Composer Assistance Program

The next deadline for the Composer Assistance Program is OCTOBER 1, 2010.

Annual Deadlines: October 1 and March 1
Address for electronic submissions: CAP@amc.net

Guidelines and application forms for CAP are available below and to the right.

CAP Guidelines
CAP Application
CAP Musical Materials Sheet

About the Program

Direct assistance is available to composers to help them realize their music in performance.

Grants are project-based. There must be a specific work (or works) associated with the request. There must also be a specific event associated with the work, such as a performance or reading.

The American Music Center awards a total of approximately $100,000 annually to composers through this program. The maximum one-time grant is $5,000. Most grants are between $1,000 and $2,000. Grants to a single composer are limited to a total of $10,000 during that composer’s lifetime.

CAP Recording Grant **NEW PROGRAM**

CAP Recording has one deadline per year. The 2010 deadline has now passed. The next deadline will be July 2011. Please visit us again in April 2011 for the exact deadline for CAP Recording 2011.

Guidelines and application forms for CAP 2010 are available FOR REFERENCE ONLY below and to the right.

Direct assistance is available for recordings of music by living American composers, or for the reissuance of recordings of works by living American composers that are no longer available.

Grants are project-based. There must be a specific work (or works) associated with the grant request.

Guidelines and Application Forms

CAP Recording Guidelines
CAP Recording Application
CAP Recording Budget Form
CAP Recording Musical Materials