Lisa Karrer - director/composer/performance artist
Grants and Awards 2003
2000 - 2002
Manhattan Commmunity Arts Fund
(Lower Manhattan Cultural Council)~ For production support towards "Womans Song: The Story of Roro Mendut"
Arts International Festival Fund ~ For travel to the Glasperlenspiel International Music Festival in Estonia, to perform with Gamelan Son of Lion ensemble, dancers and performers featuring the multi-media music theater production "Womans Song: The Story of Roro Mendut" by Lisa Karrer; and original compositions by members of Gamelan Son of Lion. The Greenwall Foundation ~ Development grant for "Womans Song: The Story of Roro Mendut"
Meet The Composer Fund ~ Greenwich Music House North River Composers Series; Endangered Opera at Galapagos New Music Series
1995 - 2000
For "The Birth of George" Workshop Premiere - a chamber opera composed in collaboration with David Simons
~ Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Composers Commission
~ Jerome Foundation
~ The Greenwall Foundation
~ Aaron Copland Recording Award
~ Meet The Composer Fund
ArtsLink Collaborative Project Grants
1996
Harvestworks Music Programming Residency ~ To research wireless midi-triggering technology for velocity-sensitive stilts and proximity sensor for inflatable sculpture.
1995
Arts International Festival Fund ~ For travel to the NYYD International New Music Festival in Tallinn, Estonia to perform as a duo with David Simons, and in concert with music ensemble Tunnetusuksus.
Other Arts International Tours:
1996 Yojakarta Gamelan Festival, Java;
2000 Sacred Rhythm Percussion Millennial Festival, Bali.
1985 - 1999
Meet the Composer Performing Grants ~ The Bacchae with DAK Theater; Gowanus Arts Performing Series; Harvestworks Listen-In; Greenwich Music House North River Composers Series; Endangered Opera at Galapagos' New Music On North Sixth Series, etc.