that describes the project and its contribution to American music.
- A brief statement about publication and/or distribution plans.
- A financial statement explaining the expenses to which the subvention would be applied.
- A brief curriculum vita or resume.
Please DO NOT send a sample sound recording or video excerpt with your initial application.
Deadline
October 15
Projects Supported by the Sight & Sound Subvention
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 2026 | No award given |
| 2025 | Emily Ruth Allen, "Southern Sounds of Celebration" |
| 2024 | Vivianne Asturizaga, "Expanding the Canon: Bolivian Musical Heritage and Composers' Database" Catherine Wolter, Player Pianos and Reproducing Pianos in Early 20th-Century Life |
| 2023 | No recipient |
| 2022 | Mike Hall, Hooked on Polyphony |
| 2021 | Will Robin, Sound Expertise |
| 2020 | Marian Wilson Kimber, "In a Woman's Voice: Musical Readings by American Women Composers" |
| 2019 | Andrew Granade, Hearing the Pulitzers |
| 2018 | Hannah Leland, Specter, George Antheil’s later works for violin and piano by Duo Odéon (Sono Luminus) |
| 2017 | Sarah Eyerly and Mark Sciuchetti, “Mapping the Historic Soundscapes of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania” |
| 2016 | Kendra Preston Leonard, Silent Film Sound & Music Archive (SFSMA.org) Downloadable recordings of music written for silent films |
| 2015 | Reba Wissner and Jessica Getman, “Cues and Contracts: Music and the American Television Industry.” A searchable online database housing music cue sheets of the 1950s and ‘60s. |
| 2014 | Dr. Iain Quinn, The Organ Works of Vincent Persichetti (CD) |
| 2013 | Mark Clague and Susan Key, Poets and Patriotism: A Recorded History of the Star-Spangled Banner |
| 2012 | Jamie C. Davidson, “How Ya Gonna Cross That Water?: New Orleans Second Lines as Experiential Media for the Visually Impaired” |
| 2011 | Jocelyn Arem, Caffè Lena History Project |
| 2010 | Anna Beresin, University of the Arts, “Urban American Gamestories and Songs” (Companion website to Recess Battles) |
| 2009 | Ben Harbert, Follow Me Down: The New Work of Louisiana Prison Songs (Film Project) |
| 2008 | Harmonie Ensemble/New York, Symphonic Jazz II: Gershwin Originals (CD) |
| 2007 | John Koegel, Music in German Immigrant Theater: New York City, 1840-1920 (Companion CD) |
| 2005 | Brenda M. Romero, Canciones de mis patrias (Songs of My Homelands) |
| 2004 | Gerri Gribi, CreativeFolk.com, Afro-AmericanHeritage.com (Website Development) |
| 2000 | Farmer’s Museum, Winter’s Song: Seasonal and Holiday Favorites from Candlelight Evening |
| 1999 | Prof. Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation, A Marc Blitzstein Songbook (Companion CD) Lauralyn Kolb, Songs of John Duke (New World Records) |
| 1998 | Cal Johnson, Chicago Renaissance Woman: Florence Price Organ Works |
| 1997 | Adrienne Fried Block, Music of William Mayer and Amy Beach |
| 1996 | Benjamin Sears and Bradford Connor, Irving Berlin Songs, 1915-1918 |