CURRENT CMC PRAIRIE COMPOSER OPPORTUNITIES:
CURRENT COMPOSER OPPORTUNITIES:
Focus: Chamber Music (Up to 15 musicians)
The Azrieli Music Prizes comprise three thematic commissioning prizes. The three Prizes are: the Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music, the Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music, and the Azrieli Commission for International Music.
The Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music is the Prize awarded to a composer who engages critically and creatively with the question “What is Jewish Music?”.
The Prizes are awarded on a competitive basis to an individual composer whose application proposes a response to the selected Prize theme that displays the utmost creativity, artistry, technical mastery and professional expertise. Applications, as described below, include samples of the composer’s past work, a written essay (the Proposal) and other supporting documents. Each prize winner (laureate) is then commissioned to write a new work for chamber ensemble (3-15 players), to be delivered in summer 2028.
The musical works resulting from each of the three Prizes will be:
- awarded a cash prize of $50,000 CAD;
- given a premiere at the AMP Gala Concert in Montreal in Fall 2028;
- given two subsequent international performances;
- and professionally recorded for a future commercial release.
AMP laureates attend the rehearsals, performances and recordings of their Prize-winning works.
Altogether, the prize package for each Azrieli Music Prize is valued at over $250,000 CAD.
Guidelines HERE.
Focus: Chamber Music (Up to 15 musicians)
The Azrieli Music Prizes comprise three thematic commissioning prizes. The three Prizes are: the Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music, the Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music, and the Azrieli Commission for International Music.
The Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music is the Prize awarded to a composer who engages critically and creatively with the complexities of composing music in Canada today.
The Prizes are awarded on a competitive basis to an individual composer whose application proposes a response to the selected Prize theme that displays the utmost creativity, artistry, technical mastery and professional expertise. Applications, as described below, include samples of the composer’s past work, a written essay (the Proposal) and other supporting documents. Each prize winner (laureate) is then commissioned to write a new work for chamber ensemble (3-15 players), to be delivered in summer 2028.
The musical works resulting from each of the three Prizes will be:
- awarded a cash prize of $50,000 CAD;
- given a premiere at the AMP Gala Concert in Montreal in Fall 2028;
- given two subsequent international performances;
- and professionally recorded for a future commercial release.
AMP laureates attend the rehearsals, performances and recordings of their Prize-winning works.
Altogether, the prize package for each Azrieli Music Prize is valued at over $250,000 CAD.
Guidelines HERE.
Focus: Chamber Music (Up to 15 musicians)
The Azrieli Music Prizes comprise three thematic commissioning prizes. The three Prizes are: the Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music, the Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music, and the Azrieli Commission for International Music.
The Azrieli Commission for International Music is the Prize awarded to a composer who engages deeply in exploring cultural expression that has a meaningful connection to their lived experience.
The Prizes are awarded on a competitive basis to an individual composer whose application proposes a response to the selected Prize theme that displays the utmost creativity, artistry, technical mastery and professional expertise. Applications, as described below, include samples of the composer’s past work, a written essay (the Proposal) and other supporting documents. Each prize winner (laureate) is then commissioned to write a new work for chamber ensemble (3-15 players), to be delivered in summer 2028.
The musical works resulting from each of the three Prizes will be:
- awarded a cash prize of $50,000 CAD;
- given a premiere at the AMP Gala Concert in Montreal in Fall 2028;
- given two subsequent international performances;
- and professionally recorded for a future commercial release.
AMP laureates attend the rehearsals, performances and recordings of their Prize-winning works.
Altogether, the prize package for each Azrieli Music Prize is valued at over $250,000 CAD.
Guidelines HERE.
The MusiCounts Fellowship for Emerging Songwriters & Composers
The MusiCounts Fellowship for Emerging Songwriters & Composers is a national application-based program designed to elevate Canada’s next generation of music creators while generating new Canadian repertoire for use in classrooms across the country.
