 – To help musicians impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Piqua Arts Council produced a series of video concerts that have been used as a vehicle to support…){kind=link}
PIQUA, OH (NWPR) – To help musicians impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Piqua Arts Council produced a series of video concerts that have been used as a vehicle to support Ohio musicians of Miami and Montgomery counties, namely the Musicians’ Benefit Concerts.
This project is designed to directly help the musicians recoup some of the money from lost gigs via sponsored in-video programming advertising, targeting a goal of $100,000 that will be given back to musicians. The participating bands in this program were ReFlektion, Jamie Suttle, the Fries Band, Zack Attack, Brother Believe Me, and The Kid and The Riff Raff.
Recently, the Piqua Arts Council was notified, including Makueni Recording Studios by the Government of Makueni County in Kenya and the Musicians Fair Payment Policy by the Tourism and Culture Division of the City of Hamilton in Canada, were finalists for the Best Initiative to Directly Support Musicians Award, for implementing the most outstanding support scheme or policy in direct support for musicians.
The award is given to a city by Music Cities Events, an organization that plans the biggest international conferences on the topic of music cities, music policy and music tourism.
“It’s great to be included with these other organizations from across the world,” said Jordan Knepper. “We feel honored that our initiative would make the top three in this global competition,” said Jordan Knepper of the Piqua Arts Council. “Musicians are often the first to step up to help out with other groups’ fundraisers and yet when the pandemic hit, few people were thinking about them…”
The ceremony will be virtually on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. To register for the Live Virtual 2021 Music Cities Awards Ceremony, see https://www.musiccitiesevents.com/awards.