Applicant: Birgit Albrecht - Klezmorimalta Foundation                                              Reference number: S 655-FN 1101
Project Title: Workshop Klezmer Music
Amount Awarded: €4,512
The Klezmorimalta Foundation will be organising workshops and masterclasses on Klezmer Music. The project will also include a final concert whereby students and teachers will perform together. This project scores high in terms of the criteria of the Malta Arts Fund especially in terms of artistic development and audience engagement.

Applicant: Warren Galea                                                                                       Reference number: S 658-FN 1104
Project Title:  F Trio EP
Amount Awarded: €4,000
The recording of an EP showcasing original compositions as well as arrangements of classic jazz tunes. The trio, composed of Warren Galea, Alan Portelli and Manuel Pulis aims to contribute to the growing Maltese jazz scenario. This project scores high in terms of the criteria of the Malta Arts Fund especially in terms of artistic development.

Applicant: Mark Xuereb                                                                                         Reference number: S 660-FN 1106
Project Title: Primordial
Amount Awarded: €1,377.10
The applicant will be exhibiting around 20 original sculptures as part of his first solo exhibition. Most works deal with contemporary social issues aiming to inspire social dialogue. This project scores high in terms of the criteria of the Malta Arts Fund especially in terms of artistic development.

Applicant: Alfred Buttigieg                                                                                  

Reference number: S 665-FN 1134

Project Title: Mela hawn xi manikomju?

Amount Awarded: €4,221 (full funding)

A new performance based on the applicant’s research at Karen Grech Rehabilitation Hospital. This is an outreaching project which scores high in terms of quality, creativity and public engagement.

Applicant: Christine Dimech                                                                              

Reference number: S 668-FN 1137

Project Title: Chamber Music for Wind Instrumentalists – A Holistic Approach

Amount Awarded: €3,977

A three-day educational event discussing competences and issues in chamber music performances. The project specifically targets wind instrument musicians. This is a project that scores high in terms of quality and development.

Applicant: Julia Hickey                                                                                           

Reference number: S 670-FN 1139

Project Title: Cryptic Street Debut EP

Amount Awarded: €5,000 (full funding)

The project by the female band Cryptic Street  involves a new EP in the Maltese and English language. Amongst the several concepts of the projects, one of the major themes is the emphasis on the value of culture in society. This project scores high in terms of development, public engagement and management and finance.

Applicant: Stefanelle Cachia - Net Dance

Reference number: S 682-FN 1325

Project Title: Ara Ġejja

Amount Awarded: €3,300 (full funding)

This project proposes an interactive contemporary dance performance which will explore the theme of traditional Maltese games. This performance, choreographed by Patsy Chetcuti, will be performed in different locations around Malta and Gozo. The aim of the project is to investigate what the average Maltese audience would like to see at the theatre. The choreographer builds a production centered around traditional Maltese games such as Passju, Ara ġejja l-mewt għalik, bum bum il-bieb. The company will also host a short workshop for the audience.

Applicant: Gabriella Giacchino – Musiconnect Ltd                                        

Reference number: S 683-FN 1326

Project Title: Digital Age Storytelling Project

Amount Awarded: €3,000

The project will experiment with the changing landscape of digital age storytelling. It will be divided into two phases. The project aims to use the art forms of literature, sound art, music, performance and digital technology as the basis for a new multidisciplinary collaboration that will result in two creative outputs aimed at engaging audiences and inspiring emerging young talent to experiment and push artistic and academic boundaries.

Applicant: Michael Fenech                                                                          

Reference number: S 687-FN 1330

Project Title: We Lost the War

Amount Awarded: €5,000 (full funding)

‘We Lost the War’ is a collaborative project between visual artist Ryan Falzon and curator Michael Fenech. The exhibition will investigate social and political themes related to violence. The final outcome of this project will be an exhibition of large scale paintings.  Workshops will also be held within the exhibition space and will consist of a guided tutorial, resulting in a series of works of flash fiction.

Applicant: Bettina Hutschek                                                                                  

Reference number: S 688-FN 1331

Project Title: The Island

Amount Awarded: €4,670

‘The Island’ aims at developing an artistic video (video installation) exploring the situation of refugees in Malta and their integration into Maltese society in a metaphorical way. The video will narrate a story about Malta and its rich and ever-growing memory in the form of a poetical documentary, and portray it like a contemporary myth. Presentation of the video will take place in Berlin, Malta and other countries.

