Professional Choir Program: Annual Funding
The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal, cultural and regional communities, including people with disabilities.
Deadlines
15 January 2012
If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
The next multi-year funding application deadline is January 2013. No multi-year applications will be accepted until this date.
Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.
Program Description
The Professional Choir Program has two components:Multi-year and Annual Operating Funding and Project Funding.
Multi-Year and Annual operating grants are used to support professional choirs with their organizational structure and overall activities. Project Funding grants are directed towards specific artistic, production and promotional costs associated with a single activity taking place at a specific time, with a delineated budget. Both components have their own guidelines and application forms as well as specific eligibility and assessment criteria.
Eligibility of Applicant
Applicants for Annual Funding must:
- be an incorporated, non-profit Canadian professional choir
- have completed at least three seasons of professional activities
- have a consistent core or membership of singers
- have a season of activities (concerts) planned that includes a variety of self-produced programs showcasing Canadian choral music works
- have a paid, professional Choral Conductor/Artistic Director
- have a paid, professional administrative staff to support their artistic activities
- have a board of directors
- have experienced financial stability for at least the past two years, and
- receive significant support from other levels of government, the public or the private sector
- be adult choirs that have received project grants in each of the last two competitions and meet the basic eligibility criteria in order to apply for annual funding.
Grant Amount
The peer assessment committee recommends funding priorities and establishes the value of the Canada Council for the Arts’ contribution to the applicant’s proposed activities. Recommendations are based on the program’s assessment criteria and available funds.
These grants cannot be used to fund activities that occurred before this program’s deadline.
Further Information
André Jutras
Music Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 5071
TTY : 1-866-585-5559
Fax: 613-566-4409
November 2011