New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development

1. New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development Deadline: March 7, 2014 Notification: June 2014

2. What is New Jazz Works? New Jazz Works is a grant program that supports professional U.S. Jazz ensembles to create, perform, and if desired, record new works. This program is made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

3. New this year • the composer fee is now $9,000 • only a brief description of the proposed work is needed • we’ve added a second composer track to the CD-R Work Sample • Better Business has been replaced by Administrative Support

4. New Jazz Works provides support to professional U. S. Jazz ensembles for • Core: the creation and performance of a new work (up to $19,000) • Continued Life: additional performances (and recording if desired) (up to $12,000) • Administrative Support: may include recording (up to $3,000) • Free registration and travel subsidy to a CMA national conference

5. An ensemble is eligible if: • it consists of 2-10 professional musicians (student groups are not eligible) • it is based in the U.S. or its territories • the leader is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident • it includes improvisation as an integral part of its composition and performance

6. Eligibility, cont’d. • it is a CMA Organization-level member • it has no overdue reports or financial obligations to CMA • it has waited 12 months from completion of a previous New Jazz Works grant

7. You choose • An ensemble may apply to either New Jazz Works or Classical Commissioning in one grant cycle

8. Similarly, a composer • may appear on only one application to either program (not both) • may not have any outstanding obligations to CMA

9. The composer • may be either a performing member of the ensemble or a guest • is an individual (not a group) • must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.

10. Core supports • the creation of a new work of substantial length ($9,000 composer fee)

11. Core also funds • $1,000 per musician for rehearsing and performance of the premiere plus one additional performance of the new work in the U.S. or its territories

12. Continued Life offers $12,000 for • three public performances in different venues, or • two public performances in different venues plus a recording These activities may take place worldwide

13. Administrative Support provides $3,000 for • a booking agent • a recording • other administrative expenses identified by the grantee

14. CMA National Conference • complimentary registration for the ensemble leader • travel/hotel subsidies for ensemble leaders who live more than 200 miles from New York City

15. The CD-R Work Sample • must be in CD-R format • must feature a single work on each track • may contain music from a live concert, studio/home recording, and/or commercial disc • tracks may be edited an/or excerpted

16. Track content • #1: Ensemble (performed by applicant ensemble or majority of its members) • #2: Ensemble (same as above) • #3: Composer (score, lead sheet, or graphic notation required) • #4: Composer (score, lead sheet, or graphic notation optional)

17. Completing your application • 1 stapled application form • 8 additional copies of the stapled application • 1 CD-R Work Sample • a score excerpt, lead sheet, or graphic notation of work on Track 3

18. Completing (cont’d) • 1 copy of the Memorandum of Understanding between ensemble and guest composer • copy of a document verifying the U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status of the ensemble leader, or ensemble’s 501 (c)(3) designation • 1 copy of a document verifying the U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status of the guest composer

19. The panel will select finalists on the basis of • artistic excellence of the ensemble • compositional expertise of the composer

20. Need more help? • Jeanette Vuocolo, program director, CMA Jazz, jvuocolo@chamber-music.org www.chamber-music.org