| Cafferata, Skyler |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To record 4 new studio-quality songs with my band (The Faps) which will be released as digital singles throughout 2019. |
| Fletcher, Étienne |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
This project is to fund the creation of a new full-length album for Étienne Fletcher which will be released in 2020. |
| Knutson, Cole |
North Battleford |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
The study and performance of lieder and opera in Europe and the prairies ie. lessons with professional coach, and concerts in the prairies. |
| Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,814 |
To present a series of three concerts in Saskatoon, featuring the Elixir Ensemble and guests. |
| Gebremichael, Elsa |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
To write and co-produce songs that incorporate traditional Ethiopian elements combined pop / rock elements with producer XSDTRK for my debut Wild Black album. |
| Johnson, Omar |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
This project will produce an album. Utilizing a 4 part method. I.e Locale sampling, sound sculpting, sound generation, sound pallet programming, plus composition. |
| Rathgeber, Carolyn |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$70,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$85,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$25,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$50,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Bellegarde, Bradley |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$4,487 |
To write 6 songs, all stories with Indigenous relevance for an EP with the working title, "Rediculous Stories". |
| Froc, Benton |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
— |
Regina Folk Festival Inc.
Megan Nash |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
All Our Relations choir, led by local musicians, will rewrite songs that shaped the labour movement and the RFF, culminating in a 50th anniversary performance. |
| Clinton Ackerman Music |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$5,103 |
Students will practice mindfulness and independence in creative music practices, creating wind chimes while exploring different acoustic environments in Regina. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$929 |
Artistic development at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity through Entr'Arts, a francophone multidisciplinary art program. |
| Hector, Eleanor |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$46,500 |
Stage 2 of Pilot Project that engages community in music for self-expression/healing/reconciliation with intent on identifying, training and mentoring community members for future workshop facilitation. |
| Weger, Rebecca |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,400 |
— |
| Baggett, Brian |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$750 |
To attend the 2019 Chapman Stick 4-day Workshop featuring Stick inventor Emmett Chapman and master instructors Greg Howard and Steve Adelson. |
| Rock My Gypsy Soul Music Festival |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Our Music festival is a not for profit event, held over 1 day, in downtown Prince Albert. |
| Ramsay, Jessica |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I hope to go to Germany for a Mentorship and specialized training on the violin from September 9 to December 16, 2019. |
| Pogorelova, Anya |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$631 |
International symposium for educators to explore new ideas. Participants conduct live ensembles, receive feedback, and are guided through score study, rehearsal techniques, movement, and interpretation. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Dene High School in La Loche will establish a relationship with local and internationally recognized guitar and vocalist Damien Cheecham. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$830 |
Perform, and offer outreach teaching and presentations during the first Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival in Nebraska this coming August. |
| Vogel, Kristian |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
A week of dedicated Saxophone study at the Orford Music Academy; with lessons and masterclasses from one of the world's foremost authorities on classical saxophone. |
| Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
In response to teacher requests, the RSO seeks to include an Indigenous Song the Link Up program for Grade 3-6 students to learn and sing. |
| These Young Hands |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Opportunity to present my solo ambient electronic project, GLAZ, to a wider audience including notable industry professionals. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Album of original music shedding light on problems facing aboriginal people today. Addiction, Mental Health, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,400 |
Attending Colombian and South American private music master classes by drum instructor Juan David Castano at the Berklee Satellite campus EMMAT in Bogota, Colombia. |
| Wong, Wing Tak Nova |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,640 |
Presenting Historically Informed Performance of early and late Italian, French and German violin-harpsichord music, and Baroque dance step workshop, to the Saskatoon community. |
| Ramsay, Jessica |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
I plan to study with a teacher in Berlin who is both an incredible mentor and networker, but also specializes in teaching physiology of violin. |
| Murza, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,500 |
To compose "Cold and Lonely Kingdom," an album telling stories of a fantasy world that contains parallels to the history and geography of Saskatchewan. |
