This is the application for the Dec 29–Jan 2 Artistic Leadership Workshop for Composers.

Please take care to name any uploaded files — CV, scores, and audio — with your name (recommendation: last name_firstname_filename.pdf).

If you choose to submit an existing work for thsi workshop, your score sample must be of this work.

Soundbox Ventures · Fellowship Program

Soundbox Fellowship Program: Artistic Leadership Workshop Application

Applications are invited for the Artistic Leadership Workshop. Applicants are asked to describe their proposed project, submit score samples, a résumé or curriculum vitae, a works list and a mission statement, and respond to two interview questions for evaluation by the faculty panel. All items on this form are required.

1 · About you

Contact information

First name

Last name

Date of birth

Phone

Location

Country

State / Province

City

Recommender

Please provide the details of the individual who will serve as your recommender.

Recommender’s full name

Recommender’s title

Recommender’s email address

2 · Education

Where are you in your studies?

3 · Your project

New piece or existing piece?

Please indicate whether you intend to compose a new work for the workshop or to submit an existing work. In either case, the instrumentation must be limited to a solo or duo drawn from violin, viola, cello and piano.

Instrumentation (select one or two)

Select one instrument for a solo or two instruments for a duo. For a violin duo, select both Violin 1 and Violin 2.

4 · Written responses

Mission statement

Please provide your personal artistic and teaching mission statement.

Interview questions

Please limit each response to no more than two paragraphs.

Explain to a layperson what a composer does.

If you could bring together two people dead or alive to solve a problem in the world today, who would you pick and what problem would they solve?

5 · Materials

Score samples, résumé and works list

Files are uploaded directly (maximum 5 MB per file). The résumé/CV, works list and score samples are all required. Score samples may be submitted as PDF or audio files; for audio files exceeding 5 MB, please provide a link below instead.

Résumé / CV (PDF) Required.

Works List (PDF) Required.

Score Samples Required — PDF or audio files, up to five (or a link below).

Links (up to three — YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, Google Drive or similar; required if no score sample file is uploaded)

6 · Financial Aid

Will you apply for financial aid?

Selecting “Yes” opens the Financial Aid Supplemental Application below. Financial aid requests are held in confidence and are not shared with the artistic review panel.

Financial Aid Supplemental Application

Need-based financial aid

Please complete every field and upload a legible copy of each requested document. All information is held in confidence and reviewed solely by Soundbox Ventures staff.

How much financial aid are you requesting? (required)

Are you only able to attend this program if the amount requested is the minimum financial aid awarded? (required)

Yes, I can only attend if the financial aid award is at least the amount I requested. No, I plan to attend but some aid will alleviate my financial burden.

What is your tax filing status (in the US)? (required)

I am an independent filer. I am a non-filer/dependent. I file taxes outside of the US.

Required documentation

1040 Form or Equivalent Required. Most recent Form 1040 (or that of a parent or guardian, if you are a dependent). Applicants who file outside the United States should submit the closest local equivalent. PDF, JPG or PNG.

Applicant Monthly Cash Flow Statement Required. Please download the template (Google Doc | PDF), complete it in full and upload it here.

Do you qualify for SNAP, TANF, or the free lunch program? (required)

If so, supporting documentation is required. Verification of eligibility for the free lunch program requires a letter on school stationery from a college or guidance counselor stating that the applicant qualifies.

Yes No

Additional Supplemental Documents Required — one to five files, 5 MB each.

I attest that all materials submitted in this application are truthful, and I understand that any fraudulent representation, whether suspected or discovered at any time, may result in disqualification from financial aid for this program and from consideration for support in the future.

Submission transmits your application and materials to the review panel. A $20 application fee is required to complete your submission; payment instructions will follow on the next screen.