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NAC to coordinate all music grants

SINGAPORE – Musicians who need funding need only approach the National Arts Council (NAC) for grants.

Musicians who want funding now only need to approach the National Arts Council  for grants.

Musicians who want funding now only need to approach the National Arts Council for grants.

SINGAPORE – Musicians who need funding need only approach the National Arts Council (NAC) for grants.

In a move to better support the local music sector, the Media Development Authority (MDA) and the NAC have consolidated their grant schemes for musicians. This initiative took effect on Sept 1.

This means that MDA’s previous funding support - for the production of music album and EPs, participation in music festivals and joint efforts with industry partners for specialised training - will now come under NAC’s purview. MDA will continue to regulate and oversee music within the media sector, such as for film and television, while NAC will lead in the advocacy and promotion of the overall music scene, as well as the coordination of other key music initiatives.

Promotion and funding efforts will also be more streamlined said Joachim Ng, Director of Industry Operations of the Media Development Authority, noting that music in other media is still essential. “We recognise that music occupies a special place in media content,” he said in a statement. “A film, TV show or game is never complete without it. As such, MDA will continue supporting music that has a part in the creation of MDA-funded films, TV shows and games.”

Grace Ng, Acting Director of Sector Development (Music and Theatre) of the National Arts Council, said that given the increasingly lively music scene in Singapore, both MDA and NAC felt it was “important to develop the music sector in a more holistic manner”.

“With NAC taking the role of lead coordinator, we hope to be able to map out a fuller developmental plan for the music sector given its diversity of genres,” she elaborated in a statement. “We want to more effectively seed artistic growth, grow the appetite for Singapore music and develop market intermediaries as champions for the sector, to build a music scene that all Singaporeans are proud of and wish to participate in.

“I want to encourage the music community to step forward and engage with NAC, to help us understand your needs and concerns, and how we could better work together to advance the music Scene in Singapore.”

To that end, NAC will be conducting consultation sessions with the music community in the next few months to work out how to better help and promote the local music scene. They also said announcements of new initiatives will be made in early 2015.

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