Music

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MicroGrant Success: Dechen Yee, Fall 2025

October 15, 2026September 2, 2026
Literary (category), MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category), Visual Arts (category)

Dechen Yee used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Strings Attached, an interdisciplinary community arts event.

Submit your demo to the 2027 Sauga’s Song of the Year Contest!

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026
Music (category), News (category)

Mississauga singer-songwriters, submit your demo to the 2027 Sauga’s Song of the Year Contest!

A live musical performance on a stage with a black backdrop. Two women in formal dresses sing into microphones at the front, supported by a live band including a drummer, a bassist, and a keyboardist.

MicroGrant Success: Anubha Jha, Spring 2026

October 1, 2026September 2, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category), Theatre (category)

Anubha Jha used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Bollywood Reimagined: 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s Magic, a live music concert honouring… Read More »MicroGrant Success: Anubha Jha, Spring 2026

A musician performs live on a stage illuminated by moody purple light. He wears a black sleeveless graphic tee, dark pants, and a light-colored scarf wrapped around his neck while singing into a microphone and playing a black electric guitar.

MicroGrant Success: Tom Barlow, Fall 2025

September 24, 2026September 2, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

Tom Barlow used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to complete and release Supersonic Quadraphonic, including a music video and live performances.

A close-up, low-angle shot of a man in a white t-shirt and a black baseball cap rapping passionately into a microphone under stage lighting.

MicroGrant Success: JD Era, Fall 2023

September 10, 2026September 2, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

JD Era used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce JD Era & Friends, a showcase honouring Mississauga’s hip-hop legacy.

A woman with long wavy hair and bold makeup poses outdoors on a brick street. She wears a black fishnet top crossed with pink "WARNING" tape, holds the chanter of a bagpipe decorated with a small dragon head, and yellow text to the right reads "CELTIC-INDIAN PARTY."

MicroGrant Success: Archy Jay, Fall 2024

September 3, 2026September 2, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

Archy Jay used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to create the music video for Restless Dreamer, a remix of a traditional sea… Read More »MicroGrant Success: Archy Jay, Fall 2024

A group of joyful performers celebrate together on a stage beneath rainbow streamers. In the centre, a person in a blue blazer and black trousers stands with arms wide open. Other individuals surround them, smiling, clapping, and holding Pride and transgender flags.

MicroGrant Success: Angelo Brown, Spring 2026

August 13, 2026July 22, 2026
Literary (category), MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category), Theatre (category), Visual Arts (category)

Angelo Brown used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Rising Colours: A Mississauga Queer Arts Showcase.

Four people standing and smiling together in a music studio. Musical instruments, including a piano and drum set, are visible in the background.

MicroGrant Success: Radhika Baskar, Spring 2025

July 29, 2026July 22, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

Radhika Baskar used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to create two new music recordings – seamlessly fusing Carnatic music with Western Jazz.

MicroGrant Success: JSAL, Spring 2026

July 23, 2026June 30, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

JSAL used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to support her Rising Phoenix: Debut Album Release concert at The Rec Room Square One.

A close up shot of Stephanie Braganza, smiling with a Pomeranian. Text over the bottom of the image reads, "Until We Meet Again" and "Stephanie Braganza"

MicroGrant Success: Stephanie Braganza, Spring 2025

July 16, 2026June 30, 2026
Film (category), MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

Stephanie Braganza used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to create a music video for her song, “Until We Meet Again.”