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Professional Orchestra Program: Project Funding

Deadline

1 February

Program Description for All Components

The Professional Orchestra Program is intended to:

  • recognize and support artistic excellence and achievement in orchestral music
  • advance the creation, development and production of Canadian works, while continuing to advocate for the vitality of the international repertoire
  • promote Canadian artists
  • encourage innovative education and outreach programs that attract and serve new audiences for orchestral music, including young audiences
  • stimulate the appreciation and enjoyment of orchestral music in Canada
  • encourage the use of best management practices within the orchestra field, and
  • foster mutual understanding, co-operation and collaboration among creators, performers, administrators and audiences of diverse cultural backgrounds, of other disciplines and of artistic forms in development.

Project funding contributes to a specific program, event or special initiative proposed by a professional Canadian orchestra, particularly in the areas of Canadian creation, development of young audiences and outreach/dissemination.

A project is defined as a specific event or activity taking place in a defined and concentrated period, with a clearly delineated budget. Project Funding grants may cover specific artistic, production and promotional costs associated with the project, but may not be used to support the applicant's administrative structure or overall activities. Seasons of activities are not eligible.

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Eligibility

Applicant organizations must:

  • be a Canadian professional, non-profit orchestra and have a board of directors in place at the time of application
  • have completed at least one full year of professional activities
  • have a consistent core or membership of musicians and a demonstrated record of regular ongoing concert activities
  • receive support from other levels of government, the public or the private sector
  • engage professional artistic and administrative personnel, and
  • demonstrate a strong commitment to Canadian creation/repertoire as part of their ongoing annual programming.

Orchestras that receive multi-year support may apply in mid-cycle for a Project Funding grant, but only on a limited basis, to enable them to benefit from special initiatives or programming opportunities that were not foreseen when their long-range operating plans were formulated. This applies only if such initiatives or opportunities cannot be covered by the orchestra’s general operating revenues.

This Canada Council program is accessible to Aboriginal artists or arts organizations, and artists or arts organizations from diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.

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Grant Amount

Project Funding is available annually, and each request is evaluated by a peer assessment committee. Ongoing yearly support is not guaranteed.

Funding priorities and grant amounts are recommended by the peer assessment committee.

Retroactive funding is not available.

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Application Form

Professional Orchestra Program: Project Funding (PDF Format)

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Further Information

Daniel Swift
Music Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P. O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 5248 

TTY: 1-866-585-5559

Fax: 613-566-4409


November 2009