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Lisa
Johnson, Director (212) 741-6562
Owen Martin,
Associate (212) 741-6563
The purpose of the Music Program is to foster the creation, production, and performance of musical events of outstanding professional quality. The Program offers support for public performances by established and emerging professional music organizations representing a broad spectrum of musical expression. The Program also offers support for music recordings, radio production and broadcasts, services to nonprofit music organizations and artists, community schools of music, and projects exploring new technology in music.
Artistic Evaluation
The Council must be able to evaluate the applicant's artistic quality. In addition to your written application and submitted work samples, a NYSCA representative may attend and evaluate one or more of your events.Artistic evaluations, called “audits,” are conducted by a Council consultant who is expert in the particular field and whose report of the event becomes part of the evaluation. In addition, NYSCA staff and/or panel members may attend your event(s).
To schedule an artistic evaluation, you must inform the Music Program staff of your events at least four weeks in advance by mail or email. When requesting an artistic evaluation, please include name of the event, date/time, location, contact person, phone, email, etc.
Eligibility for New Applicants
New applicants to the Program and those applicants returning after an absence of more than two years are required to have at least one audit before the application deadline.
New applicants are strongly advised to consult with a member of the Music Program staff well before the registration date. This consultation provides a valuable interaction between staff and applicant which will help guide you in developing your NYSCA application. We encourage advance planning to ensure that we are able to respond appropriately to your artistic audit request.
No artistic audits can be assigned until an organization has entered its profile into our system. Click here for instructions.
Organizations interested in purchasing musical instruments are referred to the Musical Instrument Revolving Loan Fund.
Evaluative Criteria
Grant requests in this Program are evaluated in accordance with the relevant agency-wide criteria.
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