Bouman Fellowship 2024-2025

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The Kinds of Kings Bouman Fellowship is an advocacy, access, and amplification program for composers with historically-marginalized identities in the early stages of their composing careers. Named after computer scientist Dr Katie Bouman, whose team gave the world the first image of a black hole, the Bouman Fellowship program's goals are:

to support and advocate for early-career composers
to create opportunities for composers from historically marginalized groups, and
to cultivate a sense of community and support.

This year's fellowships are for people who live and are authorized to work in the United States. We are offering three fellowships.

Composer Fellows receive:

A $1000 commission to write a new piece to be premiered by Mantra Percussion, the chamber players of Contemporary Youth Orchestra or pianist Clare Longendyke
Workshops with the performing ensemble/soloist
Mentorship throughout the writing process with Kinds of Kings
A premiere of the commissioned work

For more info, please visit www.kindsofkings.com/boumanfellowship.

Please submit your application by 11:59pm ET on Tuesday, September 10th, 2024.

Email *

Please confirm your eligibility for the Bouman Fellowship by checking the boxes below: *

I am a person whose identity or identities have been underrepresented historically and systemically in music composition

I am an early-career music creator/composer

I am currently living in the United States and will be living in the United States for the duration of the 2022-2023 season

I am legally allowed to work in the United States

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Name *

Full Name

Pronouns

Links to audio (and scores if your music is notated) *

Please submit 2 audio recordings or MIDI renderings of your music, and PDFs of the scores if your music is notated. Upload your work to a file-sharing site such as YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Google Drive, or Dropbox, and share the link with us below. (Important: make sure your privacy settings are set so that we can access your file(s).)

Website and/or social media links *

Short biography *

(200-300 words)

Tell us briefly about your musical background and education *

(Up to 300 words)

Why are you interested in the Bouman Fellowship? What kind of piece would you like to make/write if awarded a Fellowship? *

(Up to 500 words)

Where do you live? *

(Town/city, state)

Phone number

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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