Young Ensembles Scheme 2025
The primary purpose of the Young Ensembles Scheme is to support groups of young people between the ages of ten and twenty-four to create or critically engage with ambitious and original work together in any artform (e.g. circus, street art, spectacle, dance, digital media, film, music, theatre, literature, visual arts, architecture, or any combination of the above). Groups/ensembles must be made up of three or more members.
The Young Ensembles Scheme has two strands. The maximum award under Strand 1 is €10,000 and the maximum under Strand 2 is from €10,000 to no more than €25,000. You may only apply to one strand, and you should choose the strand that is most suitable for your ensemble and for your proposal.
Applications open on Tuesday, 28 January 2025. Application deadline is 17:30 on Thursday, 27 February 2025.
Previous awardees included The Irish Memory Orchestra who developed a cross-genre orchestra where young musicians with sight-loss performed with young sighted musicians. Watch a video about the project here.
Music Generation Louth commissioned a collaborative suite of music for Nós Nua and provided young musicians with the opportunity to meaningfully engage in the composition process through an ambitious workshop programme. Watch a video about the project here.
More information on the scheme here.