Applicant: Martin Bonnici - Shadeena Films Ltd.                                                      

Reference number: S 704-FN 1347

Project Title: Invisible Sculpture: The Un/seen Evergreen

Amount Awarded: €4,000

‘The Un/seen Evergreen’ is a virtual sculpture created through augmented reality - the idea of overlaying digital information over our real world. Users will be able to download a free app and interact with a superimposed tree in St George’s Square, in Valletta. The project is inspired by the theme of nature and its place in society. The app will create an abstract rendition of a tree that will interact with viewers. The project will run for a whole year and the tree will be sustained by the visitors. The more people visit the app, the larger the tree will grow. The data collected during the project will be used to generate a visualisation of the interaction.

Applicant: BLITZ  (Alexandra Pace)                                                                      

Reference number: S 715-FN 1421

Project Title: Sensory Apparatus

Amount Awarded: €4,100

An exhibition that will engage the audience via a Sensory Apparatus. Sensors are coded to react to the unique sensory inputs generated by each visitor and trigger a personalised audio, haptic and luminary response.  Sensory Apparatus defies curatorial convention by embracing the invisible elements that are typically excluded, filtered or discarded from exhibitions and foregrounding these unseen elements as central to the contemporary moment. This theme will be expanded on in a public programme of workshops and curated tours that will accompany the exhibition.

Applicant: Malcolm Galea                                                                                  

Reference number: S 723-FN 1430

Project Title: Communal Thoughts

Amount Awarded: €4,060 (full funding)

An audio installation at St. James Cavalier's downstairs restrooms featuring a series of recorded monologues about communal thoughts. This project aims to make its accidental audience aware of the collective consciousness that they form a part of.

Applicant: Opening Doors Association (Sandra Mifsud)                                        

Reference number: S 713-FN 1419

Project Title: Skont id-Daqqa Niżfen

Amount Awarded: €4,779 (full funding)

The dance group will be developing a 15-minute dance theatre creation, which will be the first independent production to be performed by this dance group.  The project will evolve in three stages leading to a performance and outreach tour.

Applicant: SURA (Jesmond Vassallo)                                                                  

Reference number: S 726-FN 1433

Project Title: Figuring Youth

Amount Awarded: €5,000 (full funding)

This project is a creative interdisciplinary, theatre and visual arts project exploring youth's visions of body image. A project that involves post-secondary students in a series of drawing, painting and theatre workshops that will lead to the creation and public presentation of individual and joint narrations of body image in its multiple personal and social facets.

Applicant: New Names Malta Foundation (Alan Chircop)                                       

Reference number: S 728-FN 1435

Project Title: New Names Malta

Amount Awarded: €2,060

The project will seek, select, support and promote young classical musicians. The main objective is to provide these students and young musicians with an opportunity to step onto an international platform and thus give further scope to their artistic development.

Applicant: William Grech, Kopin (Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali)                                

Reference number: L 273-FN 1178

Project Title: Bodyless

Amount Awarded: €20,000 (full funding)

The project consists in the retelling of African migration and refugee narratives to Maltese audiences – using live storytelling, creative writing and visual art. The project will culminate in a visual arts exhibition, a poetry book in Maltese, and a travel diary. Ancillary events include formal presentations of the work conducted in the course of the project, public readings of the two publications involved, and workshops. The project will be implemented in collaboration with third parties and structures, including Inizjamed, the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, the Malta Maritime Museum (Heritage Malta), possibly the Valletta 2018 Foundation and a number of organisations locally and abroad. The project scored high in terms of innovation and quality.

Applicant: Dean Zammit                                                                                 

Reference number: L 274-FN 1179

Project Title: Canvas Wall EP Launch 2015

Amount Awarded: €19,604 (full funding)

The project consists in the recording and launch of a five-track EP, with the help of high-profile people in the field. The projects seeks to maximise opportunities for collaboration with a range of established and budding artists. The project scored high in terms of artistic development.

Applicant: Antoine Paul Camilleri                                                                           

Reference number: L 283-FN 1188

Project Title: Celebrating Antoine Camilleri 1922–2005

Amount Awarded: €10,500

The project consists of an exhibition celebrating Antoine Camilleri and a number of satellite events related to the same exhibition, namely a publication, a lecture series, a workshop series, a painting competition for secondary, MCAST and University students focusing on works inspired by Antoine Camilleri and a literary evening. The project scored high in terms of quality.

