Press Releases
10 March 2010 Vanessa Reed is a woman to watch! Vanessa Reed, Co-Director of the PRS for Music Foundation has been included on the Cultural Leadership Programme’s national list of 50 ‘Women to Watch.’ |
1 March 2010 PRSF announces exchange with Sweden 20 talented music practitioners will take part in New Music Incubator – a new international programme supported by PRS for Music Foundation, Swedish Music Information Centre and MusikAlliansen... |
February 2010 PRSF helps even more acts reach SxSW 26 British acts will be able to attend South by South West in Texas from 19-21 March this year, thanks to PRSF... |
January 2010 World premiere of Anna Meredith and Shlomo's Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra The New Music Award 2008 shortlisted project will premiere on 19th February 2010 |
16 December 2009 UK’s leading funder of new music celebrates tenth anniversary PRS for Music Foundation announces continued funding to support new music A decade of activity is marked with new name and logo |
7 December 2009 FROM OPERA THEATRE TO OPERATING THEATRE: NEW MUSIC AS MEDICINE John Browne becomes first-ever Composer-in-Residence at theFlorence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery with funding and expert advice from the PRS Foundation |
19 November 2009 PRSF provides more funding opportunities for 2010! From 2010 there will be four deadlines per year for the Awards to Performances Groups, Festivals, Promoters and Organisations scheme... |
17 November 2009 Judges announced for £50,000 New Music Award The 6 judges charged with selecting the most exciting new musical idea were announced today... |
15 October 2009 16 UK Jazz Promoters receive funding Jazz Services and the PRS Foundation have together given a total of £20,000 to 16 small jazz promoters across the UK... |
10 September 2009 Audacious and innovative: The New Music Award is back! £50,000 prize open for entries from 10th September Creators of new music in all genres encouraged to apply view full details of New Music Award - download press release |
19 August 2009 Live Connections 2009 Do you have an exciting idea for a live performance of electronic music? PRSF is offering grants of up to £5000 for one off performances... |
17 August 2009 £20,000 up for grabs for new Mela music PRS Foundation is encouraging Mela festivals to apply for funding through its New Works scheme by earmarking £20,000 of the funding available for its October 2009 round... |
14 August 2009 Beyond Borders – £115,000 for cross-border commissioning Beyond Borders is a unique grant opportunity encouraging collaboration between music organisations working across a variety of genres in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England.... |
21st April 2009 New Music Plus... producers announced PRS Foundation announces eight winning music producers who will collaborate with some of London’s leading cultural institutions including BFI, Tate and Southbank Centre... |
9th March 2009 PRS Foundation helps Britain’s best new acts reach SxSW 18 British acts will be able to attend South by South West (SxSW) in Texas from 18-22 March this year, thanks to support from the PRS Foundation... |
10th February 2009 24 hours of music, neurosicence and performance at 24 sites across the UK With performances, presentations and panels by The Fragmented Orchestra plus Adem, Philip Jeck, Professor Mark D’Inverno, Alasdair Roberts and many more... |
12th November 2008 PRSF raises £74,447 for new music producers 8 talented new music producers will have a unique opportunity to work with 8 prominent cultural venues and organisations in London, thanks to PRSF's New Music Plus...Producers Patnership, which has been awarded £74,447 by the CLP. |
3rd November 2008 Take Five (Edition V) Following four extremely successful editions, the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and the PRS Foundation for New Music (PRSF) are pleased to welcome additional support from the Arts Council England and the Musicians Benevolent Fund. |
30th July 2008 PRSF & CASH Creative Cultural Exchange 8 singer-songwriters from the UK and Hong Kong will take part in a week-long exchange programme held at Bath Spa University. |
5th June 2008 Vanessa Reed joins PRS Foundation The PRS Foundation has appointed Vanessa Reed as Director to cover Charlotte Ray’s maternity leave from June 2008. |
5th March 2008 British Music Abroad gains UKTI support The PRS Foundation is delighted to announce that UK Trade and Investment has invested £30,000 in its British Music Abroad scheme, aimed at supporting emerging UK acts. |
29th January 2008 New Music Award short-list is announced The PRS Foundation for New Music is delighted to announce the short-list for the New Music Award 2008, the most financially significant award for music in the UK. |
