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CMA Jazz

Chamber Music America actively supports its jazz members with a variety of grant and award opportunities, an annual conference, professional development programs and much more.

CMA jazz members include ensembles, individual artists, presenters, festivals, producers, agents, managers, publishers, other professionals and advocates, and organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Core Grant Requirements

Eligible jazz ensembles must consist of a core group of 2 to 10 professional musicians, led by (or including) a composer/performer, with a demonstrated history of performing their own music. Not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) status is not necessary; however, CMA membership on the Organization level is required.

Eligible presenters or festivals must be not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organizations with a demonstrated history of music-presenting. CMA Organization-level membership is required.

Grant Opportunities

Residency Partnership
Application Deadline: February 11, 2011
Supports non-traditional residency projects between professional ensembles or presenters and community partners in rural, urban, and/or suburban communities.
FAQs
Samples of Guidelines and Application
Grantee Request and Report Forms
Grant Recipients

Made possible with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and The Chamber Music America Endowment Fund

New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development
Application Deadline: March 11, 2011
Supports professional jazz ensembles in the creation, performance, and cultivation of original work over a three-year project period.
FAQs
Samples of Guidelines and Application
Grantee Request and Report Forms
Grant Recipients

Made possible with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Presenting Jazz
Application Deadline: October 15, 2010
Supports presenters and festivals with live performance by professional jazz ensembles. Priority given to emerging and mid-career ensembles.
FAQs
Samples of past Guidelines and Application
Grantee Request and Report Forms
Grant Recipients

Made possible with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

CMA/FACE French-American Jazz Exchange
Application Deadline: TBD
Supports innovative collaborations of French and U.S. jazz artists (citizens or legal residents of their respective countries) that take place in one or both countries.
A partnership program with the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) and the French Embassy.
French artists are to contact; Emmanuel Morlet, FACE Program Officer, Emmanuel.MORLET@diplomatie.gouv.fr
FAQs
Samples of past Guidelines and Application
Grantee Request and Report Forms
Grant Recipients

Made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation, SACEM, and CulturesFrance.

CMA Jazz Staff

Jeanette Vuocolo
Program Director
(212) 242-2022, x17
jvuocolo@chamber-music.org

Marc Giosi
Program Associate
(212) 242-2022, x14
mgiosi@chamber-music.org


Other Opportunities
First Tuesdays
CMA/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming
What's New
Consultations for CMA members are available; please contact CMA Jazz staff.