Promotion of the Arts – Music

The National Endowment for the Arts administered the Promotion of the Arts_Music program (CFDA 45.005), with the most recent grant award issued on May 1, 1997—nearly three decades ago. This program is no longer active and presents no current pursuit opportunity.

The portfolio records 21 total federal grant awards spanning from April 1992 through May 1997, with award volume concentrated in 1993 (11 awards) and 1992 (6 awards), then declining sharply. Combined federal dollars obligated across the entire portfolio totaled only $137 thousand, reflecting characteristically modest grant sizes; awards ranged from $6 to $35 thousand, with several awards under $1 thousand. All 21 awards were Project Grants, 100 percent of the portfolio mix. The National Endowment for the Arts was the sole funding agency.

Funded activities included direct artist support and operational costs for music organizations: chamber music concerts, orchestral seasons, composer seminars and workshops, recording projects for classical and contemporary compositions, solo recitalist series, and music education initiatives at historically black colleges and universities. Representative awards funded the recording of works by American composers for label release ($23,120); a Year of Ellington program series on Duke Ellington's international compositions ($500); Music for Film and Video, a commissioning program pairing composers with filmmakers ($6,000); and support for five HBCUs improving music education in Nashville and Greensboro ($11,322).

No grant opportunities are currently open under this program, and no recent grant awards have been issued since 1997. The extended dormancy and absence of recent funding activity indicate the program has been inactive for nearly three decades. Organizations should not pursue this listing.