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Home > PRS Foundation Grantees win big at Say, Jazz FM & Youth Music Awards

PRS Foundation Grantees win big at Say, Jazz FM & Youth Music Awards

Congratulations to Fergus Mccreadie who, after his stunning performance at 2022 Mercury Prize Awards earlier this week, won last night’s SAY Award. The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is Scotland’s national music prize; celebrating Scottish music, and the cultural impact and contribution of outstanding Scottish albums.
 
McCreadie – who was funded through the International Showcase Fund to showcase at Jazz:Ahead – also won Instrumentalist of the Year at Jazz FM Awards 2022. Special thanks to Creative Scotland & The Musicians’ Union’s Dave Webster, an incredible advocate for exporting UK jazz.
 
There were even more awards won this week at the Youth Music Awards, highlighting the successes achieved by just a few of the incredible organisations that are a part of our Talent Development Partnership and supported through Open Fund. 

 

SAY Award (Scottish Album of the Year) 2022 Winner

• Fergus McCreadie (International Showcase Fund)

Jazz FM Awards 2022 – #FundedByPRSF Winners
• U.K. Jazz Act of the Year – Georgia Cécile (Women Make Music)
• Breakthrough Act of the Year – Chelsea Carmichael (BBC Music Introducing & PRS Foundation showcase support for Winter Jazzfest)
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Fergus McCreadie (International Showcase Fund)
• Vocalist of the Year – Georgia Cécile (Women Make Music)
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Norma Winstone (International Showcase Fund)
• Album of the Year – Emma Jean-Thackray (Lynsey de Paul Prize, Women Make Music, BBC Music Introducing & PRS Foundation showcase support at Winter Jazzfest, PPL Momentum Fund, MIR Brazil)
• The Innovation Award – Blue Lab Beats (International Showcase Fund, PPL Momentum Fund)

Youth Music Awards 2022 – #FundedByPRSF-associated winners
• The Original Track Award (Solo) – Amy DaSilva ‘Think Twice’ (supported by SoCo Music Project which is also funded through PRS Foundation’s Open Fund for Organisations)
• The Original Track Award (Group) – Ava in the Dark ‘Manic’ (supported by Music:Leeds’ Launchpad programme which is also funded through PRS Foundation’s Talent Development Partner network)
• Rising Star Award – English Teacher (supported through the PPL Momentum Accelerator programme in partnership with PPL, Spotify and Music:Leeds’ Launchpad programme which is also funded through PRS Foundation’s Talent Development Partner network)
• The Outstanding Project Award – Girl Grind UK’s SHE DON DIT IT project (founded and managed by artist Namywa who received International Showcase Fund and Sustaining Creativity Fund support)
• Music Producer Award – Jessie Marcella (supported by Music:Leeds’ Launchpad programme which is also funded through PRS Foundation’s Talent Development Partner network)