Applications due May 1st (any time zone on the 1st will be accepted).

Eligibility:
Applicants must be 25 years old or younger as of July 30th, 2025, and at least 18 years old by that date. Those under 18 may apply but must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for the entire project, including travel and residency in Austin.

Application Process

Submit a public YouTube video titled:
📌 Ex-Aequo Artist Residency - YOUR NAME - 2025

and submit your video via the form at the bottom of this page.

Application Fee: $30

Payable via:

• PayPal: exaequoartists@gmail.com

• Venmo: @exaequoartists

• Zelle: (email us)

If these options are unavailable in your country, email exaequoartists@gmail.com, and we’ll try to accommodate. If the PayPal link doesn't work, simply send the payment to our email.

Video Requirements

Length:

• Maximum duration: 15 minutes

Spoken Introduction:

Your video should begin with a spoken introduction, where you personally present your chosen piece(s) and share why you selected them. This is a crucial part of your application, as we want to see not only how you play but also how you communicate as an artist.

There’s no strict formula for this introduction, but consider discussing what draws you to this music—whether it’s a personal connection, an artistic challenge, or something about the composer’s story that resonates with you. You might talk about the emotions you aim to convey, any interpretive choices you've made, or even a meaningful experience tied to the piece. Think of it as welcoming an audience who knows nothing about you and giving them a reason to connect with your performance on a deeper level.

Performance:

• You may play any number of pieces as long as they fit within the 15-minute limit.

• Spoken introductions can be presented before all pieces or in between pieces—the format is up to you.

Editing Policy:

• Strictly forbidden—the entire video must be one continuous take, including the spoken introduction and performance.

• No splicing or editing between the introduction and your playing.

Selection & Participation

• Availability: Applicants must be available from July 30th – August 4th, 2025.

• Housing: Free housing in Austin will be provided for all selected participants. However, applicants under 18 must arrange their own housing with a parent or legal guardian and cannot stay in the provided accommodations.

• Travel Reimbursement: Up to $300 for domestic travel. International applicants may receive additional support depending on available funding. Under 18 applicants are responsible for all travel costs for their accompanying guardian.

Paypal link to pay application fee:

If link does not work, simply send to exaequoartists@gmail.com

*The Ex-Aequo Artist Residency reserves the right, and the Applicant agrees to allow, the Ex-Aequo Artist Residency, to produce and distribute, without restriction or fee, all recordings of the entire Initiative or parts thereof, including the application recording and recordings of the in-person Initiative itself.

 Applicants specifically agree for their name, portrait, picture, voice, and online audio and video participation to be recorded, and specifically agree to the broadcasting, televising, photographing, reproducing, transmitting, playing and showing of, the Applicant’s name, portrait, picture, voice, and audio and video recording, by any medium whatsoever, including, but not limited to, the internet, and on the Ex-Aequo Artist Residency’s website and its various online social media accounts (Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, etc.).

 The Applicant also agrees to make no claim whatsoever against the Ex-Aequo Artist Residency, or its officers, employees, volunteers, agents and/or assigns, resulting from the use at any time of any name, portrait, picture, voice, and audio and video recorded performances of the Applicant in the Initiative by the Ex-Aequo Artist Residency.