What is CME ?
Chamber Music Exchange, Inc. ("CME") is a non-profit corporation that seeks to stimulate and foster interest, participation, appreciation and knowledge of chamber music, primarily in relation to the cultural traditions of Turkey and the United States.
CME intends to focus on providing support for chamber musicians and chamber music exchange and collaborative programs between performing artists, composers and music students, primarily from the United States and Turkey through support of educational programs, performances and commissions of new works by composers.
CME's primary activities will include:
1- providing grants for students in Turkey to attend chamber music workshops and summer courses in the United States and for students from the United States to attend similar workshops in Turkey or other countries in the region;
2- assisting music professors by supplementing university grants in order to obtain sufficient funding for chamber music performances, workshops and premiers of new works;
3- assisting programs that examine cultural intersections in the United States and Turkey through the language of new and old musical compositions;
4- enhancing global and cross-cultural learning; and enabling initiatives that are designed to keep live chamber music in the daily life of the communities in Turkey that would otherwise have no access to hear chamber music.
CME will provide funding, scholarships and/or grants for individuals and programs that will further CME's goals set forth above.
CME intends to use some or all of the following fundraising methods:
. mail solicitations,
. email solicitations,
. personal solicitations,
. foundation grant solicitations,
. government grant solicitations,
. online donations on CME's website.
CME will not maintain separate accounts for any contributors to control the use of funds. It is possible that CME will allow donors to specify which programs they would like their money to support (e.g., a donor may donate money specifically for scholarships to individual musicians for study abroad, for grants to professors for university collaborations or for commissioning grants to composers).
Prior to awarding any grants, CME will ask individuals and chamber music groups to write a detailed letter of request to apply for any funding. The specific required substance of the request letter will require an explanation of the program for which the grant is being sought, financial information on the organization, and other relevant information.
One organization that may receive support from CME is Klasik Keyifler www.kk-music-en.org
Klasik Keyifler (KK) is an organization presenting chamber music concerts, workshops and premiers of new works in locations throughout Turkey. Klasik Keyifler aims to connect and bring players from around the globe in order to make music together in these multicultural, historical and "classical" sites thus feeding the imaginations that interpret the musical "classics" of both the East and West. Most recent cultural activity of KK is an annual summer chamber music workshops and chamber music concerts in Kapadokya, Turkey. For detailed program information, please visit the website.
CME intends to focus on providing support for chamber musicians and chamber music exchange and collaborative programs between performing artists, composers and music students, primarily from the United States and Turkey through support of educational programs, performances and commissions of new works by composers.
CME's primary activities will include:
1- providing grants for students in Turkey to attend chamber music workshops and summer courses in the United States and for students from the United States to attend similar workshops in Turkey or other countries in the region;
2- assisting music professors by supplementing university grants in order to obtain sufficient funding for chamber music performances, workshops and premiers of new works;
3- assisting programs that examine cultural intersections in the United States and Turkey through the language of new and old musical compositions;
4- enhancing global and cross-cultural learning; and enabling initiatives that are designed to keep live chamber music in the daily life of the communities in Turkey that would otherwise have no access to hear chamber music.
CME will provide funding, scholarships and/or grants for individuals and programs that will further CME's goals set forth above.
CME intends to use some or all of the following fundraising methods:
. mail solicitations,
. email solicitations,
. personal solicitations,
. foundation grant solicitations,
. government grant solicitations,
. online donations on CME's website.
CME will not maintain separate accounts for any contributors to control the use of funds. It is possible that CME will allow donors to specify which programs they would like their money to support (e.g., a donor may donate money specifically for scholarships to individual musicians for study abroad, for grants to professors for university collaborations or for commissioning grants to composers).
Prior to awarding any grants, CME will ask individuals and chamber music groups to write a detailed letter of request to apply for any funding. The specific required substance of the request letter will require an explanation of the program for which the grant is being sought, financial information on the organization, and other relevant information.
One organization that may receive support from CME is Klasik Keyifler www.kk-music-en.org
Klasik Keyifler (KK) is an organization presenting chamber music concerts, workshops and premiers of new works in locations throughout Turkey. Klasik Keyifler aims to connect and bring players from around the globe in order to make music together in these multicultural, historical and "classical" sites thus feeding the imaginations that interpret the musical "classics" of both the East and West. Most recent cultural activity of KK is an annual summer chamber music workshops and chamber music concerts in Kapadokya, Turkey. For detailed program information, please visit the website.