Applicant: Matthew Pullicino, Peace Band Club Naxxar                                    

Reference number: L 285-FN 1190

Project Title: Via Crucis

Amount Awarded: €17,148

The project consists in the composition of a contemporary Via Crucis and its performance in the Naxxar Parish Church. The project includes a pedagogical element:  seminars and workshops on contemporary orchestration and composition techniques for music students, that will be open to the public. The last three rehearsals of the performance will be open to the public. The project scored high in terms of innovation, artistic development, quality and public engagement.
 

Applicant: Samuel Cremona, EASA Malta Foundation                                           

Reference number: L 286-FN 1191

Project Title: Processing Links

Amount Awarded: €12,748

The project consists of a series of public dialogues and discussions exposing connections and processes between different disciplines in the fields of art, design, journalism and architecture. The project scored high in terms of quality and public engagement.

Applicant: Anthony Briffa                               

Reference number: L 290-FN 1444

Project Title: Anti Design - Unusable Objects Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition

Amount Awarded: €6,000

A ceramic exhibition at St James Cavalier by Anthony Briffa and curated by Dr Vince Briffa. A workshop will be organised for school children to explore clay modelling, with the aim of motivating the young to express themselves in a creative way.

Applicant: Sandro Zerafa                              

Reference number: L 291-FN 1445

Project Title: The Production of Sandro Zerafa's New Album

Amount Awarded: €12,070

Musician Sandro Zerafa will compose new works for the production of a new album, featuring new collaborations with high-profile musicians: Yonathan Avishai and Lukmil Perez. The CD will be included in the French label Jazz&Peopleʼs catalogue and will benefit from an international distribution via Harmonia Mundi.

Applicant: Victor Agius                             

Reference number: L 293-FN 1447

Project Title: Layers

Amount Awarded: €12,292.52

This project strives to enhance the artists’ artistic practice, and nurture new talent, with the belief that artists can provide opportunities for other artists, and that their creative skills can be translated into producing and directing talent. The main source of inspiration are St Agatha’s Catacombs in Rabat, Malta. The title is connected with the multi layers of earthy materials, segments of sedimentary rock and the thin layers of intonaco (fresco slacked lime) on which Malta's earliest Paleo Christian Frescoes are painted. This evokes a sense of artistic historical empathy with these visual features. It also makes direct reference to the artistic concept were the multiple strata of the music composition become one of the main elements of the work, which is then intertwined with the artistic installations, forming a multilayering of voices and visuals.

Applicant: Carlo Muscat                           

Reference number: L 294-FN 1448

Project Title: Explorations

Amount Awarded: €14,192

This project brings four talented local musicians (Carlo Muscat, Joe Debono, Oliver Degbriele, Joseph Camilleri) together to record an album in a state-of-the-art Parisian studio. The title Explorations refers to the nature of the compositions, as these contemporary tunes are inspired by interesting locations explored through vivid imagination and capturing the most representative sound.

Applicant: Fr Gerald Mangion (Salesian Oratory)

Reference number: L 296-FN 1450

Project Title: Il-Gzira

Amount Awarded: €14,500

IlGzira is an immersive theatre experience which deals with the 100 year old legacy of this unconventional family in Tas-Sliema. This theatre experience goes deep into the roots of what made/makes this big youth initiative in the middle of an
everchanging society happen, whilst understanding what will be the legacy passed
on to the future. This project isn’t therefore just a theatre experience, but a journey
that will help shape perspectives. The prevailing themes in this performance will be community and family.

Applicant: Andrew Alamango

Reference number: L 299-FN 1453

Project Title: Etnika Artist Residency and CD Recording

Amount Awarded: €18,700

The etnika group sees the need to develop innovation on tradition by further developing the repertoire and documenting it for the legacy of the band and its musical repertoire. The band has always believed in the need to validate inherited musical content and traditions within a new context, particularly since the traditional contexts for much of the music has been lost. The recording of a new CD production by the band is now an important necessary milestone for the continued legacy of the etnika story, the music and the research it is based on. The recording will provide an opportunity to creatively work on research and archive material for continued development of a repertoire reflecting local musical traditions.

