InterMusic SF

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music is a ten-year-old service organization providing fiscal sponsorship and educational and networking support to chamber music groups in the Bay Area. This grant would support the organization’s small grants program, which supports emerging and small-budget chamber ensembles across the Bay Area meet their artistic, organizational, and professional development needs. It is important to note that San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music has a broad definition of chamber music that embraces small music ensembles performing jazz, folk, and other genres and styles of music. With renewed support, the organization plans to continue to conduct its Musical Grants Program and maintain the geographic and genre diversity of applicants and recipients.

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music is a Bay Area arts service organization supporting performers, composers, and presenters who engage in chamber music, new music, genre bending composition, and jazz. Through a performance series and festival, fiscal sponsorship, professional development training, and small grants, the organization enables the music community to achieve sustainable careers, and provides audiences opportunities for innovative music experiences. With continued support, San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music will increase its grantmaking and workshops, expand its festival to two days, and build its internal capacities, working with a consultant to rebrand the organization and develop a new strategic plan.

InterMusic SF, formerly San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, is a Bay Area arts service organization supporting performers, composers, and presenters engaged in chamber music, new music, genre bending composition, and jazz. Through a performance series and festival, fiscal sponsorship program, professional development training, and small grants, the organization enables musicians and composers to achieve sustainable careers, and provides audiences with opportunities to experience innovative music.