“A wide variety of relief organizations have sprung up since March to provide financial and other types of COVID-19–related assistance to those in need in the music world,” writes Jane L. Levere on Wednesday (6/17) at NYC classical radio station WQXR. “Some funds—such as Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New Music Solidarity Fund, and The Actors Fund— are national. Artist Relief Tree is helping artists worldwide, while the Sony Corporation also has established a global relief fund.… New York and Los Angeles chapters of the American Federation of Musicians union are providing COVID-19 relief assistance to members, while arts groups in states across the country also are offering aid. Some symphony orchestras—such as Maine’s Portland Symphony Orchestra, Missouri’s Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and North Carolina’s Winston-Salem Symphony—have established their own COVID-19 relief funds…. The New Music Solidarity Fund was launched via the efforts of Marcos Balter, Julia Bullock, Claire Chase, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Du Yun, Reena Esmail, Judd Greenstein, Nico Muhly, Andrew Norman, Christian Reif, Christopher Rountree, Caroline Shaw, Conrad Tao, Seth Parker Woods, and New Music USA. It is extending help to less-secure individuals within the new-music community.” The article provides extensive links to pandemic relief funds for the performing arts.
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