Applications for the Music Capital Scheme 2024 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.
Organisations applying to Award 1 must demonstrate clearly and concisely their artistic activities to date, plans for future development and need for the proposed instrument(s) for purchase.
Would you like to receive guidance on how to write clearly and persuasively, and how to present your organisation’s achievements and musical goals with the selection criteria in mind?
This seminar, delivered by leading arts manager Liz Powell, will support organisations in presenting themselves in the best light and making a persuasive argument for support.
About Liz Powell
Liz Powell has worked as an Arts and Cultural Manager for over 30 years. Over this time, she has held senior roles with the Arts Council, Sing Ireland, Music Generation and the Irish Baroque Orchestra. Working in a freelance capacity, she worked with the Arts Officer in Tipperary County Council to develop Tipperary’s second Arts Strategy, published in 2023 and is currently engaged to provide festival support services in Tipperary as well as working with Tipperary ETB, Music Network and Galway Music Residency.
A regular member of arts funding assessment panels, Liz has worked in an advisory capacity to develop new funding initiatives and to evaluate and review existing schemes and programmes. She has wide experience in managing change in organisations and creating more effective and efficient working environments and received a First Class Honours Post Graduate Certificate in Change Leadership from LIT (now TUS) in 2021. Liz also works as a group singing leader and choral conductor.
Music Capital Scheme 2024
The Music Capital Scheme, which is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, provides funding for the purchase of musical instruments to individual professional musicians and non-professional groups across the country.
Deadline for applications: 2pm, Tuesday 25 June 2024.
Any questions regarding the Music Capital Scheme can be sent to Sarah Cunningham at capitalscheme@musicnetwork.ie or call +353 (0) 83 095 5956 (2 – 5.30pm excluding Wednesdays).