Organisation: EASA Malta Foundation

Applicant: Samuel Cremona                                                                           

Reference number: O 62-FN 1121                                                                   

Project Title: EASA Malta Foundation - EASA Links

Amount Awarded: €20,000 (full funding)

The EASA Malta Foundation aims to strengthen the link between the arts, culture, design and architecture in order to create a unique learning experience. The application submitted by the organisation scores high in terms of artistic value and presents an interesting start towards a comprehensive programme.

Organisation: BLITZ

Applicant: Alexandra Pace                                                                                  

Reference number: 0 63-FN 1122                                                                  

Project Title: BLITZ Organisation

Amount Awarded: €20,000 (full funding) 

BLITZ aims to present and procure artists who would like to produce, explore, test new concepts, and expand the current debates and ideas in today’s art and culture. Through artists’ residencies, art studios, exhibitions and performances, BLITZ seeks to promote the creation and appreciation of contemporary art. The application submitted by the organisation scores high in terms of creativity and audience development.

Organisation: Teatru Salesjan

Applicant: James Spiteri                                                                                

Reference number: 0 64-FN 1123                                                                    

Project Title: Teatru Salesjan 15/16

Amount Awarded: €13,000

The organisation aims to invest in the space to create a creative hub for young and established artists whilst improving the delivery of arts to young people by making it more accessible and relevant to them through direct engagement via appropriate themes and technologies. Throughits artistic programme, including residencies for artists, Teatru Salesjan aims to work towards raising the overall standard of local art being produced for, with and by children and the young generation.

Organisation: Graphic Novels Literary Malta (GNLM) 

Applicant: Ryan Scicluna                                                                                

Reference number: O 66-FN 1125                                                                    

Project Title: GHLM - Administration 2015-2016

Amount Awarded: €3,000 

The  organisation aims to set up a library consisting of comics and graphic novels. The project aims to represent comics as an educational tool and to enable local comic authors to promote their work in an educational setting. The project’s core could lead to untapped potential in a new artistic field.

Organisation: Koperattiva Kulturali Universitarja (KKU)

Applicant: Patricia Camilleri                                                                               

Reference number: O 68-FN 1127                                                                        

Project Title: Evenings on Campus 2015

Amount Awarded: €17,100 (full funding)

Koperattiva Kulturali Universitarja organises the yearly Evenings on Campus festival. This year’s edition aims to provide quality cultural and educational performances to its audiences.

Organisation: Inizjamed

Applicant: Adrian Grima                                                                                    

Reference Number: O 71-FN 1130                                                                           

Project Title: Inizjamed

Amount Awarded: €20,000 (full funding)

Inizjamed aims to improve the annual Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, a high calibre yearly event. The long-term vision is to slowly build on the festival’s success and expand it to different areas such as visual art and filmmaking. The application submitted by the organisation scores high in terms of quality, audience engagement and outreach.

Applicant: Clare Azzopardi                                                                              

Reference number: M 252-FN 1110

Project Title: Bookwork Literary Festival: Beijing

Amount Awarded: €2,000 

The applicant has been invited to attend the 9^th edition of one of the foremost literary and cultural events annually held in China. She will be organising workshops with children, young adults and adults, as well as present some of her published works. This project scores high in terms ofthe criteria of the Malta Arts Fund especially in terms of international engagement and networking.

Applicant: Jean-Marc Fabri                                                                                

Reference number: M 254-FN 1112

Project Title: Chetham’s International Piano Summer Programme

Amount Awarded: €2,000

Attendance to a two-week course held in Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester, UK. This project aims to significantly augment the participant’s educational competence in piano performance and music in general. The project scores high in terms of the criteria of the Malta Arts Fund especially in terms of artistic development.

Applicant: Charlene Calleja                                                                                

Reference number: M 257-FN 1115

Project Title: The London Summer Intensive

Amount Awarded: €2,000

A four-week residency programme offered by two leading art institutions, namely the Slade School of Fine Art and Camden Arts Centre. This London Summer Intensive will include artist talks, evening lectures, gallery visits and studio critiques, and will also feature a showcase of artists’ works in progress at Camden Arts Centre. This project scores high in terms of the criteria of the Malta Arts Fund especially in terms of artistic development.