| Sanger, Joslin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Purchase of DJ equipment for ongoing shows this winter and summer of 2020. |
| Power, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
A professional development project to work with Mr. Aaron Low (Toronto), Canada's renowned vocal coach for professional singers. Registration confirmed. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$14,496 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 12th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| Abrupt Dystopia |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,000 |
Abrupt Dystopia, a band formed during the Girls Rock Regina’s inaugural Adult Camp in March 2019, will be writing and recording their first album. |
| Mitchell, Terri-Lynn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Duo Estelle is asking for $1000 to support the costs surrounding our three city Saskatchewan tour including transportation fees for guitarist Emily Shaw from Ottawa. |
| Prairie Roots Ensemble |
Lloydminster |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,103 |
We plan to produce three collaborative-focused concerts this year that include different members of the various unique art and music scenes in Saskatoon. |
| Kardash, S.J. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Between November - April we will be writing new songs for future release under Reignwolf. |
| Ernest Lindner School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Students will engage with Tod Emel (our artist) as they compose and perform electronic music using LMMS digital music station. https://lmms.io/ |
| McNeill, Dean |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
This is a 2 part application:
1) Develop new web site for Dean McNeill
2) Support 'Edmonton Winds' (ensemble) European tour featuring McNeill as soloist. |
| Kuzbik, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,000 |
To work with my band to adapt my debut solo album into a world class live show, and simultaneously write our follow up record. |
| Slow Down Molasses |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
To write, arrange and collaborate on a new album's worth of songs for the band Slow Down Molasses. |
| Budgell-Eaglespeaker, Forrest Scott |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
I am applying for funding to financially support the recording of a full length album written about inter-generational trauma and healing. |
| Pettigrew, Laura |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,000 |
This project is to write two new works for: Low Brass, premiere Portugal August 2020; Flute duet with piano, premiere Canada USA 2020/21 |
| Stoughton Central School |
Stoughton |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Song Writers Circle with Saskatchewan Recording Artists Glen Strong and Forrest Eaglespeaker. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,500 |
Elevating the production value and visual impact of Ponteix’s live performances via tour-ready custom projections and coordinating stage lighting. |
| Regina Highland Festival Association Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$3,815 |
This project will support Celtic music performance at the SHGCF, featuring local professional musicians and world-renowned musician Fred Morrison from Scotland. |
| Logan, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,311 |
Dedicate significant time to working on the completion of my first independently developed release while solidifying my artistic identity through the exploration of sound. |
Westmount Community School
Felipe Gomez |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$7,700 |
Students will learn the music concepts of the ukulele taught by Felipe Gomez. In the end, students will participate perform in a ukulele rock orchestra. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2020 is an accessible, citywide music festival in parks, bars and venues featuring local, emerging, and national artists many events are free. |
Oxbow Arts and Cultural Committee
Oxbow Arts and Cultural Committee |
Oxbow |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
Funding for the Bow Valley Jamboree Music and Arts Festival. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The 26th Mid-Winter Blues Festival will combine free and ticketed events over 7 nights, featuring national and international performers, as well as 80% local artists. |
| Farm Fest Terre Ferme Festival Ltd. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
Music festival emphasizing Canadian singer-songwriters, held on an organic farm in southern Saskatchewan. Laid-back, welcoming, spiritual experience for all ages. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Country at the Creek is a first time applicant. We are a grass roots non profit organization that is 8 years old. |
| Ritornello Chamber Music Festival |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Fresh. Homegrown. Inspired. Original. Ritornello is building on years of success and looking towards the future. 3 great concerts exploring chamber music in Saskatoon's core. |
| Regina Chamber Music Festival |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The project is the presentation of three nights of chamber music concerts and related community events, by local and international artists. |
| McArthur, Robert |
Carlyle |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Robert Mcarthur is bringing back the Nakoda language through song, specifically children's lullabies. Writing lullabies helps preserve the language by putting it in children's ears. |
Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon
Eliza Mary Doyle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Providing opportunities for female empowerment through Cultural Arts Mentorship Programming by building capacity and expanding the Girls Rock Saskatoon program to under-served/remote communities in Saskatchewan. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Request of funds to go towards the purchase of 2 flight cases capable of protecting musical equipment while travelling internationally to play at professional performances. |
