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Local jazz drummer Previte awarded
Feb 26, 2015 12:02 am
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Bobby Previte. Photo by Kate Previte.[/caption]The Philadelphia-based Greenfield Foundation announced this week that Columbia County-based jazz drummer and composer Bobby Previte won the 2015 Greenfield Prize. This annual award includes a $30,000 cash prize as a commission for a new work of art to be realized within two years. In addition, the winner is given residency time at the invitation-only Hermitage Artist Retreat, a premier performance by a professional arts organization on the two-year anniversary of the award and assistance in helping to have the new work programmed for future performances. Previte beat out some impressive semi-finalists, in composers Don Byron, Tyshawn Sorey and Julia Wolfe. The prize will be presented Sat., April 18, in Sarasota, Florida. For more information see the Greenfield Prize website.
Bobby Previte. Photo by Kate Previte.[/caption]The Philadelphia-based Greenfield Foundation announced this week that Columbia County-based jazz drummer and composer Bobby Previte won the 2015 Greenfield Prize. This annual award includes a $30,000 cash prize as a commission for a new work of art to be realized within two years. In addition, the winner is given residency time at the invitation-only Hermitage Artist Retreat, a premier performance by a professional arts organization on the two-year anniversary of the award and assistance in helping to have the new work programmed for future performances. Previte beat out some impressive semi-finalists, in composers Don Byron, Tyshawn Sorey and Julia Wolfe. The prize will be presented Sat., April 18, in Sarasota, Florida. For more information see the Greenfield Prize website.