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Music & Artist Residencies
28 open residencies for musicians and artists worldwide right now, from organizers like Akademie Schloss Solitude — Web Residencies, Notam (Norwegian Centre for Technology in Music and the Arts), Ente Musicale e Culturale Filarmonica G. Puccini. 3 of them close within the next 30 days. Every listing is checked by a person — deadlines, award amounts and who can apply — so you spend less time searching and more time making music.
- Open now
- 28
- Closing in 30 days
- 3
- Recently closed
- 6
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Open residencies
Akademie Schloss Solitude — Web Residencies N° 22 »Ignore All Previous Instructions«
Deadline: August 7, 2026
Notam — Spatial Audio Residency (Spring 2027)
Deadline: August 13, 2026
Why Are We Creative? Artistic Residency (Suvereto)
Deadline: August 20, 2026
Recology San Francisco — Artist in Residence Program (applications Jun–Sep 2026)
Deadline: September 1, 2026
PICE – Residencias 2026 (AC/E) | Fase 3
Deadline: September 7, 2026
Goethe-Institut – Work Stays Abroad (working residencies)
Deadline: September 7, 2026
Residencias de proyectos de música 2027 | Fabra i Coats (Ajuntament de Barcelona)
Deadline: September 29, 2026
Residens B28 Artist Residencies
Deadline: September 30, 2026
Paris Residency 2027 — Institut français × Cité internationale des arts
Deadline: October 8, 2026
SÍM Residency Reykjavík – open call for 2026 (self-funded)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Festival d’Aix Académie — Instrumental & Composition Residency (2026)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Musicians in Residence
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Musician in Residence with British Council
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Nonclassical AiR (Artist in Residence)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Birnam Arts — Studio-Access Artist Residency (Spring 2026)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
JAM Composer Residency (Accordion)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Crossing Forward Exchange Residency 2026 (Amsterdam — Birmingham)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Dance Base — Autumn 2026 Artist Residency Programme
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Quinn Emanuel — London Artists-in-Residence Programme
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Nes Artist Residency – Apply (multidisciplinary; includes musicians)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
ArtsIceland residency (Westfjords) – listing
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Klaustrið (Skriðuklaustur) – Artist & composer residency
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC) — Composer Residency
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival — Composing in the Wilderness (Alaska)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Aragón – Grupos residentes del Auditorio de Zaragoza (Residencias musicales)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Trans Music Archive × Figure 8 — Recording Residency for Trans Artists
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Artist in Residence Programme 2026 (Townshend Studio, University of West London)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Fish Factory Creative Centre – Music Residency 2026 (Stöðvarfjörður)
Deadline: Rolling / no deadline
Recently closed
Many of these run every year — check the page for when the next round is likely to open.
EMS × AdK Residency (Stockholm ↔ Berlin) 2026
Closed: July 31, 2026
Kyoto Artist Residency Program 2027 — Performing Arts
Closed: July 31, 2026
Re-Sounding Archives Music Residency
Closed: July 30, 2026
ZAMEK Artist Residency 2027
Closed: July 27, 2026
Montreal Studio-Apartment Residency
Closed: July 23, 2026
Sonic Connections Residency 2027 — Villa Filanda Antonini
Closed: July 19, 2026
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