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Residency
Partnership
Program
Application Deadline: November 18, 2011
Notification: March 2012
The Goal of the Program
Creating new performance opportunities
for CMA members
by engaging new audiences:
• Repeat performances
• Familiar community locations
• Closer interaction with the artists
Types of Residencies
• Short-term projects
– 3-9 activities taking place over at least three
consecutive or separate days within a month.
– $2,500 to $6,000
• Extended projects
– 10 or more activities taking place over more
than one month and up to one year.
– $6,000 to $12,000
Some Examples of
Successful Residencies
• Anthony Brown and Fifth Stream Music
• Firebird Ensemble
• Contemporary Arts Inc. with the Todd
Marcus Jazz Orchestra
• UW World Series with Marian Anderson
String Quartet
Finding Community Partners
First, think locally.
What are the organizations in your life, in your
neighborhood?
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Public schools
Libraries
Community Centers
Churches, Synagogues, Mosques
Parks
Music Schools
Civic Organizations
The Application:
The Project Description has to tell your
story.
Give us all of the facts.
Be specific, be concrete:
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Who is your target audience?
Who are your community partners?
What will you do?
When will you do it?
Where will you do it?
Capture the spirit of the project:
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What are the goals for this residency?
What compelled you to do this project?
Why did you choose this community?
Why is your intended audience important?
Why is this a good partnership?
How will the partners work together?
How will you build your audiences?
How is this project special?
The Application:
• Measuring effectiveness
• Supplementary materials
• Evaluation of your application
Measuring effectiveness
• How are you going to measure the
success of your residency?
• Is this something you will discuss with the
community partner?
• Will you use materials to measure the
success (e.g., surveys, etc.)?
Supplemental Materials
• Concert documentation
• Letter of Intent
– See example in RPP guidelines
• Make sure artist fee is same in letter and budget
• CD work sample
• Financial statements
– Audited financial document and operating budget
• Publicity and press materials
• Proof of U.S. residency
How Will My Application Be
Evaluated?
• 3 independent panelists specializing in residency and
educational activities evaluate proposals based on:
– Written Application
• The application is read and scored by the panelists prior to
listening
– Artistry of the CD Work Sample
• Panel will listen to the ensemble’s CD-R if the application
advances past preliminary reading
*Separate Panels for Classical/Contemporary and Jazz disciplines
Written Application Evaluation
• Mission of Organization/ Project & Goals
– History of presenting/performing
• if applicable, residency projects and
audiences served
– Content of the proposed residency
• types of activities
• reasons for choosing the community
partner
• plans for implementing the project
– Relevance of project to the organization’s
mission
Application Evaluation, Continued
• Ensemble Residency Training & Experience
– Does your organization have residency experience?
– If not, why are you interested in educational outreach?
• Partnership
– level of involvement
– How is this a good fit?
Application Evaluation, Continued
• Budget & Organizational Capacity
– Project and organizational budgets
– Does your organization have the financial and
human resources to successfully accomplish
this project?
• Audience & Marketing
– Community(ies) to be served
– Proposed project outcomes
– Plan for marketing the residency
CD Work Sample Evaluation
• Artistry of Ensemble
• Jazz: Ability to perform scored and
improvised music
CD Work Sample
Must be in CD-R format ONLY
Must feature recordings from 2007 to present
15-minute playing time max.
Include works that are similar to music planned
for the residency
• May contain music from a concert, studio/home
recording, and/or commercial releases
• Jazz: include cue timings for improvisation
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Additional Information
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What the program funds
Terminology
Eligibility
Concert Documentation
Contact Information
What the Program Funds
• RPP funds up to 75 percent of the following
expenses only
– Ensemble Partner’s residency fee and related
travel, hotel, and per diem
– residency-related promotion and production
costs.
– Organizing Partner must match the grant
with a minimum of 25 percent of earned
and/or contributed income
• In-kind not eligible
Terminology
• Organizing Partner:
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Presenter or ensemble
Lead Applicant
Receives grant funds
Responsible for organizing residency and all activities
• Ensemble Partner:
– Performs residency
– May be both OP and EP
• Community Partner:
– Local organization providing access to community
Eligibility - Ensemble
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Based in the U.S. or its territories;
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Professional group with a stable core of 2–10 musicians, one musician per
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If a jazz ensemble: improvisation as an integral part of its work;
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Can document at least 10 public performances of at least 3 different
programs and/or residency projects in the past 5 years;
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Primary member of the ensemble is a U.S. citizen or has permanent
resident status; or the group has 501(c)(3) status
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CMA Organization-level member;
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No unfinished CMA-sponsored residency projects at this time; and
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No overdue reports or financial obligations to CMA.
Concert Documentation
• To correspond with 10 listed
performances in application
– Acceptable documentation:
• Concert programs
• Website printouts
• Posters
• Contracts for gigs, etc.
Contact Information
• For classical/contemporary inquiries, contact:
– Susan Dadian, program director, CMA Classical/Contemporary,
(212) 242-2022, ext. 13
• For jazz inquiries, contact:
– Jeanette Vuocolo, program director, CMA Jazz, (212) 242-2022, ext. 17
• For general inquiries, contact:
– Caitlin Murphy, program assistant (212) 242-2022, ext. 16
• For membership information, contact:
– Adam Reifsteck, membership manager, (212) 242-2022, ext. 28
• or visit Chamber Music America