ABOUT OUR PROCESS

Accelerator Awards Year 1 - January 2020

The Lewis Prize for Music is dedicated to openness, fairness and transparency. The Prize Finalists and Awardees are chosen through a rigorous and comprehensive process that incorporates evaluation and input from diverse music leaders, young people involved in creative youth development programs, and a review panel of experts.

We are including lists of our Letter of Interest Readers, Youth Panel Members, Finalist Review Panelist and our rubric for selecting Finalists.

Letter of Interest Readers

Edward Abeyta, University of California, San Diego

Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, Radical Partners

Darren Isom, Bridgespan

Maria Lopez De Leon, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture

Jme Suannah McLean, Mesu Strategies

Jenna Nicholas, Impact Experience

Lillian Osei-Boateng, Doris Duke Foundation

Cristina Pacheco, Creative Producer and Activist

Dennie Palmer Wolf, WolfBrown

Myran Parker-Brass, Boston Public Schools (retired)

Omari Rush, CultureSource

Youth Panel

Sharniece Adams

Osi Atikpoh

Bobby Bush

Alyssa Chetrick

Daphne Henderson

Madeline Hernandez

Rodney Johnson

Amber Jones

Camille Jones

Amber Scales

Bisah Suh

Cornelius Williams

Finalist Review Panel

Mark Bedell, Superintendent - Kansas City Public Schools

Deborah Cullinen, CEO - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Aisha Fukushima, Singer, Speaker and Founder - RAPtivism

John Hinojosa, Executive Director | Artistic Director - SAY Sí

David Lang, Composer and Co-Founder | Co-Artistic Director - Bang On A Can

Wendi Moore-O’Neal, Cultural Worker, Activist, Educator and Founder - Jaliyah Consulting

Rubric

Read our Letter of Interest Rubric

Read our 2020 Awardee Selection Rubric

Convenings

Read our 2019 LP Institute Participants

Read our 2017-2018 Community Convening Recommendations

Read our 2017-2018 Community Meeting Participants