Application Deadline: November 18, 2011 Notification: March 2012

Residency Partnership

Program

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

• Public schools• Libraries• Community Centers• Churches, Synagogues,

Mosques• Parks• Music Schools• Civic Organizations

First, think locally.

What are the organizations in your life, in your neighborhood?

The Application:

The Project Description has to tell your story.

Give us all of the facts. Be specific, be concrete:• 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:

• 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

• All of these materials are explained in the guidelines

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

Additional Information• 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:– 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• Based in the U.S. or its territories;

• Professional group with a stable core of 2–10 musicians, one musician per part

• If a jazz ensemble: improvisation as an integral part of its work;

• Can document at least 10 public performances of at least 3 different programs and/or residency projects in the past 5 years;

• Primary member of the ensemble is a U.S. citizen or has permanent resident status; or the group has 501(c)(3) status

• CMA Organization-level member;

• No unfinished CMA-sponsored residency projects at this time; and

• 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