Tŷ Cerdd (Music Centre Wales) and Wales Arts International will be managing the Welsh presence at the event – including a Cymru/Wales stand at the expo under the Horizons brand UK & Ireland.

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For any organisations or artists wanting to find out more about WOMEX, the opportunities it offers and the bursaries we’re offering, we’re holding a Zoom session on Tuesday 11 July @ 17:00. Eluned Haf (Director of WAI), Danny KilBride (Director of Trac Cymru), Gareth Churchill (music-creator), Jeferson Lobo (music-creator) and Deborah Keyser (Director of Tŷ Cerdd) will talk about the event and there’ll be time for your Q&As. Register here

 

Application details and deadline

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ORGANISATIONS

4 bursaries of £600 are available

To apply please upload the following information to our PORTAL by 10:00 on Monday 31 July:

1. Organisation name, address, website/social media handles

2. Details of the person who would attend: name, position, email address. mobile number

3. Short description of the organisation’s work (up to 100 words)

4. Have you or your organisation attended WOMEX before? If yes, what were the outcomes? (up to 100 words)

5. What would your aims be in attending the 2023 event? (up to 200 words)

 NB: Video and audio applications are also welcomed. Record your answers to questions 3, 4 & 5 above (up to 4 minutes’ duration), and upload a link to your recording, adding the information requested in questions 1 & 2 to the upload form. If you need help creating a link to your video, email us for help.

 

INDIVIDUALS

4 bursaries of £1000 are available

To apply please upload the following information to our PORTAL by 10:00 on Monday 31 July:

1. Name, address, email address, mobile number, website, social media handles

2. 2 audio/audio-visual links to your music (if you are a music-creator)

3. Short description of your practice/professional work (up to 100 words); if you’re an artist please send 2 audio/audio-visual link to your music

4. Have you attended WOMEX before? If yes, what were the outcomes? (up to 100 words)

5. What would you aims be in attending the 2023 event? (up to 200 words 

NB: Video and audio applications are also welcomed. Record your answers to questions 3, 4 & 5 above (up to 4 minutes’ duration), and upload the information requested in questions 1 & 2 to the upload form. If you need help creating links, email us for help.

 

Notes to applicants

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• Genre  WOMEX covers a broad artistic range, ranging from the most traditional to the new global local underground, embracing folk, roots, jazz, local and diaspora cultures as much as urban and electronic sounds from all over the globe

• Equality, diversity & inclusion  We are keen to receive applications from individuals who are under-represented / have faced neglect or exclusion from the arts community; we particularly welcome applications from disabled people, Black, Asian and ethnically diverse people, LGBTQ+ people, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

• Queries  If you have any queries about the bursaries, the event, any access requirements, and want to discuss a potential application please email and we can arrange a telephone conversation.

• Panel  Deborah Keyser (Tŷ Cerdd), Danny KilBride (Trac), Eluned Haf (Wales Arts  International)

• Timeline  All applicants will be informed of the decisions by Monday 14 August