New Jazz Works: Commissioning and

Ensemble Development

Deadline: March 7, 2014Notification: June 2014

 

What is New Jazz Works?

New Jazz Works is a grant program that supports professional U.S. Jazz ensembles to create, perform, and if desired, record new works.

This program is made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

• the composer fee is now $9,000• only a brief description of the proposed work

is needed• we’ve added a second composer track to the

CD-R Work Sample• Better Business has been replaced by

Administrative Support

New this year

New Jazz Works provides support to professional U. S. Jazz ensembles for

• Core: the creation and performance of a new work (up to $19,000)

• Continued Life: additional performances (and recording if desired) (up to $12,000)

• Administrative Support: may include recording (up to $3,000)

• Free registration and travel subsidy to a CMA national conference

An ensemble is eligible if:

• it consists of 2-10 professional musicians (student groups are not eligible)

• it is based in the U.S. or its territories• the leader is a U.S. citizen or permanent

resident• it includes improvisation as an integral part of

its composition and performance

Eligibility, cont’d.

• it is a CMA Organization-level member• it has no overdue reports or financial

obligations to CMA• it has waited 12 months from completion of a

previous New Jazz Works grant

You choose

• An ensemble may apply to either New Jazz Works or Classical Commissioning in one grant cycle

Similarly, a composer

• may appear on only one application to either program (not both)

• may not have any outstanding obligations to CMA

The composer

• may be either a performing member of the ensemble or a guest

• is an individual (not a group)• must be a citizen or permanent resident of the

U.S.

Core supports

• the creation of a new work of substantial length ($9,000 composer fee)

Core also funds

• $1,000 per musician for rehearsing and performance of the premiere plus one additional performance of the new work in the U.S. or its territories

• three public performances in different venues, or

• two public performances in different venues plus a recording

These activities may take place worldwide

Continued Life offers $12,000 for

Administrative Support provides $3,000 for

• a booking agent• a recording• other administrative expenses identified by

the grantee

CMA National Conference

• complimentary registration for the ensemble leader

• travel/hotel subsidies for ensemble leaders who live more than 200 miles from New York City

The CD-R Work Sample

• must be in CD-R format• must feature a single work on each track• may contain music from a live concert,

studio/home recording, and/or commercial disc

• tracks may be edited an/or excerpted

• #1: Ensemble (performed by applicant ensemble or majority of its members)

• #2: Ensemble (same as above)• #3: Composer (score, lead sheet, or graphic

notation required)• #4: Composer (score, lead sheet, or graphic

notation optional)

Track content

Completing your application

• 1 stapled application form• 8 additional copies of the stapled application• 1 CD-R Work Sample• a score excerpt, lead sheet, or graphic

notation of work on Track 3

Completing (cont’d)

• 1 copy of the Memorandum of Understanding between ensemble and guest composer

• copy of a document verifying the U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status of the ensemble leader, or ensemble’s 501 (c)(3) designation

• 1 copy of a document verifying the U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status of the guest composer

The panel will select finalists on the basis of

• artistic excellence of the ensemble• compositional expertise of the composer

• Jeanette Vuocolo, program director, CMA Jazz, jvuocolo@chamber-music.org

www.chamber-music.org

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