| 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 |
2019-2020 |
$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. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I plan research twenty years of my songs to compile lyrics and descriptions in nehiyaw (Cree) and english and then produce a resource. |
Mathieu, Veronique
Saskatoon Public Library |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Present six free interactive and educational concerts involving different musical traditions at Frances Morrison Public Library (Saskatoon) and in North Battleford . |
| Froc, Benton |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2020-2021 |
$2,500 |
— |
Gauvin, Vanessa
Camp Shagabec Committee |
Swift Current |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$5,144 |
In partnership with Camp Shagabec, this project creates a dedicated youth music program, serving the Cypress Hills and area |
St. Michael Community School
Karrnnel Sawitsky |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$40,000 |
In reconciliation, St. Michael Community School will collaborate with Metis Knowledge Keepers, elders, fiddlers to explore the relationship of music, cultural identity and colonization. |
| Sonntag, Meika |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2020-2021 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Newton, Sean |
North Battleford |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2020-2021 |
$2,500 |
— |
Dureault, Mitchell
Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School |
Wolseley |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Bring a music educator into our Northern community to rejuvenate lost culture, strengthen intergenerational connections, teach music to youth and build local capacity through mentorship. |
Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
Eliza Mary Doyle |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$46,500 |
Community Arts Mentorship Programming that engages community in music for self-expression/healing/reconciliation with intent on identifying, training and mentoring community members for future community program facilitation. |
| Centre Francophone BDS |
Bellevue |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To discover through community consultations, research, and project planning how to bring music back to our communities. |
| Loreburn Central School |
Loreburn |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To develop drumming as part of the music in class, and potentially have a group for students to take part in outside of class time. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Video capture training of SSO team and musicians as we launch online streaming/digital concerts to remove barriers of access for audiences during pandemic and beyond. |
| Naytowhow, Joseph |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
designing and manufacturing 500 CD singles of my original song "Born From Dirt" about my fragmented memories of being stolen away to attend residential school. |
| Palmer, Josh |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,000 |
Take the time necessary to create and write new songs and produce new sounds for my music group, The Sunset Kids. |
| Normand, Alexis |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
This project is to write new songs in French and English that explore bilingual identity on the prairies. |
| Goodwyn, Amber |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Support for the creation of a new cycle of songs for my experimental pop music project, Natural Sympathies. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
Create a full length album of original songs, while bringing light to the suicide crisis our communities have been experiencing. |
| Sefton, Ben |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,707 |
I have recorded 4 songs that need to be mixed and mastered and 2 more songs that are ready to be recorded, mixed and mastered. |
| Olsen, Farideh |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$9,500 |
This project is to write 60 songs, the best 10 will be recorded and performed by Farideh. |
| Pederson, Krystle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,500 |
Continuing journey to prepare for recording first solo album with band rehearsal and composition work of five new songs to be recorded in 2021. |
| Berglund, Blake |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,000 |
Four months of deep focused music creation inspired by the rural Saskatchewan experience and greater thematic narratives. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
In the time of COVID-19, what is a performing/recording artist to do? Learn and practice. I'll use the grant for lessons and paid rehearsal time. |
| Dawson, Michael |
Estevan |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,000 |
To write and arrange songs for a new album and conceptualize accompanying videos, design, visuals, and photos related to the release and live performance. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
This grant would be to facilitate the development of Tallus Scott's proficiency at drumming, drum tuning, and electronically capturing the sound of the drums. |
| Pettigrew, Laura |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
Write two new works for Low Brass ensembles which will be premiered at 11th ed. Gravissmo International Low Brass Festival August 23-27 2021, Alcobaça, Portugal |
| SRMTA - Regina Branch |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$485 |
Regina Branch is hosting our provincial convention entitled Music: A Collaborative Affair! - online through Zoom. Discussing how we can continue to collaborate musically, online. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,250 |
To write new experimental-electronic works from March 1st until June 30th, 2021. |
Centre Francophone BDS
Alexis Normand |
Bellevue |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
To start a youth choir who will perform three songs in French for “Les rendez-vous de la francophonie” and host Café Culture gatherings in Bellevue/St.Louis/Domrémy. |
| McArthur, Robert |
Carlyle |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
I want to build on my existing work; the creation of Nakoda lullabies, and the creation of a recording, a book, and a presentation series. |
| Knight, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I am wishing to purchase high quality two channel audio interface to increase my capacity as an independent artist. |
| Ritornello Chamber Music Festival |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
Ritornello Festival is building on 12 years of success and looking towards the future through 3 concerts of fresh and original programming in Saskatoon’s core. |
Normand, Alexis
Ecole Notre-Dame-des-Vertus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
This project is to carry out a rock camp with students who will learn and perform songs in French about Zénon Park. |
Doyle, Eliza Mary
Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon |
Asquith |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Providing continued opportunity for female empowerment by building local capacity through strengthening, mentoring and expanding the Girls Rock Saskatoon program to under-served/remote communities in Saskatchewan. |
| Currie, Dillon |
Swift Current |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$750 |
Funds are requested to assist in paying for audio production, mixing/mastering, and lyric video fees allotted for production of Christmas single, 'Staying Home This Christmas.' |
| Oehlerking, Darrin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
This project aims to rehearse and perform large chamber music for winds that requires a conductor. The performance will be video recorded. |
| Bourque, Marie-Véronique |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$500 |
Participation in the The Ali Ryerson Jazz Flute Master Class. This training will be offered online from January 3 to January 8, 2021. |
| Aurora Voce |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Aurora Voce choral commission for their "North" performance in collaboration with composer Carmen Braden from the Northwest Territories. |
| Sinclair, Johnny |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
With our grant proposal we are planning to present a "one-night only" live streaming concert event by local music group Tucker Lane. |
| McKenzie, Tyrone |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
High school bands in two communities: Engage students in conversations to develop a new composition. Provide workshops, partnering with students to develop a virtual concert. |
| Muskoday First Nation Community School |
Muskoday |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
We want to meet and become familiar with processes of artists that will carry out future activities for our upcoming Artists in Communities- Residencies grant. |
| Piggott-Suchan, Naomi |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Commission a composition during the final stages of the current Covid-19 pandemic. To be performed in concert with compositions from other great historical pandemics. |
| Slow Down Molasses |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To put together video content for streaming/promotional purposes in advance of the upcoming Slow Down Molasses album release. |
| Ramsay, Jessica |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
The essential and final integration of violin fundamentals into audition preparation with renowned, Berlin-based violinist Elissa Lee. |
| Janzen, Ava |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To produce a new, experimental alternative pop single with Juno-award winning producer Ryan Stewart. A musical bridge between my recent and upcoming EPs. |
| Poitras, Jarrid Curtis Lee |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
In order to market export my music I am in need of providing a professional music video to talent buyers and international music festivals. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
On Dekk- Pesented by Battlefords Untapped is a partnership between the Dekker Centre and Battlefords Untapped Podcast to celebrate artists in the Battlefords and area |
