Members'
Area
Overview
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Workshop Grants, and the optional Emerging Teacher supplement, support organizers and teachers who wish to put on a workshop. The Society awards these grants with the goal of providing the greatest number of teaching and learning opportunities for the greatest number of people, with special preference given to areas not regularly served by teachers.
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Workshop Grants can be awarded up to $750. Funding may be used for any reasonable expense associated with the event.
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Workshop Grant applications can also include an Emerging Teacher supplement of up to $500. To add an Emerging Teacher supplement, the organizer should identify a teacher who:
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Is a member of VdGSA
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Is reasonably local to where the workshop takes place
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Has attended a Conclave or other viol workshop
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Has not previously taught at Conclave
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Workshop organizers should be clear on the skillset they are seeking in an emerging teacher: consort coaching, solo repertory coaching, etc. If the position is to coach amateur consort players, then a coach will be more successful if they bring prior consort experience, are familiar with the consort repertory being covered at the workshop, play or can coach those playing several sizes of viol, and can articulate approaches to how they might work with a variety of playing skill levels.
If you need help finding coaches, contact Sarah Mead.
Application Instructions
Applications should include:
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Name of the VdGSA member contact person for the event
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Workshop title
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Chapter or region holding the event, if any
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A short description of the event that includes the length, format, and audience
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Number of people expected to attend
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Workshop Schedule of events
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Proposed coach(es)/teacher(s)
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Expenses anticipated (e.g., coaching fees, travel expenses)
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Additional information: There are no deadlines and applications are accepted at any time during the year. We accept applications up to 18 months before a scheduled workshop to be fair to those planning workshops in advance while accommodating spontaneous workshop opportunities. A given workshop can only receive a single Workshop Grant in a calendar year.
Recipients of workshop grants are expected to write a report afterwards for the VdGSA News which should be sent to the grant program coordinator and
the Newsletter editors within 30 days of the completion of the workshop.
Applications should be submitted electronically to Workshop Grant administrator Lucy Bardo.
For other information or workshop organizational advice, please contact Alice Robbins.