up to £2,000

 

This strand can support your organisation to team-up with a Welsh or Wales-based composer or music-creator of any genre to create a new work. You may be a male voice choir or a brass band wanting a bespoke composition; perhaps you’re a community centre hoping to work with a local artist on a residency; you may have an ambitious multi-artform project in the pipeline…

 

An application to Create can support your project by up to £2,000.

 

Things to consider:

 

• While we welcome applications that engage music with other artforms, music is the primary consideration in the scheme.

 

• Music-creators must either be Wales-based (for at least a year before application) or have been born in Wales.

 

• It’s a clear priority for us that music-creators receive appropriate payment, and we’re happy to advise if you’re not sure how to pitch the fee.

 

• We prefer Create applications that target as much of the grant as possible to the artist’s fee, although if it’s necessary a small proportion of expenditure can go towards other costs incurred.

 

• We can help if you need advice on identifying and connecting with composers or music-creators.

 

• You should make sure you identify the music-creator you want to work with in good time, as they must be named in the application, and background information on their work attached.

 

• An application to Create does not necessarily have to include a performance of the new work, although the panel will be interested in your plans for its legacy.

 

• You may apply to Engage (simultaneously or at a later date) to support your new composition to reach an audience. Please be mindful that the panel will have a keen eye on reaching as many communities as possible through these funds.

 

• You should ensure that your application meets the criteria laid out in the guidelines.