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PMP Premiere Recording Grants

Program Goals

A collaborative program of the Philadelphia Music Project and the Presser Foundation, Premiere Recording Grants are intended to fund the production of first recordings of artistically significant musical compositions performed at the highest standard of professional practice

The goals of the Premiere Recording Grant program are: to support the dissemination of recordings of previously unreleased contemporary music; to document the work of living composers; to develop audiences for contemporary music through record/audio file distribution; to provide a marketing tool for grantees, helping them to develop organizational and artistic capacity by enhancing earned income from touring engagements and CD sales.

Application Forms

The Premiere Recording Grant Program will not be offered this year. 2008 Premiere Recording Grant guidelines and application forms, posted below, are outdated and should be used for reference only. Please check back here in September 2010 for updated information about the program’status.

Guidelines (PDF)
Letter of Intent (PDF)
Application (PDF)
Additional Work Sample form, page A11 of Application (PDF)

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