Music Creation Projects
From Ontario Arts Council
Money for a composer or songwriter to create new music or commission it
- Amount
- $4,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists not confirmed - check the funder's page
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Music
- Application fee
- Not stated on the funder's page
- Kind
- Grant
- How to get it
- Open application “basic information about the project; your answers to application questions; a project budget; artistic examples: a minimum of two and a maximum of three audio or video examples; support documents: artists’ résumés or bios, score excerpts o…”
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What is offered
Money to you
- Self-directed creation: maximum $4,000
- Commissioning: maximum $20,000
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
Eligibility
Professional music creator, any genre; not for groups or organizations; students in composition or songwriting degrees cannot use the self-directed stream not confirmed - check the funder's page
What to send
basic information about the project; your answers to application questions; a project budget; artistic examples: a minimum of two and a maximum of three audio or video examples; support documents: artists’ résumés or bios, score excerpts or lyrics and a letter from the commissioner (for commissioning)
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Complete: all key details were found.
Source: https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/music-creation-projects (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 10, 2026.
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