by Author Carol Reid

Published on

You are here:

PRS for Music Foundation launches fund to support new commissions

Organisations from across the country are invited to submit ideas for commissions that they would like to realise with a UK-based composer through PRS for Music Foundation’s new UK-wide New Music Biennial scheme.

The New Music Biennial has been developed in partnership with Creative Scotland, Arts Council England and British Council. It will support and promote up to twenty new commissions in the run up to the Commonwealth Games. These commissions will be brought together across two weekend events hosted by London’s Southbank Centre (4-6 July) and Glasgow UNESCO City of Music (2–4 August) in the summer of 2014, coinciding with the city’s hosting of the Commonwealth Games.

The call for proposals is now open. Cultural and creative organisations, festivals, ensembles, promoters and venues from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are invited to present ideas for new work. This New Music Biennial will have an international focus, connecting with the Commonwealth and beyond. Applicants to the New Music Biennial are invited to present their own, unique interpretation of this international dimension – whether a conceptual realisation or collaboration with partners overseas. Any musical genre will be considered.

The deadline for applications is Monday 4 March 2013.  More information about the New Music Biennial can be found on the PRS for Music Foundation’s website.