Applicant: Gabriella Giacchino (Musiconnect Ltd.)                                                   

Reference number: M 259-FN 1117

Project Title: Dynamics, Rhythm and Texture

Amount Awarded: €749

The organisation will be participating in a series of organisational meetings and professional contemporary dance/music workshops held in London, UK. The project aims to establish new contacts and possibly a new artistic collaboration within the international arts scene. This project scores high in terms of the criteria of the Malta Arts Fund especially in terms of international engagement and collaboration.

Applicant: Glen Calleja                                                                                   

Reference number: M 261-FN 1119

Project Title: BR Bookbinding Workshops

Amount Awarded: €1,251

Attendance to two workshops on book binding offered by the international collective of design bookbinders ‘BINDING re: DEFINED’. They aim to provide formal tuition and new insights into the art of designing and making books. This experience will present the applicant with further formal training in the field of book-making.

Applicant: Myra Cassar                                                                                  

Reference number: M 264-FN 1149

Project Title: Intensive Piano Summer Course

Amount Awarded: €1,926.54 (full funding) 

Attendance to a week’s intensive piano course consisting of masterclasses, workshops and performance opportunities at Chetham’s Summer School for Pianists, Manchester, UK. This opportunity will enable the applicant to have one-to-one sessions with renowned international pianists Murray McLachlan, Jeremy Young, Peter Donohoe and Paul Badura Skoda. The project scores high in terms of artistic potential and artistic development.

Applicant: Laura Cioffi                                                                                     

Reference number: M 265-FN 1150

Project Title: NYOS 2015

Amount Awarded: €490.82 

The applicant will be performing Shostakovich’s with the Scottish National Youth Orchestra. The performances will be held in Scotland and China. The youth orchestra aims to provide a networking opportunity between young professionals as well as train its musicians to make their way in the music scenario as the new professionals. The project scores high in terms of artistic potential and international engagement.

Applicant: Adrian Grima                                                                                    

Reference number: M 266-FN 1151

Project Title: Makassar International Writers Festival Discussions/Workshops/Reading

Amount Awarded: €756.63 (full funding) 

The Festival organisers have invited the applicant to read at the 5^th edition of the prestigious community-based festival to be held in Indonesia. This is a highly anticipated literary and cultural event in Eastern Indonesia, with an annual following of thousands of people. This project presents the applicant with an opportunity to promote Maltese literature and gain firsthand experience of an international festival that strengthens ties between literary professionals. The project scores high in terms of creative development and international engagement.

Applicant: Laetitia Amodio                                                                               

Reference number: M 267-FN 1152

Project Title: IBLA Grand Prize 2015

Amount Awarded: €711.83 

Participation in the 24^th Annual International Competition and Festival to be held in Ragusa, Italy. The IBLA Grand Prize is an annual music competition focusing on classical music and offering an outstanding artistic experience of international repute. Through the project, the applicant will further her performance skills and establish contacts. This project scores high in terms of artistic development and international engagement.

Applicant: Glen Zammit                                                                                   

Reference number: M 268-FN 1153

Project Title: BISYOC

Amount Awarded: €595 

Participation in an eleven-day intercultural youth symphony orchestra exchange for young musicians to be held in Hurdal, Norway. Conducted by musical director Julian Gibbons, the BISYOC orchestra will present its performers with the opportunity to give performances and attend masterclasses with world renowned musicians. This project scores high in terms of artistic potential and creative development.  

Applicant: Antoine Cassar                                                                                     

Reference number: M 272-FN 1157

Project Title: ‘Passport’ Reading in Cork, Ireland

Amount Awarded: €200.46 (full funding)

The applicant has been invited to give a poetry reading organised by Ethical Development Action, a group linked to University College Cork. Participation will present an opportunity to network with local artists, particularly Bella Hancock – a professional dancer and yoga instructor based in Cork, and Ciara Ryan-Gerhardt – an Irish-born poet and writer of children’s literature and adult non-fiction. This project scores high in terms of creative development and international engagement.  

Applicant: Vanessa Camenzuli                                                                        

Reference number: M 273-FN 1158

Project Title: Complete 5-Day Course on the Estill Model

Amount Awarded: €1,509.60

Participation in a voice training course by Estill experts Anne-Marie Speed and Paul Farrington, to be held in London, UK. This project aims to increase the applicant’s knowledge in performance, vocal variety, ability and health. The project scores high in terms of artistic development.