| Evans, George |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
to bring jazz pianist Nancy Walker to Saskatoon for a coaching and joint performance opportunity. |
| Bourque, Marie-Véronique |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$757 |
Recording of two bilingual original songs as a first time producer and singer. Recording with involve 5 musicians including me as flutist-songwriter- singer- producer. |
| Gomez, Felipe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$757 |
To build a Tubulum a pipe instrument famously used in the “Blue Man Group” a fun and inventive percussion instrument. |
| Suchan, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
School tour of the Proteus Saxophone Quartet, Saxophonist Gerard Weber and Pianist Naomi Suchan, and Fiddler Kim de Laforest, featuring the music of Paul Suchan. |
| Stooshinoff, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To help fund a twelve-date Japanese tour in support of the reissue of "Stoic" on Japanese record label, Moorworks. |
| Rymestone |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$977 |
Western Canadian Tour in support of Album 'Neighborhood', which Rymestone released October 31st, 2019. 7 venues confirmed, 3 Collage radio station interviews confirmed. |
| W3APONS |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
This project is to fund a writing period for Saskatoon-based band and writing collaborators, W3APONS. |
| St.Germaine, Yvonne |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
New project ready to present to public, summer of 2020 Cd release tour, Expenses, Production, technician fees, promotion, rehearsal space, venue and equipment, travel accommodation |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,500 |
Music-collaboration with professional-musician Kiera Dall'Osto to inspire/complete/infuse fresh music ideas; proceed to workshop album material in Nashville before recording new full-length album. |
| Gauvin, Vanessa |
Swift Current |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing a relationship between Artist and Camp, create music curriculum targeted for youth & engage community working towards an Artist-project grant for June to August. |
| Westview Public School |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To have local Aboriginal artists in our community come to school and teach our kids Aboriginal art and have them learn from these people. |
| Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I will be working with Saskatoon ensemble, Mistral 5, to create a new piece of concert music for wind quintet. |
| Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School |
Pinehouse Lake |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
We would like this grant to support the start-up of an arts program in our school teaching students music. |
| Berglund, Melanie |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To write songs for a new album and conceptualize the videos, photos, on-stage patter, images, etc that relate to the music. |
| Stooshinoff, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,443 |
To complete the writing of my third LP, "Cold House," which features finger-style guitar and voice with an emphasis on performance. |
| McKnight, Spencer |
SASKATOON |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,500 |
To provide two months of living expenses to be able to develop a recital for touring in Saskatchewan for summer of 2020. |
| L'Association fransaskoise de Zenon Park Inc. |
Zenon Park |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$903 |
Explore the possibility of doing a music project with artist Alexis Normand and determine how to best serve the community of Zenon Park. |
| Torwalt, Greg |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,717 |
Too Soon Monsoon is writing and recording demos live off the floor at The Sound Castle to determine songs and recording method for 2021 album. |
| Dureault, Mitchell |
Wolseley |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To visit, access, and develop, a long term, sustainable music programming that is focused on youth, based on the needs and wants of the community. |
| E.D. Feehan Catholic High School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing an indigenous drumming and singing group of indigenous youth leading to a community event and performance. |
| E.S. Laird Middle School |
Lloydminster |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Work with local elders and drummers to create a sustainable pow wow and round dance drum group for young men in Lloydminster. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$9,000 |
Write and compose music and lyrics for Ponteix’s next record |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,500 |
Work in collaboration with composers to develop a set of 12 etudes for solo violin that will address unusual contemporary techniques. |
| Gomez, Felipe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
To produce and present “Soundtrack for Adventurous Kids” a 45-minute interactive musical experience. |
| Rathgeber, Carolyn |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2020-2021 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$197,440 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$29,950 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Opera Association |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$150,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$25,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$50,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$85,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$70,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
