The New York State Music Fund Advisors, Reviewers and Panelists
Cristian Amigo, Ph.D.
Musician/Composer
Astoria, NY
Carl Atkins, Ph.D.
Professor of Music, Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Jeff Chang
Author/Journalist/Activist
Berkeley, CA
Don Byron
Musician/Composer
Boiceville, NY
Karen Park Canning
Ethnomusicologist and Musician
Piffard, NY
Joseph Dalton
Freelance Music and Arts Journalist
Troy, NY
Willie L. Hill, Jr., Ph.D.
Educator/Arts Administrator/Musician
Director, Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
Murray Horwitz
Arts Administrator and Commentator
Director, American Film Institute’s Silver Theater & Cultural Center
Silver Spring, MD
James Jordan
Music Publisher and former director of the New York State Council on the Arts
New York, NY
Richard Kessler
Executive Director, The Center for Arts Education
New York, NY
Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
Artist/Writer/Producer/Musician
New York, NY
Alyce Myatt
Managing Director, Grantmakers in Film & Electronic Media
Baltimore, MD
Gayle Morgan
Program Director, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
New York, NY
Michael Orlove
Senior Program Director, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Chicago, IL
Elisabeth Perez-Luna
Executive Producer of National Programming, WHYY-FM
Philadelphia, PA
Mike Ross, Ph.D.
Musician/Composer
Director, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
Mildred Ruiz
Singer/Actress/Playwright
Bronx, NY
Bobby Sanabria
Musician/Educator
Bronx, NY
Daniel Sheehy, Ph.D.
Director and Curator, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Washington, DC
Vince Stehle
Program Officer for Nonprofit Sector Initiative, Surdna Foundation
New York, NY
Ray Vega
Musician
Lecturer, Music Conservatory, SUNY Purchase
Purchase, NY
Elisabeth Vincentelli
Arts and Entertainment Editor, Time Out New York
New York, NY
Su Zheng, Ph.D.
Ethnomusicologist/Associate Professor of Music, Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Program Consultants
Joy-Marie Abulokwe, senior consultant
Vanessa Whang, senior consultant
Shruti Adhar
Simotra Houston
Carrie Parrington
Sergio Porto
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