National Sawdust

National Sawdust

Formation	2015
Type	Nonprofit music producer and venue
Purpose	"To provide composers and musicians across genres a home in which they can flourish, a setting where they are given unprecedented support and critical resources essential to create and share their work."[1]
Location	80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11249
Coordinates	40°43′8.0472″N 73°57′40.824″W / 40.718902000°N 73.96134000°W / 40.718902000; -73.96134000
Co-founder and Artistic Director	Paola Prestini
Website	https://nationalsawdust.org

National Sawdust is a nonprofit music producer and venue in Brooklyn, New York with the goal of providing "composers and musicians across genres... a setting where they are given unprecedented support and critical resources essential to create and share their work."^[1] The organization is named after its building's original tenant, an early 20th century sawdust factory by the same name.^[2] It was founded in 2015 by composer Paola Prestini and attorney Kevin Dolan. Since then, National Sawdust has featured artists and ensembles including Philip Glass, Yo-Yo Ma, Nico Muhly, Yo La Tengo, Eydís Evensen, Chris Thile, Pussy Riot, Caroline Polachek, Tanya Tagaq, Agnes Obel, Joan Tower, John Corigliano, the International Contemporary Ensemble, yMusic, Missy Mazzoli, Royce Vavrek, Du Yun, Karole Armitage, and Anthony Roth Costanzo.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}