Applicant: Lida Sherafatmand                                                                      

Reference number: M 274-FN 1159

Project Title: To Participate at Art Monaco

Amount Awarded: €950.06 

Participation in the International Art Exhibition to be held in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The applicant will be representing Malta at the Art Monaco, a prestigious annual art salon of contemporary art. Through this project, the participant’s work will feature in the mainstream international art market, thus bringing visibility to the Maltese presence in the international artistic community. The project scores high in terms of artistic potential, creative development and international engagement.

Applicant: Maria Dolores Ellul                                                                         

Reference number: M 275-FN 1160

Project Title: Sassofoni del Mediterraneo

Amount Awarded: €850 

Participation in the  17^th edition of the Saxophone World Congress (SaxOpen) to be held in Strasbourg, France. Held every three years and under the direction of Mro Marco Pangrazzi, this event is dedicated to the research and celebration of the saxophone, whilst presenting an exceptional opportunity to share and promote artistic work. This year’s edition will also include activities focusing on youth, education and broadcasting. The project scores high in terms of creative development and international engagement.

Applicant: Christine Dimech                                                                             

Reference number: M 276-FN 1161

Project Title: World Saxophone Congress & Festival – SaxOpen 2015

Amount Awarded: €900

Participation in the  17^th edition of the Saxophone World Congress (SaxOpen) to be held in Strasbourg, France. Held every three years and under the direction of Mro Marco Pangrazzi, this event is dedicated to the research and celebration of the saxophone, whilst presenting an opportunity to share and promote artistic work. This year’s edition will also include activities focusing on youth, education and broadcasting. Through this project, the applicant will enhance her continuous personal development and showcase her acquired skills on an international platform.

Applicant: Pierre Portelli                                                                                   

Reference number: M 278-FN 1163

Project Title: Listen to the Sirens

Amount Awarded: €1,406.20 (full funding) 

The applicant has been invited to participate in Listen to the Sirens/ Space for Contemporary to be held in Gibraltar, UK. This project is a collaboration between the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Gibraltar and the Little Constellation Network for Contemporary Art. The project aims to establish contact between artists from Gibraltar and local Maltese artists, thus facilitating a network that can result in future collaborations with Malta as a creative hub. This project scores high in terms of artistic potential and international engagement.

Applicant: Jesmond Vassallo                                                                              

Reference number: M 280-FN 1165

Project Title: Litography Course

Amount Awarded: €1,580

An intensive two-week private workshop in lithography with master printer Piero Cesaroni. The workshop will help the applicant acquire a basic appreciation of the techniques involved in a new style of printmaking. This project will expose the applicant to areas not available locally, and will also provide a network of future collaborations. The project scores high in terms of artistic potential and development.

Applicant: Carmel Bonnici                                                                                 

Reference number: M 281-FN 1166

Project Title: Colour Grading Weekend

Amount Awarded: €396

Attendance to a course focusing on colouring and colour correction, conducted by filmmaker Chris Nelthorpe and organised by London Academy TV and Media, London, UK. By means of film examples, practical exercises and analysis of the participant’s own animation and films, the workshop will present the applicant with the necessary tools for his future projects. The project scores high in terms of creative development.

Applicant: Sarah Marie Bugeja                                                                             

Reference number: M 283-FN 1168

Project Title: Berklee at Umbria Jazz Clinics 2015

Amount Awarded: €1,016 (full funding)

Attendance to sessions and masterclasses focusing on vocal performance and compositional skills, to be held in Perugia, Italy. This project will lead to the applicant’s participation at the Umbria Jazz Festival as a vocalist. Through this cultural mobility, the applicant aims to improve her performance skills, as well as gain exposure to professional tuition in jazz music, live performances and encounters with internationally recognised jazz artists. The project scores high in terms of creative development and international engagement.

Applicant: Michael Vella Zarb                                                                           

Reference number: M 285-FN 1170

Project Title: Berklee at Umbria Jazz Clinics 2015

Amount Awarded: €710.86 (full funding)

Attendance to a twelve-day programme of lessons and performances focusing on jazz and contemporary music, to be held in Perugia, Italy. Through this cultural mobility, the applicant aims to improve her performance skills, as well as gain exposure to professional tuition in jazz music, live performances and encounters with internationally recognised jazz artists. The project scores high in terms of creative development and international engagement.