Herb Levy <herb@eskimo.com> wrote:

Every funding organization, whether it's public or private, will go over panel comments and let you know what looked good and bad about an application package.

Hi, Just for the record, Chamber Music America's Jazz Grant (Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project - New Works: Creation and Presentation) does NOT do this. They did it the first year but have since stopped doing so. Also, to be eligible to apply one must be a Chamber Music America member at the organization level which costs about $120. That's a pretty stiff application fee for many people. My experience on both sides of this (having sat on panels and having been an applicant) is that it's a pretty brutal process as far as music goes. It's great for the folks who've gotten one and it's good for the audience who gets to experience new works that otherwise might not get produced, but it's kind of indicative of the inherent unfairness of our capitalist system with respect to the arts that it takes something barely more effective than a lottery to try and remedy it. ================================= ELLeRY ESKELiN/MiCHELLE VAn NaTTA RaMiChElLeRy/PrImE SoUrCe PrOdUcTiOnS http://home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/ =================================