Turn The Spotlight

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[Aubrey Bergauer @AubreyBergauer]

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Sharon took the piece from concept to a world premiere performance, including advocacy, education, and speaking engagements.

Please join us in congratulating Sharon and her fabulous mentor Kathleen Kelly on this award. We're so proud of all that our 2023 Fellows have created!

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Congrats to Sharon Su, the 2023 recipient of our $5,000 Hedwig Holbrook Prize!

Over the course of her Spotlight Fellowship, @doodlyroses created and performed a new piano concerto based on a solo piano sonata by Fanny Mendelssohn.

[Aubrey Bergauer @AubreyBergauer]

This cohort is 🔥🔥🔥. So proud to be a part of Team Spotlight. Can’t wait to see this group’s work advance the field. CONGRATULATIONS, FELLOWS!

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...Kamala Sankaram, Lidiya Yankovskaya, Kathleen Kelly, Nicole Paiement, Amanda Mejia, Jamie Barton, Melissa Wegner, Afa Dworkin, Jennifer Szeto, and Jessica Jahn.

Congratulations, all! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Welcome to our 2023 Turn The Spotlight Fellows! These creators, activists, and change-makers are pairing with inspiring industry leaders to further their work. Learn more about the 2023 cohort at https://t.co/jHMybLTlNS. ⚡️

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The new cohort joins our network of transformative arts leaders, including team members Beth Stewart, Julia Bullock, Clemency Burton-Hill, Camille Zamora, Heidi Melton, Aubrey Bergauer, Monica Yunus, Celeste Headlee, Anne Midgette, Francesca Zambello, Kristin Atwell Ford...

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[Jamie Barton @jbartonmezzo]

This love note should be TO @verismocomm, not FROM! This extraordinary woman created this nonprofit org to help phenomenal emerging artistic minds in a real way. Being a part of the @turnspotlight family is an honor and a privilege. 💜

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[Aubrey Bergauer @AubreyBergauer]

Turn The Spotlight does incredible work. It’s the kind of organization I want to be a part of and help support no matter how busy life gets because we need this work like the air we breathe.

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She pivoted to a more intimate realization of her vision, composing and performing a collection of solo pieces that has now been premiered through Taking Imperfect Action Concert Series, staged with Third Eye Theatre Ensemble, and recorded for release on all streaming platforms.

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Three cheers for conductor Alexandra Enyart, winner of a $1,500 Spotlight Prize!

Alexis created Witness, an exploration of transgender identity intended to help reduce the staggering percentage of trans people who attempt suicide.

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Working with her mentor, @LidiyaConductor, Alexis realized early on that she would not be able to collaborate with an orchestra as she had envisioned pre-pandemic.

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Bonus: the concert has now been compiled digitally and all premieres will soon be available to stream on the New Music USA website!

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Join us in celebrating composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, winner of a $2,500 Spotlight Prize!

For her Spotlight Project, @Nilou_Nour created Another Birth, the first composition residency at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.

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Nilou mentored 7 young Afghan women to compose solo and chamber pieces. When Kabul fell days before the long-planned premiere concert, Nilou shifted her focus immediately, working tirelessly with activists across the globe to secure safe passage out of Afghanistan for all seven.