Transcript New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development

New Jazz Works
Deadline: March 6, 2015
Notification: June 2015
New Jazz Works
is a CMA grant program that supports
professional U.S. Jazz ensembles to create,
perform, and if desired, record new works.
This program is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
NJW is a three-year grant
CMA offers grantees three years to complete a
New Jazz Works project; the grant period runs
July 1, 2015–June 30, 2018.
Four components to NJW
• Core: Creation and Performance (up to $19,000)
• Continued Life (up to $12,000)
• Administrative Support (up to $3,000)
• CMA National Conference
Core offers
• $9,000 fee to the composer for the creation
of a new work of substantial length
• $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
Continued Life offers
Up to $12,000 for
• three public concerts in different venues, or
• two public concerts in different venues plus an
audio and/or video recording
Activities may take place worldwide
Administrative Support offers
Up to $3,000 for
• a booking agent
• a recording
• other administrative expenses
CMA National Conference
• complimentary registration for the ensemble
leader
• travel/hotel subsidy for an ensemble leader
who lives more than 200 miles from New York
For example, if you are a quintet
your New Jazz Work grant = $29,000
• $9,000 composer fee (Core)
• $5,000 ensemble fee (Core)
• $12,000 (Continued Life)
• $3,000 (Administrative Support)
plus one complimentary registration to the 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
Eligibility, cont’d.
• it includes improvisation as an integral part of
its composition and performance
• it is a CMA Organization-level member
Eligibility, cont’d.
• it has no overdue reports or financial
obligations to CMA
• it has waited 12 months from completion of
a previous New Jazz Works grant
Similarly, a composer
• may appear on either New Jazz Works or
Classical Commissioning, 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.
Your 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
Your two ensemble tracks
• must feature all or the majority of the
personnel listed on page one of your
application.
• must be examples of small ensemble music;
solo and music for 11+ musicians is not
acceptable.
Your composer tracks
• must feature small ensemble music performed
either by the applicant ensemble or another
group
• require a score excerpt, lead sheet, or graphic
notation for track 3; this is optional for track 4
Completing your application
• 1 stapled application form
• 8 additional copies of the stapled application
• 1 CD-R Work Sample
Completing, cont’d.
1 copy of a document verifying
• the U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
status of the ensemble leader, or
• the ensemble’s 501 (c)(3) designation
Completing, cont’d.
If applicable, 1 copy of
• the Memorandum of Understanding between
ensemble and guest composer (see sample in
guidelines)
• a document verifying the U.S. citizenship or
permanent residency status of the guest
composer
The panel judges for
• artistic excellence of the ensemble
• compositional expertise of the composer
You choose
• this spring you may apply to New Jazz Works
or Classical Commissioning; not both
• early fall, you may consider applying to the
CMA/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous
Programming and Residency Partnership
Program.
For more help, contact
• Jeanette Vuocolo, program director, CMA Jazz,
[email protected]
www.chamber-music.org