Grants for Performers
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Would you like to provide educational outreach opportunities where
your audiences and students can learn from an experienced composer,
performer, author and educator? Are you interested in producing a CD
for distribution to the public and for sale to your audiences? If you
are, then the Co-op Press Fund Grant Programs, which strongly support
the College Music Society's Community Engagement initiative, whose
goal is to encourage all musicians to "create more environments where
more people can Live Through Music ", can help you achieve your goals
of reaching out to your audiences to share your enthusiasm for your
art.
The Commission Assistance Grant Program enables performers to have a
piece composed especially for them by composer, Sy Brandon, in order
to generate audience and performer excitement about a world premiere.
The Commission Assistance Grant includes a residency where the
composer works with the musicians and speaks to the audience. This
grant is available to performers (elementary through professional) in
the continental United States. Deadlines for receipt of the
application are April 1, July 1 October 1, and January 1 of each year.
The Residency Assistance Grant enables performers to have composer, Sy
Brandon, work closely with them on a pre-existing composition of his,
to speak to audiences and instruct in individual and group settings.
This grant is available to performers (elementary through
professional) in the continental United States. Applications are
accepted throughout the year.
The Recording Grant enables talented performers to produce a
professional quality CD through Emeritus Recordings. The CD will
receive commercial distribution through physical and digital retail
outlets and promotion through broadcast, advertisement and reviews.
The CD will also be made available to the artists on a consignment
basis for sale to their audiences. The CD must include at least one
composition of composer, Sy Brandon, and can include a piece written
by him especially for this recording. This grant is available to
performers throughout the world and has deadlines for receipt of the
application of April 1, July 1 October 1, and January 1 of each year.
For application, further information, and to sample Sy Brandon's
music, visit http://cooppress.hostrack.net or contact:
Co-op Press Grant Programs
P.O. Box 204
Wrightsville, PA 17368-0204
Email: coop...@comcast.net