Call for applications: OneBeat Virtual 2022

OneBeat Virtual 2022 will digitally convene 35 musicians from 50 eligible countries and territories. This fully virtual residency programme will take place from 11 July to 6 September. During this eight-week period, OneBeat fellows will investigate new forms of virtual collaboration, form ensembles to write, produce and perform genre-defying work, attend virtual masterclasses and open studios, lead online workshops, and produce a streaming concert for the public.

Musicians and sonic artists, aged from 19 to 35 years, from eligible countries and territories are invited to apply. Fellows receive a $1 500 honorarium and technical stipend.

In order to apply, applicants should log in or register here before 11 February. Applicants will be notified by early May.

OneBeat Virtual offers a unique opportunity for fellows to incubate ideas for new forms of virtual collaboration that engage global communities. Past participants have developed projects that foster diversity and inclusion, explore new technologies, broaden access to education, encourage economic empowerment, engage with issues like climate change, and build community resilience.

OneBeat is seeking applicants who excel in the following areas:

• Musical excellence and innovation – A high level of performance, composition, improvisational, production and/or technological skill.
• Social engagement – Musicians who have used music to serve their communities or greater societies, including guiding young people in music education, addressing socio-political issues, reviving dying traditions, etc.
• Collaboration – Applicants’ willingness to reach across cultural and musical divides in creating original music or reinterpreting traditional music, while respecting the essence of each tradition.

Musicians from the following African countries are eligible to apply:

• Algeria
• DRC
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Mali
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Tunisia
• Zimbabwe

View the original call here.