About PMP: Program Description

Program Description

The Philadelphia Music Project (PMP) was initiated by The Pew Charitable Trusts in 1989 to foster artistic excellence and innovation in the region’s nonprofit music community. PMP meets this objective by supporting commissions and productions of new works, presentations of large-scale or long-neglected works, interdisciplinary collaborations, and similar programmatic enhancements. Maximum grants of $160,000 fund projects, regardless of musical genre, that contribute to the advancement of participating organizations.

PMP also sponsors seminars and conferences intended to address issues relevant to the field. Sessions have addressed marketing, audience development, music technology, and music outreach programming , and interdisciplinary, cross-genre, and multicultural composition and performance.

Consulting services and modest grants for professional development are available to organizations applying for PMP project support. Professional development grants are intended to introduce recipients to new artistic influences and enable them to build working relationships within their respective communities.

The Philadelphia Music Project has received $9,789,000 in funding from the Trusts, including a recent grant of $3,379,000 in December 2001. Since the inception of the program in 1989, PMP has underwritten 162 projects with support totaling $6,819,650. The Philadelphia Music Project is administered by The University of the Arts.

The Pew Charitable Trusts support nonprofit activities in the areas of culture, education, the environment, health and human services, public policy, and religion. Based in Philadelphia, the Trusts make strategic investments to help organizations and citizens develop practical solutions to difficult problems. In 2002, with approximately $3.8 billion in assets, the Trusts committed over $166 million to 287 nonprofit organizations.

The University of the Arts is the nation's first and only university dedicated to the visual, performing, and communication arts. Its 2,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs on its campus in the heart of Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts. Its history as a leader in educating creative individuals spans more than 125 years. For further information about The University of the Arts call 215.717.6145, or visit the website at www.uarts.edu.