ABOUT OUR PROCESS
The Lewis Prize for Music Awards - 2022
The Lewis Prize for Music is dedicated to fairness, inclusion and transparency. The Prize Finalists and Awardees are chosen through a rigorous and comprehensive process that incorporates evaluation and input from diverse leaders in the fields of music, education, policy, research, philanthropy and community organizing. This includes young adult alumni leaders from creative youth development programs.
Below are lists of our Readers and Panelists as well as the applications and rubrics for each stage of our annual process.
ROUND ONE READERS (age 25 and under)
Bisagna “Bisah” Suh, 4421 Productions
Camille Jones, Voices Unheard
Casemi Simmon, Alum and Artist Mentor, The David’s Harp Foundation
Daphine Henderson, University of of Maryland at College Park
Imani Harris, Northwestern University and alum, Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit
Jonathan Turner, SIPP Culture
Natasha Rosario, Alum and Development Associate, Community MusicWorks
Sky Mebane, Alum, Beyond the Bars
Yesenia Perez, Harvard Graduate School of Education
ROUND ONE READERS (age 26 and over)
Anneliese Martinez, Consultant
Chloe Kline, Community MusicWorks
Dennis Ryan, Mosaic Youth Theatre Detroit
Erica Bauer, Chicago Bulls
Erin Washington, SoulCenter
Maung Nyeu, Our Golden Hour
Jeff Grogan, Oklahoma City University
Joseph Mack, The David’s Harp Foundation
Mac Howison, The Heinz Endowments
Mollie Ducoste, Beyond the Bars and Temple University
Monica Metzler, My Voice Music
Myran Parker-Brass, Educator and Consultant
Rachael Nez, First Peoples Fund
Robyn Hilger, American Choral Directors Association
Stefon Harris, Musician, Educator, Rutgers University - Newark, and The LewisPrize Board of Directors
SEMI-FINALIST REVIEW PANEL (comprised of the following Round One Readers)
Bisagna “Bisah” Suh, 4421 Productions
Camille Jones, Voices Unheard
Imani Harris, Northwestern University and alum, Mosaic Youth Theatre ofDetroit
Jonathan Turner, SIPP Culture
Natasha Rosario, Alum and Development Associate, Community MusicWorks
Yesenia Perez, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Joseph Mack, The David’s Harp Foundation
Mac Howison, The Heinz Endowments
Rachael Nez, First Peoples Fund
FINALIST REVIEW PANEL
Amber Scales, University of Alabama
Jenna Nicholas, Impact Experience
Stefon Harris, Musician, Educator, Rutgers University - Newark, and The LewisPrize Board of Directors
Victor Del Carmen, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Court Ruark, The Management Center
Past Processes and Convenings
Readers and Rubrics
Readers and Panelists for our 2021 Accelerator Awards Process
Readers and Panelists for our 2020 Covid-19 Community Response Grants
Readers and Panelists for our 2020 Accelerator Awards Process
Read our previous Accelerator Award Letter of Interest Rubric
Read our 2020 Accelerator Awardee Selection Rubric
Read our 2019 LP Institute Participants