Looking for some time and space to work on your latest musical project? Ready to take the next step in your musical career?
If this sounds like you then Autumn Studios 2026 could be for you:
- I’m an artist: musician, rapper, producer, or singer (from any genre)
- I regularly perform my own music
- I write my own original music and have released at least one single
- I’ll benefit from the support of The Glasshouse’s Artist Development team and speaker sessions about the music industry
- I’m based in the North East
- I will be over 18 by 26th October 2026
Need to know
If you still have questions before you apply read our frequently asked questions.
Get in touch: If you want to chat to one of our team please contact Maria on artistdevelopment@theglasshouseicm.org or call 0191 443 4676 (Monday to Thursday 9am – 5pm).
Applications now open.
Deadline: 11am, Wednesday 26 August.
Apply here
About Autumn Studios 2026
Autumn Studios 2026 offers you some dedicated space, time and support so you can focus on creating new work, develop your music, kickstart a creative project or prepare for a performance or tour.
If selected, you’ll be at Autumn Studios from 26th to 30th October. There will be an industry speaker programme where you’ll get to ask experts from across the music industry lots of questions. You’ll also have time to chat to the other artists on the programme.
Support includes
- Your own rehearsal space for six days
- Speaker sessions with industry experts
- Time to network with the other artists from across the North East who are taking part Please note, that Autumn Studios 2026 does not offer recording studios, but you are welcome to bring your own equipment and record on-site.
If you still have questions before you apply read our Frequently Asked Questions
Equal Opportunities
We want to make sure this opportunity is available to everyone, no matter what your background or the challenges you’ve faced.
For example, we would love to hear from you if you:
- Are d/Deaf, have a disability, learning difficulty or significant long-term health condition which affects your daily life
- Describe yourself as neurodivergent (this might include dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, ADHD, autistic spectrum, Tourette’s syndrome and others)
- Consider yourself to be from a working class background
- Received free school meals in secondary school
- Grew up in a family receiving Universal Credit or state benefits
- Have ever lived in council or social housing, been on the housing register
- Have ever lived in sheltered accommodation or experienced homelessness
- Experienced being in care at any point
- Were a young parent or young carer
- Have been a refugee or asylum seeker
- Are from the African, South, East and South-East Asian, Middle East, Latinx or North African diaspora, or have experienced racism
These are some common examples of challenging circumstances but there may be others.
How to Apply
Please find the link for the application form below. We’ll collect information about you and your project to help us with the selection process.
To complete an application you’ll need:
- Your artist/band bio
- Links to your music
- Some details about the project you’d like to work on during the residency and why it’s important to you
Please note, you can’t save the form. We recommend saving the information you need in a Word document and then pasting into the form. Download a copy of the form as a Word document.
Make sure you submit your application via the form. You can’t apply using the word document.
Applications close on Wednesday 26th August, 11am.
Apply here
Access costs
Additional money is available for access requirements that might improve your experience. These might include transport costs for d/Deaf and disabled artists, a personal assistant or care worker, BSL interpretation, information in large print or another language, for example.
If you want to speak to someone about your access requirements before applying, please contact Maria on artistdevelopment@theglasshouseicm.org or call 0191 443 4676 (Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5pm)
What happens next?
Once you’ve completed the form please click the ‘Submit’ button. You’ll see a message on the screen thanking you for your application. If you’d like to save your response you must click the ‘save my response’ button to look back over your answers.
If you’re not selected, we’d still like to offer you some feedback on your application. You might want to apply again in the future.
Financial help
We can support with food and travel costs up to £25 per day per person. This will be available to you for the full days you are at Autumn Studios.