Composers retreats in New York, Lofoten, Lille Skiveren in North Jutland and Kaninhullet in South Zealand can be sought by all composers and songwriters who are members of Koda.

The retreats in Berlin, on Samsø and Musikanterhuset on Langeland can only be sought by Autor members

The Composers’ retreat grant gives composers and songwriters a possibility for one-week working retreats in properties located around the world. All retreats must involve working with specific, actual compositions.

Each retreat has a duration of one week.

Retreats are available in New York, Berlin, Lofoten, North Jutland, South Zealand, Samsø, and Langeland. Specific details and conditions for each retreat can be found here

• State the period requested – state which week(s) you would like and rank them in order of importance. You can request up to three weeks all in all, but you cannot stay in any of the individual retreats for more than one week. You are very welcome to state whether any other weeks than your three main priorities would also be suitable to you.
• State the purpose of your retreat and the expected outcome (ten lines or less).
• Describe your work as a composer (ten lines or less)

There are two annual application deadlines:

• April 1st at 3:00 PM / 15:00 for stays between July 1st and December 31st.
• October 1st at 3:00 PM / 15:00 for stays between January 1st and June 30th the following year.

Applications open approximately four weeks before the deadline.

The retreats are allocated by a curation committee appointed by Autor's board.

If you are awarded a one-week stay at a retreat, you will need to pay a small share of the costs yourself: DKK 1,000. You must pay your travel costs yourself. The stay itself is free; for some retreat’s meals are included too. For details, check out the individual retreats here.

Responses are sent approximately one month after the application deadline

You cannot receive support for the same project from several pools under Koda Culture. This applies according to 6.D in our regulation. Find the regulation here.

This means that if you for example apply for publication, you can only receive support once for your publishing project. You cannot receive support for publication from both The Publishing pool and The Recording/Release Grant at the same time. On the other hand, you will be able to receive support for other processes of the same project from other pools. For example, if you have received support for the recording/release part of your project, you can apply for support for the next phase of your project, e.g. for promoting your release or from the PR pools.  

We have pools that support the different processes that your project can go through. The processes can – from an overall point of view – be divided into:

• Create (idea, clarification, writing)
• Improve/develop (coaching, camps, education)
• Release (record, mix, master)
• 'Disseminate' (PR/marketing, concert production, fairs and exhibitions)

If you have any questions regarding the Work Grants, you are welcome to contact Isa Naja Buhl, isa@autor.dk

If you have any questions regarding the technicalities of your application, please contact Koda, kodakultur@koda.dk