The Musical Grant Program is designed to support outstanding projects of San Francisco Bay Area professional chamber music ensembles, ensembles with composers, presenters, and individuals with chamber music projects.
Through a competitive process, the program awards grants to creative, well- planned projects that seek to further the artistic, educational, and administrative goals of this constituency.- Grants will be offered up to $3,000. Note: At the discretion of the panel, up to 2 grants not exceeding $5,000 each may be awarded in the "Ensemble with Composer" category only.
- The program is open to applicants with budgets that do not exceed $100,000.
- Applicants must reside and/or work in the nine counties of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma)
- All applicants must be at least 18 years of age to participate, and be U.S. citizens or hold legal resident permit status.
- A minimum history of at least two public performances over the last two years, and declare a plan for/or a schedule of upcoming performances.
Application may be made in one of four categories: - Ensemble
- Ensemble with a composer
- Presenter
- Individual with a chamber music project
Please read our guidelines for more details.
Application:
Deadline: July 10, 2009 (in office)
Apply to:
Musical Grant Program
San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music
3701 Sacramento Street, PMB 357
San Francisco, CA 94118-1705
By mail:
Application packets must arrive to the above address on or before July 10, 2009. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accept application packets postmarked the day of the deadline that arrive after July 10. We suggest you use priority mail to ensure timely delivery.
In person:
Application packets may be submitted in person on July 10th, 2009, only between the hours of 2:00 pm and 6:00pm at our office on 2716 Scott Street, San Francisco.
Application workshops are on June 25th [Oakland] and June 26th [San Francisco]. Please, register through our RSVP form.
The SFFCM Musical Grant Program is made possible through the contributions of the San Francisco Grants for the Arts/Hotel Tax Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the San Francisco Foundation.
HOW TO CONTACT THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR:
If you have any questions, please contact our Program Coordinator, Ms. Nicole Lungerhausen (see Contact)
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