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UCLA Library, which provides access to one of the largest academic music collections in North America, has announced the 2025 Hugo and Christine Davise Fund for Contemporary Music grantees. Nine faculty and student music projects will receive awards between $1,000 and $5,000.
Projects were selected for their potential to advance the field of contemporary music and include a world premiere of three dance movements inspired by Bach, participatory events reimagining the composer-performer-audience relationship, commissioned bodies of work exploring the importance of breath, podcasting services for UCLA music alumni and underrepresented musicians, a concert showcasing the work of musicians with disabilities and the impact on their work, and more.
Ephemera, recordings and other materials produced through these music projects will join the more than 400,000 physical items held by the Music Library, from resources for music research, performance, and study spanning all genres of music from ancient times to today. Any new works or commissions may be published in the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library’s Contemporary Music Score Collection, the first open-access repository of new music published by a library and the largest of its kind in the world.
The Davise Fund Awards selection committee included Ciara Brewer, music access services assistant, Jamie Hazlitt, director of Arts, Music, and Powell libraries, and Matthew Vest, music inquiry and research librarian.
Other funding opportunities through the Hugo and Christine Davise Fund for Contemporary Music include Resonate: An Open Access Call for Scores Series, which will be open for submissions in spring 2026. More information about the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library.
Header photo L-R: Catherine Gregory, Allison Loggins-Hull / Dario Acosta (Gregory); Rafael Rios (Loggins-Hull)