INSTRUMENT BANK 50/50 SCHEME 2016/2017
Music Generation Sligo wishes to support the development of Instrument Banks in partnership with local schools, youth, community and music organisations in Sligo.
Organisations eligible to apply to this scheme are
* Sligo schools or non-professional performing youth groups or ensemble s(u18)
* Sligo-based not-for-profit organisations seeking to buy instruments for non-professional music making and learning in any genre for young people under the age of 18
You must be in a position to fund 50% of instrument costs in 2016.
Maximum Award €3,000
Maximum Award per Individual Instrument €1,500
CLOSING DATE THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER 2016
SECTION 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Name of Organisation:
1.2 Address:
1.3 Telephone: 1.4 Email:
1.5 Website:
1.6 Contact Name & Role:
SECTION 2 – INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION
For New Applicants Only
2.1 When was your organisation founded?
2.2 Which of the following descriptions best suits your organisation:
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o Primary School
o Post-Primary School
o Resource, Community or Youth Organisation
o Youth Choir
o Amateur Choir with members under 18
o Youth Orchestra/Band
o Amateur Orchestra/Band with members under 18
o Céilí Band
o Percussion or Samba Band
o Community or Youth Music Group
o Pop/rock music collective
o Other (please specify)
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2.3 Please list key members of your board/committee:
2.4 List key artistic personnel involved in your organisation. Outline roles
(Tutors, Conductors, Music Teachers, Directors, Leaders etc)
2.5 How many members participate or will participate in your music programme and how many are under the age of 18?
2.6 How often, when and where do you meet/rehearse/learn/perform?
2.7 Does your organisation currently own instruments? Where are instruments stored?
(If yes, please list)
2.8 Describe the impact the new instrument(s) will have on your ongoing work and your programme of activities. Will these instruments facilitate a greater level of participation in music in your organisation by young people under 18? Will you offer training/tuition?
SECTION 3 PROPOSED INSTRUMENT(S) FOR PURCHASE
3.1 Below is a list of instruments we purchased for the 50/50 Scheme in 2014 & 2015 together with approximate costs. Please tick which instruments you wish to purchase. If you have a particular requirement for an instrument(s) not listed, please provide information about instrument supplier, brand/maker and approx. cost. Music Generation Sligo will purchase instruments on your behalf. Please do not enter into agreements with instrument suppliers directly. Please note our costs will vary from prices you search on Thomann and other sites due to VAT/Sterling rates etc.
INSTRUMENT / APPROX COST incl deliverySubject to 2016/2017 tender prices & stock levels / QUANTITY REQUIRED / TOTAL COST
KEYBOARD Yamaha NP12 - 61-key touch sensitive. Incl bag / €250
KEYBOARD Yamaha NP31 – 76-key touch sensitive. Incl bag / €350
DIGITAL PIANO Yamaha Arius 143 & stool - 88-note Graded Hammer keyboard. 2 x 6W speakers / €880
DIGITAL PIANO Yamaha Arius 163 & stool - 88-key Graded Hammer keyboard. 2 x 20W speakers / €1200
GUITAR Koda light gauge steel string
Or GUITAR nylon string
4/4 3/4 size incl bag / €80
TRUMPET Bb John Packer JP051 / €170
TENOR TROMBONE John Packer JP031 M / €190
P-Trumpet / P-Trombone / €190
FLUTE – John Packer JP011 C silver plated / €150
VIOLIN Stentor Student 1 - full, ¾ ½ ¼ sizes. Incl light case / €100
CELLO Stentor Student 1 – full or ¾ or ½ sizes / €450 /€380 /€320
HARP Camac / €2,200
RECORDER Aulos Descant / €8
TIN WHISTLE D / C / €3.50 / €3.80
ACCORDION Small – Depending on brand /size /piano /button – please state / €400
BANJO / €200
UKULELE / €35
BODHRAN 14” tuneable / €80
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS – WE ARE ONLY IN A POSITION TO ORDER THE FOLLOWING PERCUSSION PLUS PACKS
PERCUSSION CLASS PACK 30 piece PP693 / €290
MUSIC THERAPY KIT PP750 / €250
CHIMEBAR SET 25 chromatic notes in case with beaters Percussion Plus PP931 / €280
CHIMEBAR SET 8 diatonic notes with beaters Percussion Plus PP935 / €40
EGG SHAKER TUB PP779 20 pairs / €50
WAKA TUBES Set of 8 diatonic PP790 / €30
BONGOS 6” & 7” PP437 / €55
Music Stand Hard Back / €20
Music Stand - folds into carry bag / €15
ELECTRIC GUITARS/AMPS – PLEASE SPECIFY
DRUM KITS & EQUIPMENT, PERCUSSION ETC – PLEASE SPECIFY BRAND
OTHER
OTHER
OTHER
OTHER
OTHER
TOTAL
€ REQUESTED FROM MUSIC GENERATION SLIGO (50%)
Max €3,000
Music Generation Sligo will purchase instruments in accordance with Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB Procurement Procedures. Please note deliveries may take up to 3 or more months, depending on the instrument. Specialist instruments may take longer. Music Generation Sligo will inform you of the cost before ordering and invoicing you. Instruments can be collected from Music Generation Sligo at an agreed time and location.
SECTION 4 - CONDITIONS OF AWARD
4.1 If your application is successful, the Music Generation Sligo Instrument Bank 50/50 Scheme will provide 50% of the cost of the proposed instruments. Music Generation Sligo will purchase the instruments on your behalf. By signing this form, you agree to pay 50% to Music Generation Sligo before November 25th 2016.
4.2 Music Generation Sligo may request data from you on in the future to measure the impact of our support in helping to create these new Instrument Banks in County Sligo.
4.3 Music Generation Sligo should be acknowledged as co-funder of the instrument banks in any print & publicity. ‘Your Organisation Name’ & Music Generation Sligo Instrument Bank.
SECTION 5 – DECLARATION
I have read the award conditions, agree to be bound by them, and certify that the information in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge.
Signature Date
ON BEHALF OF ORGANISATION
Submit application form by email to and post 1 signed copy to:
Rhona McGrath, Music Generation Sligo, Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB, Quay Street, Sligo
CLOSING DATE 2pm Thursday 6 October 2016
About Music Generation Sligo
Helping children and young people access music education
in their own communities
Music Generation Sligodelivers a range of long-termmusic education programmes for children and young people as part of a national Music Generation programmeinitiatedby Music Network, co-funded by U2, The Ireland Funds, The Department of Education & Skills and Sligo Music Education Partnership. Music Generation Sligo is managed and funded locally by Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB, Sligo County Council, Sligo Education Centre, Sligo County Childcare Committee, Cranmore Regeneration and the local music sector. Since 2011, Music Generation Sligo has worked to address access to instrumental vocal tuition and performance by children and young people in their own communities.
Music Generation Sligo currently reaches over 2,500 children and young people annually through arange of programmes including Discovering & Performing Music access programmes in early year, primary, post primary schools and youth settings; Instrumental & Vocal Tuition in Regional Tuition Centres inEaskey, Gurteen, Ballymote, Grange & Sligo town; Performance & Composition Programmes offering opportunities for ambitious live performance; Summer Camps & Masterclasses; Special Educational Needs programmes; subsidised tickets to professional music events in Sligoand access to Instrument Banks throughout the county.
Co-ordinator; Rhona McGrath
Assistant: Emma Smith
For further information contact
Music Generation Sligo, Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB, Quay Street, Sligo.
071 913 8306.
www.musicgenerationsligo.com
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