The New Music Creator Fund offers grants to individual music creators working in any genre who need support to get to the next stage of their creative practice. The program supports costs related to the creation of new work and new projects developed in collaboration with other artists and practitioners. Individual performers may also apply if their collaborator is a music creator. If you’d prefer to read the guidelines in PDF form, click here. The Creator Fund FAQs are available here.
The term ‘music creator’ refers to any individual composer or artist who creates original music. Some music creators may also be performers; some may only create music for other people to perform. All these individuals are eligible to submit applications to this fund.
New Music USA supports and champions new music in all its forms; every sound is welcome. Anyone who is influencing the future of music creation and sound is creating new music!
Timeline
The application portal will open on October 31, 2024 at 10 am ET/7am PT and will remain open for two weeks, closing on November 14, 2024 at 11:59pm ET/8:59pm PT.
Decisions and internal notifications will be made by the end of March 2025, and the public announcement will be made in June 2025.
