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This grant program aims to stimulate musical development and increased quality in local choir life, increase collaboration between choirs and professional actors, and provide audiences with good and varied concert experiences. The program supports concert activities and other projects involving live choir music performances where external professional instrumentalists or singers participate. Professional means persons with either relevant performing arts higher education or professional musicians/artists who have music as their main source of income. The program supports individual events and concert series with a maximum application amount of 70,000 Norwegian kroner. Support is not given for concerts abroad, and seminars and course activities are only supported when relevant to a concert for which support has been applied. The program requires that the concert has not been completed before the application deadline.

This grant program supports professional musicians, artists, ensembles, and bands for concert and tour activities across all genres, both in Norway and internationally. The funding aims to stimulate touring activities and concert production to provide audiences throughout the country access to a wide range of concerts. The program provides professional frameworks and opportunities for musicians to develop artistically and perform concerts domestically and abroad. Grants are available as either project grants (for specific concerts and tours) or operational grants (for organizations with comprehensive year-round concert activities). Project grants can support single tours or multiple concerts throughout the year with a maximum period of one year, while operational grants support year-round operations and can be awarded for up to three years. The program emphasizes concert activities in Norway particularly, though international activities are also eligible.