Applications for the Music Capital Scheme 2025 are now open. Our range of supports is designed to help you make your application with a particular focus on supporting first time and previously unsuccessful applicants.
Musicians applying to Award 2 or Award 3 must submit two musically contrasting recordings which demonstrate their performance skills.
Are you unsure which types of recordings will best benefit your application? Would you like to avoid common pitfalls and receive tips on using pre-existing recordings or starting afresh with your application in mind?
This seminar, delivered by prominent sound engineer Mairéad O’Reilly, will provide a step-by-step guide to presenting good quality recordings which are the best possible representation of your work and clearly relate to your proposed item(s) for purchase.
About Mairéad O’Reilly
Mairéad O’Reilly is primarily a live sound engineer. She formed her own sound reinforcement company and worked freelance for 30 years. Her specialization has been engineering high quality sound for acoustic music. She has provided sound reinforcement for national and international concerts, festivals & tours and has also engineered live events for major recording artists such as Altan, John Martyn, Rhiannon Giddens and Townes Van Zandt among others.
Mairéad holds a Master’s Degree in Digital Media Technologies from TU Dublin where she majored in Audio. She is also an AVID Certified Pro Tools Trainer. While lecturing in sound technology, Mairéad continued to mix occasional concerts and more recently decided to merge her wide experience in audio and education to launch 'MÓR Sound', a dedicated voice recording and post-production studio in Dublin, aimed at producing high quality audio for online learning, audio books, podcasts and vocalists.
Music Capital Scheme 2025
The Music Capital Scheme, which is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, provides funding for the purchase of musical instruments to individual professional musicians and non-professional groups across the country.
Deadline for applications: 2pm, Thursday 27 November 2025.
Any questions regarding the Music Capital Scheme can be sent to Sarah Ledwidge at capitalscheme@musicnetwork.ie or call +353 (0) 83 0162718
