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Native Women's Association of Canada Website

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5.0 PROGRAM: GRANTS TO INDIVIDUAL MUSICIANSThe Grants to Individual Musicians program <strong>of</strong>fers emerging, mid-career andestablished pr<strong>of</strong>essional musicians in non-classical or classical music <strong>of</strong> all worldcultures an opportunity to pursue their own personal and creative development. Theprogram <strong>of</strong>fers Grants to Individual Musicians, which cover subsistence, project andtransportation costs related to a program <strong>of</strong> work lasting from a few weeks to one year;and Travel Grants, to give individual musicians an opportunity to travel on occasionsimportant to their career. A studio, with living accommodation, at the Cite Internationaledes Arts in Paris, is also available at moderate cost to a Canadian musician. The studiomay be used for a period <strong>of</strong> three months to one year, from September 1 st to August31 st . Individual musicians may indicate their interest in the studio in the Grants toIndividual Musicians application. Pr<strong>of</strong>essional musicians include instrumentalists,singers, composers, arrangers, performers, singers/songwriters, and choral andorchestra conductors.The <strong>Canada</strong> Council defines a pr<strong>of</strong>essional artist as someone who has specializedtraining in the field (not necessarily in academic institutions), who is recognized by his orher peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition), who has a commitment todevoting more time to artistic activity if financially feasible and who has a history <strong>of</strong>public presentation.Grants can be used:to work with a coach/master/teacher in any music tradition;to compose, to develop new repertoire, to arrange, or to research new genres orforms <strong>of</strong> music that will be used in the composition <strong>of</strong> new works;to change the direction <strong>of</strong> the musician's career or for artistic renewal;for some types <strong>of</strong> collaborative projects involving no more than two musicians.Projects can involve two composers, or a composer and a librettist/lyricist.Travel Grants can be Used:to attend a world premiere or important premiere <strong>of</strong> the musician's work(composers only);to travel on an occasion important to the musician's career at the invitation <strong>of</strong> anational or international host organization;to deliver a paper on Canadian music at an important national or internationalmeeting, at the invitation <strong>of</strong> the organizers;to participate in international competitions.5.1 Eligibility:Applicants must:be Canadian citizens or permanent residents <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong>;Pg. 60

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