Congratulations to our pal Alex Ross, one of this year’s 25 MacArthur Fellows. There were three other music-related “Genius Grants,” as they’re more commonly called, for 2008:
Violinist Leila Josefowicz, instrument maker and composer Walter Kitundu, and saxophonist Miguel Zenón.

According to the MacArthur Foundation website “There are three criteria for selection of Fellows: exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work.” Prospective fellows are nominated anonymously by a group of Nominators, and are selected by an anonymous Selection Committee.

4 thoughts on “2008 MacArthur Fellows Announced”
  1. Lisa,

    Corey Harris isn’t generally considered a jazz musician. I was focusing specifically about jazz musicians who have gotten MacArthurs.

  2. I totally agree. But couldn’t you say the same things about last year’s selection of Corey Harris?

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