Music Creation Projects
$20,000
Grant
Description:
The program supports Ontario-based professional artists creating original musical works.
Comments on Funding:
Grant amount(s)
Self-directed creation: maximum $4,000
Commissioning: maximum $20,000
April 3, 2025 September 11, 2025, 1 p.m. EST
Eligibility:
Applicants must be:
1. Individuals
2. professional composers
3. songwriters
4. music creators
5. Ontario residents
Application Steps:
Applicants must complete and submit an application in Nova, OAC’s online grant application system. You will be able to do this approximately two months before the deadline.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
1. basic information about the project
2. answers to application questions
3. a project budget
4. artistic examples:
a. A minimum of two and a maximum of three audio or video examples
5. support documents:
a. artists’ résumés or bios (including a bio of the commissioner, for commissioning projects)
b. score excerpts or lyrics
c. a letter from the commissioner (for commissioning)
Other Things to Note:
About the author
Maurice
