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Program Goals | Deadlines | Application Forms
The Philadelphia Music Project’s primary goal is to enhance the cultural life of the community and further establish Greater Philadelphia as a cultural destination, by addressing the following priorities:
To fund music projects of increasing significance, creativity, and diversity
The Philadelphia Music Project seeks to support substantive, adventurous programming in all musical styles and forms. The program encourages projects that challenge the bounds of traditional programming and musical practice, cultivating an artistically dynamic environment for music in the Philadelphia area.
To foster and promote musical excellence in our region
PMP seeks to support organizations that engage exceptionally talented musicians, conductors, composers, and vocalists; it also seeks to support the performance of significant musical compositions. PMP encourages collaborations that not only bring the best regional musicians together, but also bring the best national and international musicians into our area for outstanding performances and partnerships.
To augment and enrich organizations’ ideas and activities
In supporting organizations’ core missions, PMP also seeks to present organizations with the impetus to stretch the conceptual boundaries of that mission. PMP grants give music organizations the opportunity to expand their current programs and pursue new artistic ideas and activities.
To strengthen the creative capacity of music organizations
Through conferences, seminars, consulting services, professional development grants, and other initiatives, PMP helps organizations search for realistic and productive ways to raise their overall artistic quality and organizational efficiency. As an element of professional development, PMP also seeks to provide broad exposure to its funded projects, raising the profile of participating organizations.
Upcoming Deadlines for Project Grants
-Letter of Intent to Apply (required for all applicants): Monday, November 2, 2009
-Project Status Update (for current grantees only): Monday, November 2, 2009
-Full application and Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project report: Friday, January 15, 2010
PMP encourages prospective applicants to contact the program well in advance of the Letter of Intent deadline to discuss potential projects and eligibility. We can be reached at 267-350-4960. See the Staff section of this website for more information about who we are and how to reach us via email.
2010 Program Guidelines (PDF)
Letter of Intent (Required for all applicants) (Interactive PDF)
Project Status Report (current grantees only) (Interactive PDF)
2010 Application Form ( Interactive PDF)
Additional Project Event Information Form (A10) (Interactive PDF)
Additional Work Sample Form (A16) (Interactive PDF)
How to use these forms:
Requirements: Adobe Reader 8.0 or higher. Adobe Reader is available for download free of cost directly from here.
To use the interactive PDF forms, save them to your hard drive first, then fill in the required fields using Adobe Reader. The forms can be saved and edited later (please note that you must be using Adobe Reader 8 or higher in order to save your work).
If you have any questions about how to use the forms, please contact PMP staff at (267) 350-4960.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q.) Can I save my work on these forms?
A.) If you use Adobe Reader 8.0 or download the free Adobe Reader 9.0 software below, yes. If you are using an earlier version of Adobe Reader, you will not be able to save the forms with inserted data intact.
Q.) If I paste text into these forms, will my formatting remain intact?
A.) Bullet-point lists will transfer. Bold-faced type, italics and underlining won't. Please use quotation marks or all caps to indicate titles of works.
Q.) Will my text flow automatically from one page to the next?
A.) Unfortunately, no. Please check carefully to be sure that your text is not cut off.
Q) The first three lines of the Budget Summary section on A2 (Total Project Income, Total Project Expenses, and Amount Requested from PMP), say $0. When I try to type into these fields, nothing happens. Why?
A.) In order to minimize errors, we set these fields to fill in automatically when you have completed pages A11-A13. Until you fill in budget details on these pages, the fields on A2 will read $0.
Q.) Any special instructions for Macintosh users?
A.) Yes! These forms do not work well in Preview, the default setting for PDFs on many Macs. Please download the free Adobe Reader software and use it to open and complete the forms.
Project Grants