About PMP: Program Description

Program Description

The Philadelphia Music Project (PMP) was initiated by The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) 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 $200,000 fund projects, regardless of musical genre, which contribute to the advancement of participating organizations.

PMP also sponsors seminars and symposia intended to explore issues relevant to the field. Sessions have addressed marketing/public relations, audience and board development, strategic planning, technology, journalism, and residency/outreach programming. In addition, PMP brings composers, directors, music writers, and arts administrators at the top of their fields to conduct lectures and panel discussions on topics of specific interest to PMP constituents.

PMP provides professional development assistance that brings nationally recognized experts in strategic planning, arts marketing, public relations, and audience development to Philadelphia for one-on-one meetings with constituents in order to broaden their organizational capacity.

Modest grants for professional development are available to organizations that receive 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.

Since the program’s inception in 1989, PMP has underwritten 260 projects with support totaling $11,068,119. The Philadelphia Music Project is administered by The University of the Arts.

The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public, and stimulate civic life. It partners with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share a commitment to fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.

The University of the Arts is the nation’s first and only university dedicated to the visual, performing and communication arts. Its 2,300 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 130 years.