Residency • Commissioning •
Jazz
Awards • Professional Development
Current and Past Grant Recipients
The Residency Partnership Program supports ensembles and presenters in building audiences for classical/contemporary, jazz, and world chamber music through residency projects. Funding is specifically aimed at activities that take place in community settings and that are not part of a regular concert series. These activities may include, but are not limited to, clinics, interactive classroom programs, and lecture/demonstrations in libraries, hospitals, senior centers, or similar venues. Projects must take place in the U.S. or its territories.
The length of the residencies ranges from a minimum of three days to one year. Grants support up to 75 percent of expenses directly connected to the project. The balance must be drawn from other sources, such as cash from other grants, earned income, or an allocation from the organization's general operating funds.
Residency Types
Short-term projects
3-9 activities taking place over at least three consecutive or separate days within a month. |
$2,500 to $6,000 |
Extended projects
10 or more activities taking place over more than one month and up to one year. |
$5,000 to $12,000 |
For More Information
Planning a Residency
Program Evaluation -- and Why It Shouldn't Scare You
Application Workshop Presentation [Power Point | PDF]
Guarneri String Quartet Residency
Each year one residency project featuring a classical string quartet is chosen as the Guarneri String Quartet Residency, made possible by the Sewell Family Foundation. The recipient string quartet is selected in the final round of the review process, based on its artistry as demonstrated on the CD-R Work Sample. No separate application is required, and no additional funding is awarded.
Application Deadline: November 16, 2012
Sample of 2011 FAQs Guidelines and Application [Word | PDF]
Application Workshop Schedule
Administer Your Award
Grant Recipients
List of CMA Panelists 2007-2011
