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Residency • Commissioning • Jazz
Awards • Professional Development
Ensemble and presenter members of CMA may apply to this program which supports live ensemble music in rural, urban, and suburban communities nationwide. Dynamic collaborations and non-traditional partnerships among ensembles, presenters, and community-based organizations are encouraged.
Residency projects may include workshops, ensemble coaching sessions, lecture/demonstrations, and/or concerts that are not part of a regular series. The length of the collaborative project ranges from a minimum of three days to one year. Support ranges from 50% to 80% of proposed costs. These may include cash from other grants, earned income, in-kind donations, or an allocation from the organization's general operating funds.
Short-term projects
A minimum of three days
with a minimum of three residency activities |
$2,500 to $6,000 |
Extended projects
A minimum of 10 activities
over a period of one month to a year |
$5,000 to $12,000 |
To honor the Guarneri String Quartet, the Sewell Family Foundation has created an annual residency grant for a string quartet. One recipient will be selected each year from the string quartet applicants to CMA's Residency Partnership Program.
FAQs
Samples of Guidelines and Application
Grant Recipients
Proposal Deadline: February 11, 2011
CMA will hold a series of grant application workshops. Participants may attend in person or by teleconference.
Seating and phone lines are limited. To participate, you must register no later than three days before any workshop. Contact Marc Giosi, program associate, (212) 242-2022, ext. 14, or mgiosi@chamber-music.org.
CMA will send the teleconference number to those who intend to participate by phone.
Workshop schedule: All times are Eastern
Tuesday, February 23, 3:00 P.M.
Thursday, February 25, 2:00 P.M.
Friday, February 26, 2:00 P.M.
305 Seventh Avenue (between 27th and 28th Streets)
Fifth Floor
New York, NY
www.chamber-music.org
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Telephone consultations with CMA staff are available for organizations with questions about the application process.
For classical and contemporary music, contact:
Susan Dadian, Program Director, Classical/Contemporary, (212) 242-2022, ext. 13, sdadian@chamber-music.org
For jazz, contact:
Jeanette Vuocolo, Program Director, CMA Jazz, (212) 242-2022, ext. 17, jvuocolo@chamber-music.org
Grant recipients
The Residency Partnership Program is made possible with support from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and
The Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.
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