The Fromm Music Foundation Announces 2024 Commission Recipients, Fromm Prize, and Project Grant Recipients

CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2024 commission, Fromm Prize, and project grant recipients. 

Each year, the Fromm Music Foundation accepts applications for commissions of new music, and this year twelve composers were selected amongst a competitive pool of applicants. The Fromm Music Foundation commissions represent one of the ways that the foundation strives to support the creation of new musical works and bring contemporary concert music closer to the public. 

The Board of Directors of the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University is pleased to announce that this year’s $20,000 Fromm Prize will be awarded to the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). This award recognizes innovative commitment to the music of our time, and AACM is commended for what they have achieved in promoting new music. 

Lastly, the Fromm Music Foundation announces its project grant recipients for 2024-25. The Foundation issues a number of project grants each year in support of our organizational partners who promote the stewardship of new music and support composers in their early studies and careers.   

2024 Fromm Music Foundation Commission Recipients: 

• Katherine Balch 
• Lembit Beecher 
• Yu-Hui Chang 
• Inga Chinilina 
• Lei Liang 
• Annea Lockwood 
• Andrew Norman 
• Ayò Olúrántí 
• Charles Peck 
• Matthew Ricketts 
• Shelley Washington 
• Trevor Weston  

2024 Fromm Prize Winner 

• Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians 

2024 Fromm Music Foundation Project Grant Recipients: 

• American Academy in Rome 
• American Composers Orchestra 
• Brevard Music Center 
• Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) 
• Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center 
• International Contemporary Ensemble 
• Interlochen Center for the Arts 
• Tanglewood Music Center 

For more information about the Fromm Music Foundation, please visit: https://www.frommfoundation.fas.harvard.edu

About the Fromm Music Foundation 

The Fromm Music Foundation was founded by the late Paul Fromm in 1952. Since 1972, it has been located at Harvard University where it operates in partnership with the Harvard University Music Department. Over the course of its existence, the Fromm Foundation has commissioned almost 500 new compositions and their performances. The Fromm Foundation has sponsored hundreds of new music concerts and concert series, among them Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music, American Composers Orchestra, and the Fromm Players Concert at Harvard University. The Foundation also supports Fromm Distinguished Visitors at Harvard for established composers, the Paul Fromm Composer-in-Residence program at the American Academy in Rome, and Fromm Fellowships for young composers at festivals across the United States.