OUR SUPPORTERS
Each and every one of our supporters - whether an individual, company, foundation, or otherwise - is key to our success. We are incredibly grateful to the individuals and teams who make our work possible, and extend our heartfelt thanks.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is home to our annual String Quartet Smackdown, and is a consistent partner and contributor on numerous other endeavors and events.
Conan’s Pizza has kept participants in our Young Composer Concert fed in preparation for their live interviews and performance for the past two years!
Golden Hornet is supported in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA). The mission of the TCA is to advance our state economically and culturally by investing in a creative Texas. TCA supports a diverse and innovative arts community in Texas, throughout the nation and internationally by providing resources to enhance economic development, arts education, cultural tourism and artist sustainability initiatives.
MXTX is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
Golden Hornet is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department.
Each year, KMFA serves as media sponsors for our SXSW Official ATX Composers Showcase. Their team are also consistent supporters of our other programs, particularly through coverage of our Young Composer Concert.
Golden Hornet’s The Sound of Science featuring Jeffrey Zeigler was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from the Mary Flager Cary Chartitable Trust, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Helen F. Whitaker Fund, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and an anonymous donor. For more information, visit the Sound of Science project page.
Backdive is the amazing team behind the videos documenting our String Quartet Smackdown and Young Composer Concert.
MARFA
A Country & Western
Big Band Suite
Originally Commissioned by
Ballroom Marfa
Premiere Sponsors
Kathleen & Harvey Guion
Outreach Sponsors
Shalini Ramanathan & Chris Tomlinson
Messaging Sponsors
Amy Holloway & Chris Engle
with support from
Raj Patel & Mini Kahlon
Joseph Strickland
Jessica Brand & Chris Roberts
Blake Trabulsi
George & Dona Reynolds
Rishma Venkatrao
Golden Hornet’s
The Sound of Science
featuring Jeffrey Zeigler
Co-Commissioners
Kathleen & Harvey Guion
Sponsor of the Cellist
Suzanne Deal Booth
Premiere sponsors
Shalini Ramanathan & Chris Tomlinson
Eugene Sepulveda & Steven Tomlinson
Composer sponsor
Mike Chesser
With Support from
Tim & Karrie League
Amy & Chris Holloway
Kathy Blackbird & Craig Hurwitz
Lorelei & Chris Calvert
Beverley Dale
Alamo Drafthouse
Ann & Scott Leist
Louise O'Connor
Gina & Shari Fant-Simon
Karin Richmond
as well as
Teresa Finney, Annie Burridge, Rob & Amy Lauer, Ed & Cathy McHorse, Kenneth Trice, Joseph Strickland, David Quin, Ron Berry, Blake Trabulsi, George & Dona Reynolds, Peter Helf, Peter Bay & Mela Dailey, Naila Ismail, Sly Majid, Jane Elizabeth Madison, Ian Schoen, Cary Ferchil & Sherri Greenberg, Sally Hahn, Reed Arnos, Clive & Robbie Luke, Janine Ploetz, Arnaud Mathieu, Eugenia Simon, Noah Kagan, LB Deyo, Charlotte Jernigan, Valerie Vela, Anne Marie Cherry, Anita Prewett, Buzz & Cheryl Moran, and Yvette Reynolds.