Pandit Pran Nath

AWARDS AND GRANTS

National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. Composer/Librettist Fellowship Grant for Music Composition in the Kirana Style of Indian Classical Music, 1978.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, N.Y. Fellowship in Music Composition within the Kirana Style of Indian Classical Music, 1974-75.

Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS), New York, N.Y. Grant to continue work in composition in the Kirana style of Indian classical music, 1974.

The Lannan Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. Performance grant, 1970.

Cassandra Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. Grant in Recognition of Achievement in the field of Art, 1969.

COMMISSIONS

Kronos Quartet, San Francisco, California, with funding from the Beigler Trust. Composition and recording of Aba kee tayk hamaree (It is my turn Oh Lord), 1989-92.

MELA Foundation, New York, N.Y., with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. "Darbar daoun" set in Raga Darbari, 1987.

Dia Art Foundation, New York, N.Y. To establish and oversee a performing, teaching, and archives facility for the presentation and preservation of the Kirana tradition, 1977 - 85.

Dia Art Foundation, New York, N.Y. To continue to perform and record an archive of the Kirana Style of Indian Classical Music, 1979 - 85.

The Pellizzi Foundation, Inc., New York, N.Y. To perform and record an archive of the Kirana Style of Indian Classical Music, including the six major ragas, 1976 -77.