UFV’s radio station partners with Common Room collective to fund local musicians
CIVL Radio, a community station run through UFV, announced Friday that it has partnered with the Common Room Music Collective to offer a recording grant for Fraser Valley-area musicians.
According to a press release issued by the two organizations, the Common Room Recording Grant will allow eligible applicants to receive $3,500 in funding for “a musical project of their own work.”
Common Room is an Abbotsford-based collective of songwriters that has been holding songwriter nights and shows since 2016. Fundraising for the grant began last June, and CIVL has now announced that it will be matching Common Room’s funds, and signing on as a long-term sponsor of the grant.
Applications will be accepted for two months, after which submissions will be evaluated by a combination of staff and volunteers from CIVL and Common Room. A full list of criteria for eligibility is available on Common Room’s website, and the press release states that the prize is intended for musicians in the Fraser Valley area “who do not have label support.”
The winner of this year’s grant will be announced this August via webcast during Jam in Jubilee, a yearly concert series held in Abbotsford of which CIVL is an annual partner.
