with Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity — a publicly funded Alberta arts centre running residencies year-round, with three music programmes open for application on capture day · listed Aug 2Verified · Aug 2
Closes
September 30
two weeks
Entry
$65 to apply; $8,722.35 programme fee before scholarships
every arts participant gets 100% of tuition and 25% of room and board covered
Your week
Twenty days in the Rockies
a single room, meals and studio access
Your rights
The programme page states nothing about rights in work made during the residency — captured August 2, 2026.
Three weeks in the Rockies — March 1 to 20, 2027, arriving February 28 — built around what the Centre calls an intercultural music residency, exploring “cross-connections between music makers”. Applications close September 30, 2026.
The money needs reading in two steps. The application fee is $65 ($35 for Indigenous applicants). The programme fee is listed at $8,722.35 per person before scholarships, and every arts participant receives a scholarship covering “100% of tuition and 25% of meal plan and accommodation costs”; Canadian Indigenous applicants receive “100% of tuition, meal plan and accommodation costs”. What the page does not publish is how that $8,722.35 splits between tuition and room and board — so the number you would actually pay is not derivable from the page, and we are not going to estimate it for you.
What is included is specific: a single bedroom on campus, a meal plan the page prices at “$68 credit per day”, studio space, faculty seminars, library and campus facilities. Open to applicants worldwide, 18 and over.
The record
Who can apply
National and international musicians and ensembles, 18+, at post-secondary or early-to-mid-career level, with demonstrated experience of musical exploration.
What it costs
Application fee $65 ($35 for Indigenous applicants). Programme fee $8,722.35 per person before scholarships. All arts participants receive a scholarship covering “100% of tuition and 25% of meal plan and accommodation costs”; Canadian Indigenous applicants receive “100% of tuition, meal plan and accommodation costs”. The tuition-versus-room-and-board split is not published.
Your weeks
March 1–20, 2027 (arrive February 28, depart March 21). Single bedroom on campus, meal plan at a stated “$68 credit per day”, studio space, group seminars and workshops with faculty, library and campus facilities.
Rights, plainly
Nothing to quote. The programme page covers fees, dates, eligibility and scholarships but carries no clause about ownership of or rights in work created during the residency, and no participant agreement is published alongside it.
Deadline
Applications close September 30, 2026.
Source
Banff Centre Soundweavings 2027 programme page and the Banff Centre music programmes index, both captured August 2, 2026.
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Entry
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Your week
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Nothing about rights in work created during the residency appears in the captured terms — the residency guidelines, captured August 11, 2026.