ABOUT OUR PROCESS

The Lewis Prize for Music Awards - 2024

The Lewis Prize for Music is dedicated to fairness, inclusion, and transparency. Organizations are chosen through a rigorous and comprehensive process incorporating evaluation and input from diverse leaders in music, education, policy, research, philanthropy, and community organizing. This includes young adults and 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)

Alexandria Rose Holiday, New Mexico

Anna Carson Tyner, Mississippi

Anthony Marquez, Washington

Antonio Clark, Missouri 

Blake Trejo, California

Mattie Levy, Michigan and Illinois 

Nicole  Rodas, Connecticut

Matthew Garcia, Massachusetts and Texas

ROUND ONE READERS (age 26 and over)

Aubree Weiley, Illinois 

Carlos Cuestas, New York

CieraJevae "Cici", DC and Bay Area

David Bassa, Tennessee 

Eric Ibarra, California

Erik Rivera, New Mexico

Israel Juarez, Colorado

Jeremy Peters, Michigan

Kunya Rowley, Florida and Oklahoma 

Lee Bynum, New York

Lehuanani DeFranco, New York

Melisa Orozco Vargas, Hawaii

NyRee Clayton-Taylor, Kentucky

Porché Hardy, New York

Rachel Knox, Tennessee

Raiyasha Paris, Oregon

Timothy Stoddard, Pennsylvania

Tran Vu, Massachusetts

SEMI-FINALIST REVIEW PANEL (comprised of the following Round One Readers)

Alexandria Rose Holiday, New Mexico  

Anna Carson Tyner, Mississippi 

Blake Trejo, California

Jeremy Peters, Michigan

Kunya Rowley, Florida and Oklahoma 

Lehuanani DeFranco, New York

Mattie Levy, Michigan and Illinois 

Nicole  Rodas, Connecticut 

Raiyasha Paris, Oregon 

FINALIST REVIEW PANEL

Regina Carter-Garnett, Jazz Musician, New Jersey 

Raquel Jimenez, Research Fellow, Massachusetts

Kimie Miner, Musician, Hawaii 

Camille Jones, Musician, Virginia 

Imani Foster, Community and Nonprofit Leader, Michigan

Timothy Brannon, Musician and Student, Massachusetts 


Read our 2024 Round One Application and Rubric

Read our 2024 Finalist Application and Award Selection