Each year, the 10 selected Fellows will:
- Receive a $7,500 funding package
- Participate in a structured creative collaboration
- Gain national exposure through MusiCounts initiatives
- Receive creative and career guidance from the Fellowship’s mentors: Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee and JUNO Award-winning artist Nemahsis, and acclaimed composer of educational repertoire Cait Nishimura
At the core of the program is the creation of new, contemporary Canadian music for classrooms to be made freely available to educators nationwide. These works will be performed by students across the country through the CBC Canadian Music Class Challenge, powered by MusiCounts in early 2027.
For more details on the Fellowship components, please see the Program Guidelines.
Applications are open, and accepted until May 22, 2026. If you are interested in applying to this program, please begin by completing this Intake Form.
CMC Ontario – Concert Series
Deadline / rolling
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Starting in 2023, The Ontario Region of the Canadian Music Centre is offering up to six $1,000 sponsorships each year, available to Associate Composers and new music performers, ensembles, and presenters, to produce a concert featuring at least 50% of music by Ontario Associate composers, allocated regionally in the following areas:
- Eastern Ontario (Ottawa, Kingston)
- Southern Ontario (Hamilton, Kitchener, Niagara)
- Western Ontario (London, Windsor)
- Central Ontario (Peterborough, Barrie, Owen Sound)
- Northern Ontario (North Bay, Sudbury, Manitoulin)
- Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay, Sault-Ste-Marie, Kenora)
CMC ON will promote the concerts via the CMC Ontario eBlast, our website, and social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). In return we ask that the concerts are billed as co-presentations providing equal billing to CMC ON on programs, website page about the concert, and any promotional materials using our logo. After the event, CMC ON will solicit a statement about the benefit of the support. Where possible, someone from CMC ON will attend.
While offering a source of new funds to areas historically deprived of new music performances and our help promoting concerts under this umbrella, this new paradigm of working has the potential to increase the number of concerts CMC ON presents each year, broaden our presence across the province, help us meet new people doing creative things, and help us better fulfill our provincial mandate and mission.
A specific number of sponsorships will be allocated to each area annually. Applications will be reviewed by staff as they are received until the funds for each area are committed.
CURRENT ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES:
Chalmers Performance Space Artist is Residence Program
Deadline / rolling
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The CMC Short-term creative residencies are a rolling residency program for composers, ensembles, and production companies involved in the production or researching of Canadian Music in CMC’s Chalmers Performance Space in downtown Toronto. These self-directed residencies provide you or your organization with space and time in which to experiment and cultivate new works or research new avenues for creativity. Residencies take place during work hours, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. Residencies may range from a few days up to 4 weeks (excluding weekends) and may take place at any time of the year subject to availability of the performance space.
Resident artists and ensembles benefit from access to CMC’s production facilities and knowledgeable staff who are available to provide technical support and assistance. In addition, you will have the opportunity to build connections, create networks, and share your work with the broader CMC community through artist talks, publications and/or livestreaming.
Chalmers Performance Space Artist is Residence Program
Deadline / rolling
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The Canadian Music Centre in BC (CMC BC) is pleased to launch a new Artist in Residence program for the upcoming 2022/2023 season. Select artists (composers, performers, small ensembles) will be chosen as ‘Artists in Residence’ in CMC BC’s Murray Adaskin Salon.
These residencies are offered to artists involved in the production or researching of Canadian Music. The Canadian Music Centre in BC has always tried to support and encourage artists in our community and continues to do so with this investment in a private, creative working space to focus on your goals.
The AiR program is a flexible model to encourage experimentation and creativity. Basically you decide what you need to work on and we give you the space and time within which to do it.
CURRENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Alberta Grants Calendar
This calendar captures upcoming grant deadlines for funding available to arts organizations and artists in Alberta. We have provided public funders at the municipal, provincial, federal levels, among with private foundations that support the arts in Alberta.