Purpose

ACMP's mission is to encourage people from all over the world to play chamber music for pleasure.

To that end, ACMP supports workshops and community music programs which provide active participatory chamber music experiences to adult amateur musicians and youth. As the only organization in the world with grants programs for amateur chamber music, ACMP prides itself in supporting programs that kindle the sheer joy of music and emphasize chamber music training without professional aspirations.

Grant recipients represent a large range of organizers, from "mom and pop" adult amateur workshop coordinators and youth chamber music camp directors to managers of chamber music programs at large institutions.

Chamber music is defined as small-ensemble playing or singing, with one musician on a part and without a conductor.

Eligibility

Eligible Recipients

• Individual Workshop Organizers
• Organizations

Requirements

• Grants are open to applicants from all over the world
• Charitable or nonprofit status is NOT required
• ACMP does not support workshops or courses designed exclusively for professional musicians, college music performance majors or conservatory students
• Other than intergenerational programs (which may include access to younger children), ACMP does not support programs for children under 13
• All applicants must agree to use the ACMP Grantee Toolkit to promote ACMP to their participants in order to be considered for funding

Guidelines

• Applications must be submitted in English using the online application form (note: you can use Google Translate in your process)
• All programs must take place after March 15, 2025, with some exceptions made for longer-duration events starting before the notification date but continuing well beyond it
• The application form will ask you to classify your program into one of five program categories. NOTE: You will not see question 2 until you select your program category. See the Guide to the 5 Program Categories
  1. Classic adult or intergenerational workshop
  2. Longer-duration adult or intergenerational community program
  3. Youth chamber music camp (for ages 13 and older)
  4. Longer-duration community youth program (for ages 13 and older)
  5. Other chamber music program (such as master classes, seminars, etc.) for adults, youth or intergenerational
• Please submit one application form per program category. For example: if you are producing 3 adult amateur workshops, you may apply for all three within the same application, but you would need to apply for those adult amateur workshops and a youth camp (for example) in two separate application forms
• Each applicant may submit up to two applications per grant cycle
• Applicants must upload a Project Budget using the ACMP Budget Form. Budgets must accurately reflect the application narrative and be expressed in U.S. dollars
• All applicants must agree to use the ACMP Grantee Toolkit to promote ACMP to program participants
• GRANT DEADLINE: January 15, 2025
• Applicants will be notified on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 by 6pm ET

The following are not eligible for funding:

• Camps or workshops for which the primary focus is not chamber music
• Camps, workshops or community programs for children under 13 (with the exception of intergenerational programs which may include them)
• Choral and orchestral programs or general music education classes or workshops
• Programs that are exclusively intended for an organization’s membership
• Individual or group lessons in instrumental technique
• In-school programs that are part of a regular school day
• Concerts or activities intended for audience development (educational or otherwise)
• Professional-track music training (i.e. for college music performance majors; programs for college-level non-music majors ARE eligible)

QUESTIONS? Watch the video of this year’s Grant Information Session 

If you still have questions after watching the video, please email Executive Director Stephanie Griffin at sgriffin@acmp.net

NOTE: Applicants may now choose to “Save and Continue” their application and email themselves a link to their draft that is valid for 30 days.

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