Mid Atlantic Tours
Introduction
Bring an exciting international artist to your community for a public concert and an impactful community engagement activity. Non-profit presenters located in the Mid Atlantic Arts grantmaking region can book an artist from the roster below and receive grant support of up to 50% of the artist fee. Presenters work directly with the Roster Artist’s Tour Agent to negotiate terms, including public performance dates and community engagement activity plans. Once terms are confirmed between Presenter and Tour Agent, the Presenter completes a short application to Mid Atlantic Arts in the spring to confirm grant eligibility. Learn more about the program and roster artists at a webinar on November 19 at 1pm Eastern.
Regional Roster Update
Mid Atlantic Arts will not offer a regional Mid Atlantic Tours roster for 2026-2027. As such, there will not be a Roster Artist Interest Form offered for this season. Presenters and artists are asked to stay tuned for future grant opportunities that will bolster our investment in the performing arts field in our region. Contact Program Director, Performing Arts Sarah Lewitus with any questions: slewitus@midatlanticarts.org.
Grant support range: Engagement support of up to 50% of artists fees. Minimum of $1,000. Other eligible expenses of up to $2,000 to support direct project expenses may be available in FY26.
Eligibility and Schedule
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Mid Atlantic Tours grant award, presenters must:
- Be based in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Native nations that share this geography;
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or be a unit of state or local government or Federally recognized Indian tribal government;
- Demonstrate organizational administrative capacity to complete all required project components;
- Be in good standing with Mid Atlantic Arts at the time of application, with no overdue or outstanding required reports and/or grant documents
Review full program guidelines for more details on program structure and eligibility.
Schedule
- Wednesday, November 19 at 1:00 PM ET: Presenter Information Webinar and Roster Artist Share: Register Here
- Monday, March 23, 2026: Booking deadline for Mid Atlantic region presenters to contract or provide an offer letter to a Mid Atlantic Tours artist
- September 1, 2026-December 31, 2027: Project period for Mid Atlantic Tours subsidy awards to presenters (presentations of Mid Atlantic Tours Roster Artists must take place during this period)
Guidelines and Application
The Mid Atlantic Tours application will be available in spring 2026 to presenters recommended for funding by Tour Agents.
Guidelines and Webinar Recordings
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Image: The Paza Experience. Credit: Courtesy of the Artist.. A man dressed in traditional regalia plays a wooden flute at a stand mic.
Explore the 2025-2026 Mid Atlantic Tours engagements.
2026-2027 Artist Roster
Las Áñez (Colombia)
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Image: Las Anez. Credit: Courtesy of the artist.
The music of the Áñez twins is designed to be performed live with a loop pedal and small instruments. The duo’s concerts include songs from their four award-winning albums, which have captivated audiences in ten countries across the Americas and Europe with their unique blend of folklore and the avant-garde. The Áñez sisters are Juanita and Valentina Añez Rothmann. Both sisters sing on all their songs, half of which are composed and arranged by each of them, and they are the producers of their first three albums. Juanita plays the cuatro and percussion, and Valentina is a pianist and percussionist.
Community Engagement Activity Ideas:
“Concert for Just Two Voices”:
A talk/workshop lead by Las Áñez in which the duo talks about and demonstrates how, starting from minimalism and the generation of essential sounds with the voice, they construct a complete and powerful concert for both intimate spaces and outdoor festivals. Depending on whether there is a sound system and time to rehearse, they would talk about how voices are used as accompaniment with the loop pedal. The technical level of the talk is variable. They can talk more about the theory and process with general audiences and can lead a more technical workshop if the audience is made up of music students or professional musicians.
The duo is also open to creating other community engagement activities that meet the needs of your community.
Watch: De Curvo Cuerpo | En la Lucha
Web: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Youtube | Spotify
Touring Company: 2 Artists | 2 Tech | 1 Staff
Touring Period: October 2026 | May/June 2027
To book, contact: Justine Bayod Espoz | Torito Artists | Justine@ToritoArtists.com
Fabiana Cozza (Brazil)
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Image: Fabiana Cozza. Credit: Courtesy of the artist.
To meet Fabiana Cozza is to meet the great rhythm of samba. This Brazilian diva goes beyond the samba that travels the world and parades each Carnival. She brings the ancient samba in her hands and in her voice, an echo from the terreiros where the old Afro traditions meet, the colors of Bahia and rhythm from the samba circles in Rio de Janeiro. The samba that fathered Bossa Nova finds a home in this singer. Now her mission is to show the world the gift she received from her father, a great samba musician who gave his daughter a living heritage.
Community Engagement Activity Ideas:
Voice-Drum: Listening & Imagination – workshop by Fabiana Cozza:
Fabiana uses a methodology she has developed in conjunction with her Ph.D. research which she calls “Voice-Drum: Listening and Imagination.” It introduces participants to a particular kind of listening to the voice of one’s own body, with drums from the African diaspora as support for an experience of vibration and resonance of the spaces and material of the body with the spaces and material of the drums, along with musical rhythms and constructions, exploring timbres, stories, nuances, and expressions. The quest is for tension-free singing, with vocal adjustments being made sensitively through the body using collective and playful games proposed by Fabiana as a tool. The workshop culminates with work on individual songs chosen by each participant. The workshop is designed for everyone including people who do not consider themselves to be singers.
Fabiana is also open to creating other community engagement activities that meet the needs of your community.
Watch: Pelo Amor de Deus | Emorio
Web: YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Facebook
Touring Company: 4 Artists | 1 Staff
Touring Period: Spring 2027
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To book, contact: Michael Grofsorean | Música Extraordinária | mgrofsorean@gmail.com
