Pacific Serenades Receives National Award

Pacific Serenades is proud to announce that it will be receiving a Letter of Distinction from New Music USA, an organization resulting from a recent merger of the American Music Center and Meet the Composer. This honor, which has been awarded annually since 1964, recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the field of contemporary American music.

In a ceremony in New York in May, 2013, Pacific Serenades will join other Letter of Distinction winners Anthony Braxton, John Kander, John Luther Adams, and William Kraft. Previous recipients include George Balanchine, Leonard Bernstein, Joan Tower, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Morton Feldman, Laurie Anderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Michael Tilson Thomas, Virgil Thomson, Joan La Barbara, Randy Weston, the Kronos Quartet, Bang on a Can, Dawn Upshaw, Jack Beeson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Copland House, William Bolcom and La Monte Young.

https://www.newmusicusa.org/blog/new-music-usa-announces-2013-award-recipients/