| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Study advanced drum techniques & mentorship career paths for a 5 day period, Jan.2-6, 2024, with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in Los Angeles. |
| Berglund, Blake |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,520 |
I will return home to the family farm to write new material influenced by family dynamic, rural culture and personal themes. |
| McKnight, Spencer |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,010 |
This grant will be to take significant time to develop and create the song recital "In Dreams". |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,600 |
This project is to compose 10 new songs covering a range of themes. Works will be used in performance & upcoming recording. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The continuation of a project for participants to learn the foundations of songwriting, using the artform as a tool to
explore wellbeing and identity. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,700 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features both MainStage and free live blues music events featuring diverse local, national and international performers throughout Regina. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Country at the Creek Music Festival is an annual outdoor Music event held just outside of the community of Big River |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2024 celebrates its 16th annual jazz festival kicking off summer in Regina and Southern Saskatchewan along with our Saskatchewan festival fun events season. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
Cameron, Ian
St. Augustine Community School |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,585 |
An integrated music education program comprised of in-class, regular school-hour sessions featuring creative components, cultural perspectives, and cross-curricular outcomes. |
Normand, Alexis
École Père Mercure |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
This project is to carry out choral and rock band projects with students who will write and perform songs in French about Père André Mercure. |
| Garlimah, James |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This project/Album is a result of over ten years of writing and recording my own music. This Project will server is my debut album professionally. |
OUTSaskatoon Inc.
Marjorie Beaucage |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$17,125 |
OUTSaskatoon will create a two spirit drum group through drum making and singing in Saskatoon through a 10 week project called Healing Through The Drum. |
| Suchan, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Help cover artistic and travel costs for a live performance album launch by composers Paul Suchan and Silas Friesen at the Bassment by the SJO. |
| Gliem, Melodie |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$400 |
I'm a Nominee in the SIMA music awards and would like to offset the cost of travel to attend the Awards. |
Kitchen Party Music, Inc.
Mitchell Dureault |
Forget |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
KLKP Kids Camp: Provide an barrier-free opportunity for children from all walks of life to explore their creativity in collaboration with Saskatchewan musicians and artists. |
| Whitbread, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would like to take Maddie Tarbox's Voice Function 101 pedagogical online course in order to enhance my coaching and singing practice. |
| Kharsa, Ali |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Write, rehearse, and record 3 new songs and host a community event in Saskatoon with music with an open mike. |
| Kayler, Christopher |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$500 |
Greg and I would collaborate in performing music related to the theme of the above conference: a response to trauma and a call to action. |
| Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Funding for Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon 2024 in order to offer an honorarium to the 10 instrument instructors who support the campers. |
| Selkirk, Jesse |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
A project to collaborate with my friend Maggie Blue-Waters to compose a song about her experience as a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. |
| Reid, Sonia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Funding is needed to research and locate an appropriate venue for a Black Gospel Music workshop. |
| Jegede-Ikpen, Oghenerukevwe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To explore a new musical frontier by blending traditional African rhythms with modern synths and diverse languages, and fusing Afrobeats with the Canadian sound. |
| Afro Tribes Festival Incorporated |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,540 |
Love Jazz is a celebration in commemoration of black history month and to raise awareness about our initiatives with enchanting music. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Participate at Contact Ontarois |
| Carter, Nathan |
Loon Lake |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
A free music concert showcasing music, fashion and visual art created by myself and other artists identifying as BPOC. |
| Mycyk, Sofia |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will prepare an informative lecture-recital to present Ukrainian composers, relating to the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra fundraising concert “A Kolomyika Fantasy” on March 9, 2024. |
| Reid, Sonia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
A community weekend to learn more about Black gospel choir music workshop culminating in a live music performance. |
| Parovsky, Karley |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,770 |
I will be travelling to Brevard, North Carolina to participate in the auditioned Blue Ridge Fiddle Camp led by Cassey Dreisen and Darol Anger. |
Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Glenn Sutter |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$19,000 |
In 2024, Songs for Nature aims to offer a summer youth camp in Regina, and a fall adult camp in Prince Albert National Park. |
| Pasqua, Anthony |
saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
I will research, develop, write and select 6-8 tracks for my album highlighting the modern day struggles and powerful resiliency of First Nations people. |
Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated
Zoe Slusar |
Asquith |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$18,509 |
Building local capacity/creating mentorship opportunities with a music camp centred on empowering Indigenous females/female-identifying youth through music/cultural arts in the underserved community of La Ronge. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Present and perform at SHE Festival of Women in Music in Arkansas during an international conference which celebrates the contributions of women in music. |
| Burwell, Marissa |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Marissa Burwell will attend South By Southwest to perform in an official showcase in Austin, Texas between the dates of March 12 - 16. |
| Last Birds |
North Portal |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
To write, arrange and rehearse twelve original songs for the full-length album Last Birds plans to record in 2025 and release in 2026 |
| Prairie Saxophone Initiative |
North Battleford |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,818 |
To hold the Canadian premiere of Joseph Lai's new work for 2 saxophones and piano entitled 3 M's of a Union. |
| Stinn, Cassandra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,071 |
Creating an immersive performance experience for the release of my newest work, “Returnings,” my first work for small ensemble. |
| Ludwig, Brianna |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$750 |
— |
| Lehner, Katelyn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,607 |
This grant would allow me to go on two seperate writing retreats, working alongside co-writers, to create music for my upcoming project. |
