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    • Enabling Artists
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  • Series
  • Ishq Festival
  • Incubator
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    • Team
    • Board of Directors
    • History
    • 2024-25 Annual Report
    • Supporters
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SMALL WORLD MUSIC INCUBATOR

105

Artists in our Community

156

days of Professional Development

188

Performing Opportunities

143

Mentorship Opportunities

10

Industry conferences and events

The Small World Music Incubator is a program designed to support professional musicians from diverse backgrounds in the Greater Toronto Area, particularly those from immigrant, newcomer, and underrepresented communities. It provides participants with professional development, mentorship, networking opportunities, and resources to help them build sustainable careers in the music industry.

This program is open to musicians and artists with a strong foundation in their craft, dedicated to advance their career into Canada’s music landscape.

How it started

2020 Cohort

How it keeps growing

2021-2022 Cohort
2023 Cohort
2024 Cohort

 

How it's going

Meet the 2025 cohort

Explore the 2025 Program

Meet the 19 incredible artists who will start their path with us. Throughout the next 5 months we will accompany them by providing workshops, mentorship, and hands-on experiences that will give them tools to thrive throughout their musical journey.

A.V.E.

Ajhani Azure

Andrea Kuzmich

aniqa qadir

Bahar Atish

David Park

Fedor Bondar

Lina Cao

Mir Kashif Iqbal

Ori Chacon

Radhika Baskar

Saghi Farsijani

Sam-r

Shalva-Lucas Makharashvili

Static River (Tanya)

Tarek Funk

Tarek Kabbani

XOCÔ aka Mestre Sérgio Xocolate

Yalda Ehsani

2025 Cohort

 

Support the Program

If you would like to join us and part of the Incubator community to support the professional development of underrepresented local musicians, please feel free to reach out to community@smallworldmusic.com to support the program and curriculum and liberty@smallworldmusic.com to make a financially contribution.

Support Incubator Artists
Become a Mentor/Speaker

Special thanks to the education programming partners who have been part of the Incubator Program

Special thanks to the partners and sponsors who have supported the Incubator Program:

We gratefully acknowledge the funders who have supported the program since launching in 2020

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