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Deadline: June 1, 2026
Program Summary:
Grants are provided to assist individuals, corporations, performers, ensembles, and presenters to commission SOCAN members to create new works in the genre of concert / classical music. Please note that this grant is not intended to fund film scores.
The intent of this program is to reach beyond local, regional, provincial, and federal arts council funding bodies and encourage other members of our community (individuals, organizations or companies) to commission new musical works.
In order to be eligible, applicants must match the Work Commissioning Assistance grant with privately raised funds. The total commissioning budget may include Federal, Provincial or Municipal funding but the Work Commissioning Assistance Grant portion will only match privately raised funds. Applications that do not include a clear description of the source of the privately raised funds will be disqualified.
This grant will match funds from $1,000 to a maximum of $3,000 that the applicant will have raised during the period of the fundraising initiative. Applications may have more than one SOCAN member create the commissioned work with commissioning funds divided equally between the collaborators. Only SOCAN writer members can receive matching grant funds.
SOCAN members being commissioned cannot apply directly to this program.
Grant Amount:
$1000-$3000
Eligible Applicants:
Grants are provided to assist individuals, corporations, performers, ensembles, and presenters.
Applicants must demonstrate that the commissioned work will have a public performance, that it will not be premiered before January 15th of the following year and provide details as to how the SOCAN Foundation support will be acknowledged.