Registration deadline: February 22, 2011
Application deadline: April 1, 2011

This category offers support to professional music organizations producing and performing concerts either in their home county or elsewhere in New York State. Support in this category is usually awarded on a multi-year basis.

Prerequisites

Applicants in this category must have had one season of at least three performances in the past two years and must project a season of at least three public concerts annually during the grant period.

Opera companies must produce at least two fully staged opera productions with orchestra, or one fully staged opera with orchestra plus a minimum of one concert (group vocal) recital accompanied by an instrumental ensemble.

Application Instructions

Application Narrative Questions

Artistic/Programmatic

1. Program Overview
Describe the program(s) planned for the proposed year. Specifically, identify the concert venues, dates, and intended programming for upcoming performances.

2. Developments
Describe any recent significant changes or developments in your performance season/programs.

Managerial/Fiscal

3. Artist Fees
What are the fees paid to musicians, guest artists, and any related concert personnel for rehearsals and performances?

4. Artistic Staff
Who is responsible for selection of your organization's repertoire and guest artists? Please provide a brief summary of their background.

5. Organizational Development
Describe the role of the board and staff in the development and ongoing assessment of your programs and services. Summarize any long-range plan your organization may have.

Service to the Public

6. Audience/Marketing
Describe your organization's marketing plan, including any efforts aimed at achieving a broader audience base.

7. Community Context
Are there other organizations providing similar musical performances in your community? If so, describe your work in partnership with these or other organizations, if any.

Support Materials

8. Support Materials
Please list all of the support materials and/or work samples you are submitting. These materials are critical to your application's assessment.

Support Material

>Support materials must be postmarked, hand-delivered or made available online by the deadline. Please direct them to your appropriate contact at: NYSCA, 175 Varick Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10014, or bdanne@nysca.org or rputnam@nysca.org.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Refer to the Instructions for Work Samples and Support Materials prior to submission.

NYSCA encourages the submission of Web-based Work Samples and Support Material whenever possible.

1. One or two CDs or DVDs. The recording should include a variety of works, and should be from one or more recent (i.e., within the last year or two) performances. Be sure to label each disk clearly and neatly with the name of your organization, the composer, title, and timing of each work performed, and the date of the performance.

2. Relevant printed material (e.g. seasonal brochure, flyer), and one or two concert programs. If you wish to include a press kit, please send no more than two copies. We do not use reviews from newspapers or other media coverage in our deliberations, although you are welcome to send one copy of such coverage or any other printed materials for internal review.

Please note that staff, panel, and Council pay careful attention to your website when considering your request to NYSCA. We therefore encourage you to keep the site up to date, listing current concert dates, programs, and venues as they become available. Although panel will listen to your submitted CDs or DVDs, many will also wish to listen to one or more sound samples if you have them available on your website.