Deadline: 13-Sep-22
Applications are now open for the Ontario Arts Council’s (OAC) Music Creation Projects to support Ontario-based professional artists in creating original musical works. This program supports music creators at all career stages, working in all music genres/styles.
Categories
The program has two categories:
- Self-directed creation: Projects where the applicant is an individual creator who is requesting support for composing/writing a new piece of music or body of work (for example, a song set). The applicant is taking their own initiative and making their own decisions about the music to be created.
- Commissioning: Projects where the applicant is an individual composer/songwriter working with a commissioner. The commissioner can be an individual artist, music group or non-profit arts organization, choreographer or dance company, who makes a commitment to give the proposed commissioned work a première.
Priorities
The program’s priorities are to support:
- projects that display exceptional creativity in composition and song-writing
- projects that enhance the range of music available to performers and the public
- projects that, in addition to the above, may contribute to arts education, public participation and community involvement in the arts in Ontario (for example, composition for children’s choir)
Funding Information
- Self-directed creation: maximum $4,000
- Commissioning: maximum $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals: professional composers, songwriters and music creators, who are Ontario residents
- Note: Others may be involved in the creative process. This could include commissioners where applicable, musicians, band members, lyricists, etc.)
- For applicants applying for music commissions only:
- Composers are the applicant and commissioners of the new music are required participants.
- Commissioners can be professional individual artists (music performers, choreographers) music groups, not-for-profit arts organization or dance company. Commissioners not entirely comprised of professional musicians, such as community orchestras or choirs, are also possible.
- Commissioners where music performance is not a primary activity, (e.g. an art gallery), are eligible. However, commissioners must describe their music programming curation and the context in which the new work will be presented to the public.
- Projects with commissioners located outside Ontario are eligible. The world première may occur elsewhere, but any plans for the first Ontario performance must be provided.
- Commissions suitable for young performers are eligible if the impact on learners or its potential for future use by the music education community can be demonstrated.
For more information, visit https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/music-creation-projects