(Previous recipient, Wendy Oldfield)
Applications deadline: October 5, 2015
Planning a music
tour but unsure how to fund it? Apply to Concerts SA’s Music Mobility Fund,
which will select new projects to support in October.
This tour funding
mechanism offers opportunities for professional South African musicians to
undertake live music tours in South Africa as well as other Southern African
Development Community (SADC) countries. The fund provides support to live music
performances, collaborations and workshops.
Following the
success of the first round of funding for 2015 in April, applications are now
open for the second iteration of Music Mobility Fund disbursements this year.
The deadline for submissions is October 5 2015, and tours should take place
between October 2015 and mid-April 2016.
Since it was
initiated in 2013, the Music Mobility Fund has supported more than 50 tours and
has featured artists like Wendy Oldfield & Paul Hanmer, Ihashi Elimhlophe,
Pops Mohamed and Dave Reynolds, Carlo Mombelli, Morayks, and Thandi Ntuli.
In addition to
South Africa, these performances and projects have fanned out to Botswana,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe,
spanning genres from jazz to traditional indigenous music, from folk to hip-hop
and kwaito.
The Fund is
administered by Concerts SA, a joint South African/Norwegian project housed
within The SAMRO Foundation. Working with musicians, promoters, venue owners
and audiences, the project aims to build a vibrant, viable and sustainable live
music circuit in southern Africa. It also seeks to develop an interest in and
appreciation of live music by showcasing music performances and conducting
workshops at schools.
Designed to help
musicians, music industry professionals and organisations build on already
established domestic success and develop connections, markets and audiences for
their work, the fund provides support towards travel and transportation, as
well as per diems, material costs (hiring of backline and sound equipment),
accommodation and visas.
Among the projects
that may be financed are tours and concerts, including regional, national or
provincial tours, as well as performances at festivals and showcases. The Music
Mobility Fund also funds artistic collaborations with merit among musicians
based in different provinces of South Africa or SADC countries. Each project
must be between four days and six months in duration.
National Projects: Artists from all provinces are invited to
apply for national projects taking place in any South African province(s). The
bulk of the activities must take place outside the province where the artist is
based. The tour schedule must include one activity in either Gauteng, the
Western Cape or KwaZulu-Natal. Applicants may request up to R25,000.
Regional Projects: Regional projects must take place in one or
more of the following SADC countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Applicants will need to conduct their
own research and have identified and communicated with a potential partner or
host. The partner may be an individual or organisation and must be an
established musician or music professional, and must be based in the SADC
country (or countries) where the project will take place. Applicants may
request up to R40,000.
Applicants should
complete the application form in English, and submit it by October 5, 2015,
including the following mandatory documents: legal documentation of the
applicant (ID/passport copy for individuals and organisation representatives;
company registration documents); track record (media coverage, website links,
evidence of recognition awards, public appearances or residencies, CV,
biography, etc); budget of the project (including projected income and
expenditure); and a calendar of activities with tour schedule. SADC regional
projects must include a letter from the local host confirming their support and
involvement.
Enquiries and
applications should be submitted by email to concertssa@samro.org.za, by fax to 086 500 7028 or by post to
Concerts SA, c/o The SAMRO Foundation, 20 De Korte Street, 4th Floor SAMRO
Place, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001.
For more
information, visit http://concertssa.co.za, follow @ConcertsSA on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ConcertsSA) or like Concerts SA on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ConcertsSA).
Or visit www.samrofoundation.org.za, follow @SAMROFoundation on Twitter (http://twitter.com/SAMROFoundation) or like The SAMRO Foundation on Facebook
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