Date post: | 23-Dec-2015 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | peregrine-brooks |
View: | 213 times |
Download: | 0 times |
Creating new performance opportunities for CMA members by engaging new audiences:
• Repeat performances• Familiar community locations• Closer interaction with the artists
• Short-term projects– 3-9 activities taking place over at least
three consecutive or separate days within a month.
– $2,500 to $6,000
• Extended projects– 10 or more activities taking place over
more than one month and up to one year.– $6,000 to $12,000
• Anthony Brown and Fifth Stream Music
• Firebird Ensemble• Contemporary Arts Inc. with the Todd
Marcus Jazz Orchestra• UW World Series with Marian
Anderson String Quartet
• Public schools• Libraries• Community Centers• Churches, Synagogues,
Mosques• Parks• Music Schools• Civic Organizations
First, think locally.
What are the organizations in your life, in your neighborhood?
Give us all of the facts. Be specific, be concrete:• Who is your target audience?• Who are your community partners?• What will you do?• When will you do it?• Where will you do it?
Capture the spirit of the project:
• What are the goals for this residency?• What compelled you to do this project?• Why did you choose this community?• Why is your intended audience
important?• Why is this a good partnership?• How will the partners work together?• How will you build your audiences?• How is this project special?
Measuring effectiveness
• How are you going to measure the success of your residency?
• Is this something you will discuss with the community partner?
• Will you use materials to measure the success (e.g., surveys, etc.)?
Supplemental Materials• Concert documentation• Letter of Intent– See example in RPP guidelines • Make sure artist fee is same in letter and
budget
• CD work sample• Financial statements– Audited financial document and operating
budget
• Publicity and press materials• Proof of U.S. residency
• All of these materials are explained in the guidelines
How Will My Application Be Evaluated?
• 3 independent panelists specializing in residency and educational activities evaluate proposals based on:
– Written Application• The application is read and scored by the panelists
prior to listening
– Artistry of the CD Work Sample• Panel will listen to the ensemble’s CD-R if the
application advances past preliminary reading
*Separate Panels for Classical/Contemporary and Jazz disciplines
Written Application Evaluation
• Mission of Organization/ Project & Goals– History of presenting/performing• if applicable, residency projects and
audiences served– Content of the proposed residency• types of activities• reasons for choosing the community
partner• plans for implementing the project
– Relevance of project to the organization’s mission
Application Evaluation, Continued
• Ensemble Residency Training & Experience– Does your organization have residency experience?– If not, why are you interested in educational
outreach?
• Partnership – level of involvement– How is this a good fit?
Application Evaluation, Continued
• Budget & Organizational Capacity– Project and organizational budgets– Does your organization have the financial
and human resources to successfully accomplish this project?
• Audience & Marketing– Community(ies) to be served– Proposed project outcomes– Plan for marketing the residency
CD Work Sample Evaluation
• Artistry of Ensemble
• Jazz: Ability to perform scored and improvised music
CD Work Sample
• Must be in CD-R format ONLY• Must feature recordings from 2007 to present• 15-minute playing time max.• Include works that are similar to music
planned for the residency• May contain music from a concert,
studio/home recording, and/or commercial releases
• Jazz: include cue timings for improvisation
Additional Information• What the program funds• Terminology• Eligibility• Concert Documentation• Contact Information
What the Program Funds• RPP funds up to 75 percent of the
following expenses only– Ensemble Partner’s residency fee and
related travel, hotel, and per diem– residency-related promotion and
production costs. – Organizing Partner must match the
grant with a minimum of 25 percent of earned and/or contributed income• In-kind not eligible
Terminology
• Organizing Partner:– Presenter or ensemble – Lead Applicant – Receives grant funds– Responsible for organizing residency and all
activities
• Ensemble Partner: – Performs residency– May be both OP and EP
• Community Partner:– Local organization providing access to community
Eligibility - Ensemble• Based in the U.S. or its territories;
• Professional group with a stable core of 2–10 musicians, one musician per part
• If a jazz ensemble: improvisation as an integral part of its work;
• Can document at least 10 public performances of at least 3 different programs and/or residency projects in the past 5 years;
• Primary member of the ensemble is a U.S. citizen or has permanent resident status; or the group has 501(c)(3) status
• CMA Organization-level member;
• No unfinished CMA-sponsored residency projects at this time; and
• No overdue reports or financial obligations to CMA.
Concert Documentation
• To correspond with 10 listed performances in application–Acceptable documentation:• Concert programs•Website printouts• Posters• Contracts for gigs, etc.
Contact Information
• For classical/contemporary inquiries, contact:– Susan Dadian, program director, CMA Classical/Contemporary,
(212) 242-2022, ext. 13
• For jazz inquiries, contact: – Jeanette Vuocolo, program director, CMA Jazz, (212) 242-2022,
ext. 17
• For general inquiries, contact:– Caitlin Murphy, program assistant (212) 242-2022, ext. 16
• For membership information, contact:– Adam Reifsteck, membership manager, (212) 242-2022, ext. 28
• or visit Chamber Music America