CLASSICAL COMMISSIONING PROGRAM

2010 APPLICATION

Grant Period: / July 1, 2010–June 30, 2013
In-Office Application Deadline: / Friday, April 9, 2010, 5:00 p.m.
Grant Notification: / June 2010

This program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Use only the space provided in this application. Handwritten, late, or incomplete proposals will not be accepted.

APPLICANT

Organization name:
Contact:
Title:
Primary Ensemble Member (if different from Contact):
Type of organization (check one): Ensemble Presenter/Festival
Street: / City:
State: / Zip:
Phone: / Cell:
Website: / Email:
CMA Member#: / Year founded:
Budget totals for previous Fiscal Year (required for all applicants) / Organizational budget: $ / Chamber music budget:
$

PARTNER ENSEMBLE (for Presenter/Festival applicants only)

Ensemble Name:
Contact:
Street: / City:
State: / Zip:
Phone: / Cell:
Website: / Email:
CMA Member#: / Year founded:


ENSEMBLE PERSONNEL AND INSTRUMENTATION (All applicants)

Musician Name / Instrument(s)
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COMPOSER (All applicants)

Composer Name:
Street: / City:
State: / Zip:
Phone: / Cell:
Website: / Email:
Composer's place of birth:
If a foreign-born citizen, please indicate date of naturalization. If foreign-born and a permanent U.S. resident, include composer's Alien Registration number.

PROPOSED COMPOSITION (All applicants)

Title (if known):
Approx. length:
Instrumentation:
Composer’s statement describing the new work:
Special equipment or other requirements for the performance of the proposed work:
Projected Premiere Date: / Premiere Venue (if known):


ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE

Tell us about the ensemble. Topics can include, but are not limited to, its history, creative goals, and key projects. Include the ensemble’s history of performing new works.

List 10 of the ensemble’s recent (within the past five years) public concerts. Attach a program, press materials, or printed website material documenting each.

Date / Venue name / City, State
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ABOUT THE PRESENTING ORGANIZATION

If the applicant is a presenting organization, provide the organization’s mission statement and a brief history. Include its history of presenting new works.

List 10 of the organization’s most significant public music concerts in the past five years. Attach a program, press materials, or printed website material documenting each.

Date / Venue name / City, State
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COMMISSION (All Applicants)

Address the following:

·  why the proposed work is significant to your Ensemble or Presenting Organization

·  how the commission relates to your programming

·  why you have selected this composer

ATTRACTING AUDIENCES TO THE NEW WORK (All Applicants)

Describe the marketing strategies and/or performance-related activities you plan to use to attract audiences to the proposed new work’s premiere and subsequent performances (e.g., workshop performances, educational activities, pre-concert interview with the composer, broadcasts, Internet or print media, partnerships, etc.).


BUDGET Provide your commissioning project budget in detail below.

EXPENSE
Description / Amount
Composer honorarium / $
Ensemble honorarium / $
Copying costs / $
Guest Artist fees / $
Ensemble travel / $
Ensemble hotel and per diem / $
Administrative / $
Production / $
Marketing / $
Venue rental / $
Other / $
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$
GRAND TOTAL EXPENSE / $
INCOME
Earned Income
Ticket Sales / $
Merchandise / $
Other / $
Sub-Total Earned Income / $
Contributed Income
Government / $
Corporate / $
Foundation / $
Other / $
Sub-Total Contributed Income / $
Request from CMA (see p. 4 in program guidelines for eligible amounts)
Composer honorarium / $
Ensemble honorarium / $1,000 x number of musicians minus guest artists / $
Copying costs / $
Total CMA Request / $
GRAND TOTAL INCOME
(Sub-Totals Earned and Contributed Income Plus Request) / $
Surplus/Deficit (Total Income Minus Total Expense ) / $

Indicate secured income with an asterisk(*).


ENSEMBLE WORK SAMPLE

Please see CD-R Work Sample Instructions, pages 3–4 in the Guidelines.

In the space below, please provide information about the selections presented on the ensemble’s CD-R work sample.

Note: The panel will listen to approximately four to seven minutes per applicant.

Work 1
Composer:
Title of work: / Track length:
Date recorded: / Total length of work:
Date composed:
Performers and instrumentation:
What do you want the panel to listen for in this selection? Include cue times. Note if electronics have been used.
Work 2
Composer:
Title of work: / Track length:
Date recorded: / Total length of work:
Date composed:
Performers and instrumentation:
What do you want the panel to listen for in this selection? Include cue times. Note if electronics have been used.
Work 3
Composer:
Title of work: / Track length:
Date recorded: / Total length of work:
Date composed:
Performers and instrumentation:
What do you want the panel to listen for in this selection? Include cue times. Note if electronics have been used.

Please make additional copies of this page, as necessary.

Note: this page is not required for the Composer and Guest Artist(s).


SIGNATURES

My signature below certifies that the information contained in this application, including all attachments and supporting material, is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.

Authorized Contact
Name / Title
Signature * / Date

* If the applicant is an ensemble and the group does not have 501(c)(3) status, the Signatory must be the designated primary ensemble member (see Guidelines).

SEE APPLICATION CHECKLIST FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO ASSEMBLE YOUR APPLICATION.

For further questions about the application, contact:

Susan Dadian, Program Director, CMA Classical/Contemporary

(212) 242-2022, ext. 13

or .

Application Checklist

ALL APPLICANTS Please confirm with a check mark that the application contains:

1 stapled, completed written application with an original, authorized

signature, clipped to:

Ø  up to 3 samples of the applicant’s (and if a presenter, the ensemble’s) publicity materials,* and

Ø  the applicant’s current operating budget

* Publicity materials may include such items as season brochures, fliers and postcards, press releases, website or press-kit items, etc., and must be from the two most recent seasons.

6 additional sets of the above items (i.e., application form clipped

to sample publicity and current operating budget)

1 copy of the applicant’s operating budget from the most recently completed

fiscal year

1 copy of proof of U.S. citizenship for the primary ensemble member, or

ensemble’s 501(c)(3) status, if incorporated as a not-for-profit organization

1 copy of the ensemble’s complete repertoire list (indicate commissioned

works)

1 copy of the composer’s Letter of Intent (see sample in Guidelines)

1 copy of each guest artist’s Letter of Intent, if applicable (see sample in

Guidelines)

1 piece of documentation for each of the applicant’s 10 concerts listed

in the application (one set of programs, reviews, season brochures, etc.)

1 copy of the composer’s résumé

1 copy of the composer’s complete list of works

1 copy of each guest artist’s bio, if applicable

1 copy of the ensemble’s CD-R work sample

1 copy of the composer’s work sample

1 copy of each guest artist’s work sample, if applicable

A completed checklist

PRESENTERS ONLY Please ALSO include:

1 copy of your 501(c)(3) tax-exempt determination letter

1 copy of the ensemble’s Letter of Intent (see sample in Guidelines)

1 copy of the ensemble’s press materials (up to three different

examples). Materials may be printed brochures, postcards, releases, or

reviews from the last two seasons, or printouts of digital publicity and press materials)

1 piece of documentation for each of the Ensemble’s 10 concerts listed

in the application (e.g., programs, postcards, print and digital promotion)

Please confirm with a check mark that the application:

is typed (not handwritten)

is packaged in only one envelope or box

will arrive in its entirety on or before Friday, April 9, 2010, 5:00 p.m.

is being sent to:

Classical Commissioning Program

att: Susan Dadian, program director, CMA Classical/Contemporary

Chamber Music America

305 Seventh Avenue

New York NY 10001