27 PRS Foundation supported Composers nominated for Ivors Composers Awards 2020

Huge congratulations to the 26 #FundedByPRSF composers that have been nominated for an Ivor’s Composer Award this year.

We’re so delighted to see that 6 pieces including 4 from 2019’s New Music Biennial have been directly funded. The supported composers and PRS Foundation pieces are:

Chamber Orchesta

Sally Beamish (New Music 20×12, Open Fund for Music Creators, Beyond Borders, Open Fund for Organisations, Women Make Music)
Ryan Wigglesworth (Open Fund for Organisations, Resonate)
Stuart Macrae (Open Fund for Organisations, Beyond Borders and The Composers’ Fund)

Choral

Cheryl Francis Hoad (Women Make Music and The Composers’ Fund)
Michael Finnissy (Open Fund for Organisations)

Community and Participation

Anne Dudley (Women Make Music)
Judith Weir (Open Fund for Organisations and Resonate)
Bushra El Turk (Women Make Music and Open Fund for Music Creators)
Sam Eastmond – New Music Biennial 2019 supported piece “Brit-ish” emerged and evolved into “Shagpile Carpet Story AKA the King Of Spank”
Paul Rissman (Open Fund for Organisations)
Jelly Cleaver (Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award)

Jazz Composition for Small Ensemble

Renell Shaw – Open Fund for Organisations supported piece “The Vision They Had” from the “The Windrush Suite”

Large Chamber

Claire M Singer – New Music Biennial 2019 supported piece “Gleann Ciùin”
Oliver Leith (Open Fund for Music Creators and The Composers’ Fund)
Richard Ayres (Open Fund for Music Creators, Open Fund for Organisations and David Bedford Music Education Award)
Edmund Finnis – New Music Biennial 2019 supported piece “The Centre is Everywhere”

Large Orchestral

Mark Simpson (Open Fund for Organisations, Beyond Borders, New Music Biennial 2017)
Joe Cutler (New Music 20×12, Open Fund for Organisations, Beyond Borders and The Composers’ Fund)
Emily Howard (New Music 20×12, Open Fund for Organisations and The Composers’ Fund)

Small Chamber

Timothy Cooper – Open Fund for Organisations supported piece “…the shadows that in the darkness dwell…”

Solo or Duo

Gareth Moorcraft (Open Fund for Organisations)
Harrison Birtwistle (Open Fund for Organisations)

Sound Art

Khyam Allami – New Music Biennial 2019 supported piece “Requiem for the 21st Century”
Kathy Hinde (Oram Awards, Women Make Music and Open Fund for Organisations)

Stage Works

Conor Mitchell (New Music 20×12, Open Fund for Organisations, New Music Biennial 2019)
Philip Venables (Open Fund for Organisations, New Music Biennial 2017 and The Composers’ Fund)
Gabriel Prokofiev (The Composers’ Fund)