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OHSOTO’KINO Music Incubator 2024 applications open

The OHSOTO’KINO Music Incubator program is open to emerging First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists.

The OHSOTO’KINO Indigenous programming initiative, supported by TD Bank Group and launched in 2022, is a multifaceted effort aimed at providing more opportunities to Indigenous artists and empowering Indigenous voices in the music industry.

OHSOTO’KINO is a Blackfoot phrase, which means ‘to recognize a voice of.’ This title acknowledges both the Blackfoot people and the territory on which National Music Centre resides in Calgary Alberta.

This initiative revolves around three core components: creation of new music in NMC’s recording studios, artist development through a music incubator program, and storytelling through NMC exhibitions via the annually updated Speak Up! gallery and through content on NMC’s Amplify platform.

A new call for submissions is now open for the OHSOTO’KINO Music Incubator, which is geared towards emerging Indigenous artists from Canada, and will run at Studio Bell in Calgary, Alberta from September 30-October 4, 2024.

Interested applicants can apply thourgh the National Music Centre's website.

Deadline to apply is May 31, 2024 at 11:59 pm MST