If you watch the Mass Cultural Council's 40 Years of Fellowships videos, which tell the stories of some of the incredible artists we've funded since 1975, the over-arching story (as we see it, anyway) is that when a community supports artists, the impact is wide-ranging and profound. But the project also tells a parallel story: each video features music by a past MCC Music … [Read more...]
Composer Lewis Spratlan: Long Journey of a Dream
American composer Lewis Spratlan won an Artist Fellowship the first year the grants were offered, in 1975. He had just begun working on an opera, Life Is a Dream, whose journey spanned five decades, from near-abandonment to the one of the highest honors in American music. Mass Cultural Council is celebrating 40 Years of Fellowships by sharing video interviews with some … [Read more...]