Rhode Island Foundation Offering $30K Grants To Local Composers

PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Foundation is offering $30,000 grants to three local composers.

Those interested have until Aug. 10 to apply.

"The grants are considered to be among the largest no-strings-attached awards available to composers in the United States," according to a media release.

"The Foundation will award grants to three emerging or mid-career composers through its Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund," the release said. "The awards are intended to free them to concentrate time on the creative process, to focus on personal or professional development, to expand their body of work and to explore new directions."

“By offering the financial support these composers need in order to hone their craft we are investing in them, and in growing a sector that makes our state such a wonderful place to live,” David N. Cicilline, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, said in a media release.

“This assistance demonstrates the importance we put on investing in Rhode Island’s cultural life,” Cicilline said.

Applicants must have been residents of Rhode Island for at least a year prior to the deadline, according to the release.

"High school students, college and graduate students who are enrolled in a degree-granting program and composers who have advanced levels of career achievement are not eligible," the release said.

"Applicants will be judged on the quality of their work samples, their artistic development and their creative contribution to the arts, as well as the potential of the fellowship to advance their career," according to the release. "Submissions may be of any genre of original musical composition, including chamber, choral, contemporary, electronic, experimental, jazz, opera, musical theater, symphonic and world music, among others."

Click here for more information about applying.

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