7th December 2007 Jem Finer wins British Composer Award The PRS Foundation for New Music is delighted that Jem Finer’s Score for a Hole in the Ground, the inaugural winner of the New Music Award 2005, has also been announced as winner of a British Composer Award in the New Media category. |
6th November 2007 Take Five (Edition IV) Following three extremely successful editions, The Jerwood Charitable Foundation and the PRS Foundation are pleased to announce that Serious will produce the fourth edition of Take Five - a significant artist development scheme for emerging jazz musicians. |
2nd November 2007 Caerphilly & Devon share NMC LEA music education awards The National Music Council’s (NMC) LEA Music Awards Major Trophy has been awarded jointly to Caerphilly and Devon Local Education Authorities. The PRS Foundation will be making awards to Caerphilly & East Lothian for their commitment to creative music making. |
7th September 2007 PRS Foundation sparks Live Connections The PRS Foundation is offering grants towards one-off performances of live electronic music through its unique Live Connections scheme in October. Substantial awards of up to £5,000 are available for each event to UK-based artists, promoters and producers. |
17th August 2007 New Music Award 2008 Already a major supporter of contemporary British music, the PRS Foundation for New Music is again providing a massive £50,000 to inspire and stimulate the creation of an imaginative and original piece of new British music. |
13th August 2007 Unsigned Award Winners Announced Four bands from central and Northern England have won the Unsigned Award 2007, which PRSF runs in partnership with Clear Sound and Vision. They have won a unique opportunity to record a 3-track ep professionally and take part in an industry showcase. |
10th August 2007 Bliss Trust Bursaries The PRS Foundation for New Music and the Bliss Trust are continuing their support for emerging composers in 2007 by offering bursaries for professional development opportunities. |
14th May 2007 Awards to Jazz Promoters The aim of the Awards made by the PRS Foundation in collaboration with, and administered by, Jazz Services, is to encourage small scale promoters of new British Jazz Music. |
20th March 2007 The PRS Foundation for New Music will award up to £150k this year for adventurous and innovative new commissions in any genre under its New Works scheme. |
20th March 2007 Funding of up to £15k available for new music promoters The PRS Foundation is looking for promoters who challenge musical boundaries by programming ground-breaking music of any genre and develop new audiences for new music. |
29th January 2007 PRS Foundation receives extra £60K for British Music Abroad The PRS Foundation today announces that UK Trade and Investment has invested £60,000 in its British Music Abroad scheme, aimed at supporting emerging UK acts. This funding doubles the amount available in the scheme, which is also funded by Arts Council England. |
10th January 2007 PRS Foundation grant opportunities in 2007 The PRS Foundation for New Music will award up to £1.25m in 2007 to support new British music - there are 18 opportunities this year to apply for support for live music. |
8th January 2007 Phillip Neil Martin's Composer in Residence Show This landmark London College of Fashion show on Thursday 18th January will challenge the traditional concept of the catwalk and will premiere “Voices of the Asylum” by Phillip Neil Martin, London College of Fashion’s PRS Foundation Composer in Residence. |
14th December 2006 New Music receives £3.75 million funding boost from PRS The PRS Board has made a significant long-term commitment to PRS Foundation for New Music by confirming its donation of £1.25m each year for the next three years. |
24th November 2006 British Composer Award Winners announced The 2006 British Composer Awards were announced on Friday 24th November in a ceremony hosted by the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters at London’s Hayward Gallery. |
13th October 2006 Jazz Talent supported by Take Five (Edition III) This Jerwood/PRS Foundation funded scheme gives some of the UK’s most talented young jazz musicians the unique opportunity to take ‘time out’ to develop their craft. |
5th September 2006 Live Connections - Funding for Live Electronic Music The PRS Foundation is inviting innovators in electronic music to perform a unique live event, to be funded by the Live Connections scheme. |
23rd August 2006 British Music Abroad - New Scheme for emerging UK Acts This new scheme, funded through Arts Council England's Grants for the Arts scheme, offers financial support to emerging UK acts that have been selected for key overseas showcase opportunities. |
9th August 2006 Free gig at The Miller - Friday 18th August 5 Danish songwriters have been paired with 5 UK songwriters for a week to create new material together. At the end of the week they will play in a free gig at The Miller, London SE1. |