| McKenzie, Tiess |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,570 |
To present three musical events in Saskatoon: An outdoor, interactive soundwalk, a concert of string and piano music, and a concert of electro-acoustic trombone music. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Research manuscripts of violin works written by four women composers in Calgary (AB), and Paris (France) in June 2024. |
| Okihcihtaw, Marc |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$5,500 |
"Scout & The Red Empire: Voices Unite" digitally preserves traditional hand drum songs of Indigenous communities, celebrating Turtle Island's rich cultural heritage. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
To travel from Regina, Saskatchewan, to St. Paul, Minnesota to learn about mechanical operation and maintenance of the pedal steel guitar. |
| Klassen, Vanessa |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This is a 2-part project for which I will create new typeset editions of three selected clarinet works by Canadian composers, then record each one. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
To create at instrumental works catered toward use in film trailers. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Create a full production music video for the song "White Man's World" The song describes the 1885 Fort Battleford Hangings of eight cree warriors |
| Semple, Zenaya |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Grimelda |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Grimelda will be touring through Southern Ontario & Quebec to re-establish awareness prior to performing at NXNE in Toronto. |
| Winterhalt, Anastasia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I am doing a 3 month coaching/study intensive with Kathleen Lohrenz Gable as I prepare a role and symphony debut with the SSO. |
| Cupid's Heart |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To support the release and planned 15-show Eastern Canada tour around the latest single "Pick Me Up" from Cupid's Heart. |
| Closs, Sarah |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Hope, Lauren |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
This project seeks to research and record traditional Metis songs as a means to preserve them for future generations. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$25,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Opera Association |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$25,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$197,830 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$174,380 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$80,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$26,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$75,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Zarubin, Brooke |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,750 |
— |
| Poulin, Shantaia |
Warman |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Key West Songwriters Festival (Key West Florida) Showcase opportunity! |
| Leschyshyn, Ava |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$2,125 |
— |
| Hay, Mackenzie |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
— |
| Ding, Marco |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,750 |
— |
| Dump Babes |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Perform 5 shows in Western Canada to promote our new album 'Known Liar', 4 of them as tour support for Miesha and the Spanks. |
| Alexander, Bridget |
Weyburn |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$2,125 |
— |
| Scott, Graeme |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$750 |
— |
| Bell, Nigel |
Air Ronge |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To pay my featured artists $600, mixing/mastering fees $400 total $1,000 for my new album. |
| Budgell-Eaglespeaker, Forrest Scott |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
The North Sound has been booked to open for Stephen Fearing in Penticton on May 23rd and Vancouver May 25th. |
| Parovsky, Karley |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To talk to organizations, associations, elected officials, artists and Elders in Central Regina to better understand the need for arts programming. |
| MacDonald, Joel |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I will participate in masterclasses by cello professors Orfeo Mandozzi and Wen-Sinn Yang, including intensive individual instruction and ensemble playing. |
| Sadikov, Shokhrukh (Shah) |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Two-week long residency at the University of Music and Drama Hamburg ("HfMT") to participate in a conducting Masterclass with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. |
| Welbourne, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
This project is for Jordan to participate the Ukrainian Art Song Project "Summer Institute", a week-long classical singing performance and artistic development intensive in Toronto. |
| Former Lovers the Band |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Band recording retreat, one week of recording with the intent on creating an album for fall release and promotional photo and video. |
| Brophey, Erin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I would like to attend the 53rd International Double Reed Society 2024 conference. |
| Wilson, Katie |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$64 |
Four-week three-hour sessions on songwriting, covering topics: process, song structure, genres, song forms, melodies, editing, co-writing, chord progressions, performance, copyright, releasing music and next steps. |
| Station Arts Centre Cooperative |
Rosthern |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Friends of the Broadway Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$50,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Indigenous Peoples Artist Collective of Prince Albert Inc. |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$34,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Common Weal Community Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$142,200 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$68,100 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Winston Knoll Collegiate |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Romero, Alejandro |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,696 |
#Sole_Purpose_a_glogal_interpretation_on_Islam is a ten day participatory art installation with components of Islamic culture including dance-performance art, fabric-fiber art, photography, audio-sound-light-projections, and re-purposed objects. |
| Allard, Mark |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
A Graphic Art (graphic novel format) adaptation of the Icelandic saga known as The Saga of the Völsungs. |
| Queer City Cinema Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| John Arcand Fiddle Fest Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$21,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Fortier, Zoe |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
This grant will help fund the creative production of Latente, a Mexican-Canadian sound art intervention project produced through two artist-residencies. |
| Nordstrom, Alexandra |
Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
This project provides grades 5-9 students of Chief Poundmaker School with a week of creative workshops that use land as pedagogy for art practice. |
| Cultural Festivals |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Blom, Monique |
Waldheim |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
To produce and perform "(In)terfertilization: Of Word and Flesh" at (UNAM) Encuentro 2019:The World Inside Out in Mexico City in June 2019. |
| Standing, Lorraine |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
To research and develop my stories of my father’s stories of song and drumming when I was a child. |
Thomson Community School
Chancz Perry |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$39,432 |
Our Artist in Residency project is a multidisciplinary arts program designed to decrease stress and increase resiliency in youth. |
