Congratulations to faculty composer Amy Williams, one of 10 composers to receive a Fromm Music Foundation Commission in 2009. The commission includes a fee of $10,000 and a subsidy for the performing ensemble. To fulfill the commission, Williams will compose a string quartet for the JACK Quartet, an ensemble known for its energetic commissioning and presentation of contemporary music. Williams anticipates that the new work will receive its premiere sometime in 2012.

Commissions represent one of the principal ways that the Fromm Music Foundation seeks to strengthen composition and to bring contemporary concert music closer to the public. Over the course of its existence, the Fromm Foundation has commissioned over 300 new compositions and their performances, and has sponsored hundreds of new music concerts and concert series, among them Tanglewood's Festival of Contemporary Music and the Fromm Concert Series at Harvard University.