Opportunities
Learn about various opportunities currently available that can support or be of value to local individuals and organisations in the LCR music sector including; funding opportunities, job vacancies and auditions, training and development prospects, and sector specific events.
If you have relevant opportunities to share with the sector you can list them on this page by completing the form below.
NYO Inspire program
NYO Inspire is a free program from the National Youth Orchestra that helps teenage musicians in the UK develop their musical skills and confidence. It’s open to young musicians who may have faced barriers to making music, such as location or finances. To take part you must apply, applications are open all year round and are open to those aged 13 – 18 years.
To join, you just need to create an account on the Musicians’ Portal and complete an application form to tell us why you need this opportunity.
Fast Track Fund
Musicians are able to apply for a short-term fund of £500 throughout the year to support opportunities.
Artists may spend the money on things such as a short course, investing in new software, or taking opportunities to record, release or perform that will help you to fulfil your ambition.
Early Career Promoter Fund
Early Career Promoter Fund recognises the vital role independent promoters play in supporting the talent pipeline across England, and offers grant funding and capacity building support, with the aim of bolstering the local, regional and national ecosystems.
Grants of up to £3,500 will be available to support a range of activity – book and promote shows to develop scenes, support artists and DJs and to reach and engage audiences locally, regionally, and nationally, and build sustainable careers in the grassroots music sector.
This fund has several rounds /deadlines each year
Supporting Grassroots Music
This fund has been allocated specifically to support rehearsal and recording studios, promoters, festivals, and venues for live and electronic music performance such as grassroots music venues and club sector organisations to apply for support for projects that help them bring live and electronic music to the public and and support the development of talent.
You can apply for between £1,000 and £40,000, for projects up to three years in length. If you need to apply for more than £40,000, you can still apply to the main Project Grants programme for activity that delivers grassroots music activity.
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
The fund will focus on the needs of smaller independent organisations and individual practitioners
The Open Fund For Music Creators
The Open Fund for Music Creators supports the development of outstanding music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career with grants of up to £5000. Previous recipients include Young Fathers, Afrodeutsche, Jasdeep Singh and Ruth Lyon
In order to be eligible Music Creators’ projects must fulfil all three of our funding priorities:
- To support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music in any genre
- To enable the UK’s most talented music creators to realise their potential
- To reach audiences
This fund has several funding rounds / deadlines annually, check the link for more info
Free live music and events training – The Sound Check programme
Do you love live music?
SOUND CHECK is an exciting training programme from The Learning Foundry and Future Yard, designed to introduce people to the skills that will help them pursue a successful and sustainable career behind the scenes in the live music industry.
Sound Check is open to anyone aged 16+ in the Liverpool City Region, or 19+ in various locations across the North West with a passion for live music and an interest in making it their career. The course is free to access and no previous experience is required.
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