21st July 2006 Winners announced for Fopp Award for New Music 2006 The Fopp Award for New Music is a partnership between PRSF, Fopp, and Clear Sound & Vision. Unsigned bands get the chance to record an EP, to go on sale in all Fopp stores, and play in a London Showcase |
3rd May 2006 Joint Commissioning Scheme PRSF have joined up with the Scottish Arts Council and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to offer support towards innovative joint commissions. |
2nd March 2006 The Art of Noise at the National Portrait Gallery PRSF present a series of free concerts at the National Portrait Gallery as part of a season of events that celebrate the 150th Birthday of the NPG. |
14th February 2006 Financial Support for Composers The PRS Foundation for New Music and The Bliss Trust are continuing their support for emerging composers in 2006 by offering bursaries for professional development opportunities. |
29th November 2005 Charlotte Ray joins The PRS Foundation The PRS Foundation for New Music has appointed Charlotte Ray as its new manager. Charlotte has been the events director at Spitalfields Festival, and will join the Foundation in Janurary 2006. |
16th November 2005 PRS Foundation and KODA PRSF have been running a partnership with the Danish collecting agency, KODA. This recently resulted in the first half of an exchange residency, where five UK songwriters got to spend a week in Denmark collaborating with Danish writers/musicians. |
9th November 2005 Download clips of the Unsigned Winners The 2005 Unsigned winners have finished recording their new EPs, which will be in Fopp stores in the New Year. You can now download exclusive MP3 clips from the following link. |
20th October 2005 Unsigned Winners Update Following the recent announcement of the winners in this years Unsigned scheme, read band biographies and details of a band showcase in February 2006. |
21st September 2005 Unsigned Winners for 2005 Announced The winners for this years Unsigned scheme, run in partnership with Fopp and Clear Sound & Vision, have been announced. This year the scheme ran in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England. |
30th August 2005 Creative Music Residency at London College of Fashion The PRS Foundation and London College of Fashion are pleased to announce a new opportunity for a composer, creative musician, or producer to work in residence at LCF alongside MA students. |
25th August 2005 CASH & The PRS Foundation at The Sage Gateshead The PRS Foundation are running a residency project at The Sage Gateshead with the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong. |
 | 5th July 2005 Discussion and Show at the West Yorkshire Playhouse Come and experience the result of Richard Taylor's major composer residency at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. |
 | 18th April 2005 Extra power for Live Connections Involved in live music? The PRS Foundation for New Music is offering increased grants for live performances of innovative electronic music. |
 | 24th February 2005 Financial Bliss for emerging composers! The PRS Foundation and The Bliss Trust are targeting adventurous new composers in their drive to support professional development opportunities for the contemporary classical sector in 2005 |
 | 16th January 2005 Unsigned winners take to the stage! Some of the most exciting new artists to emerge from the UK will be taking to the stage as part of a special showcase after winning the 2004 Unsigned Awards. |
 | 22nd October 2004 Composer in the House! Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra appoints Stephen McNeff as inaugural RPS/PRSF Composer in the House |
 | 12th August 2004 And the Unsigned Awards go to ... Six bands in the South West region of England and Wales have become the first acts to receive an Unsigned Award, courtesy of Fopp, the PRS Foundation for New Music and Clear, Sound & Vision. |
 | 16th July 2004 New breaks for UK electronica. The PRS Foundation (PRSF), the UK's largest funder for new music of any genre, is maintaining its reputation for breaking new ground, by extending its support for pioneering electronic music through its unique Live Connections scheme. |
 | 15th July, 2004 New music for Wales The PRS Foundation for new music and The Arts Council of Wales are delighted to announce that £40,000 has been awarded to Welsh composers under their joint New Music Works scheme this year. |
 | 23rd April 2004 PRS Foundation provides £1.5million for new music. The PRS Foundation (PRSF) is continuing its drive to stimulate creative music ventures in the UK, by pledging another £1.5million to support new music activity this year. |
 | 1st March 2004 Budding composers to get Blissed out ? The PRS Foundation and Bliss Trust are continuing their drive to support adventurous and talented new composers by offering more grants for professional development in 2004. |
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