An ECM project grant + an alumni collaboration
Each spring, our Entrepreneurship Center for Music (ECM) awards听project grants designed to support College of Music students in their professional development, entrepreneurial endeavors or creative works.
In 2024, Er-Hsuan Li (DMA 鈥24) received such a grant in support of the world premiere of a piano concerto composed by John Clay Allen (DMA 鈥19) who鈥檚 also a College of Music lecturer in music technology + composition. Li, now assistant teaching professor at Montana State University, performed the concerto with a string orchestra at the Dairy Arts Center, and the ECM grant helped pay the musicians and rent the venue.
This March, 鈥淭he Stone Harp鈥 album was听 featuring both Allen鈥檚 piano concerto with Li as soloist, as well as Allen鈥檚 concerto for oboe and string orchestra featuring Ingrid Anderson (BM 鈥08) as soloist. The recording is a collaboration between Allen and the 抖阴传媒在线 Symphony under the direction of conductor Devin Patrick Hughes.