Deadline: 13-Apr-23
The Ontario Arts Council has announced the applications for Music Creation Projects to support Ontario-based professional artists in creating original musical works.
Purpose
This program supports music creators at all career stages, working in all music genres/styles. 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
What this program funds?
- Composition/creation of new original work.
- This may also include:
- creation of a companion piece or additional movements, intended to accompany an earlier composition
- completion of a larger-scale work under development (for example, an opera)
- music incorporating other media or art forms.
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.
Ineligible
- ad hoc groups, collectives and organizations. Note: an individual may apply to create with others
- professional composers or songwriters who are currently enrolled in composition or songwriting courses or a music composition degree program at a university, college or conservatory (composition/songwriting workshops are permitted), are not eligible to apply in the Self-directed creation category
- However, they may apply in the Commissioning category, provided they can demonstrate that the professional contract to create a new composition for the commissioner is independent of their studies.
For more information, visit Ontario Arts Council.