The Arts Foundation announce Futures Awards 2024 for Jazz Composition supported by PRS Foundation

The annual Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the most promising artists in the UK at crucial junctures in their careers to enable them to concentrate on their creative development, experiment, and realise their artistic prowess. This year the Arts Foundation has partnered with PRS Foundation for the Jazz Composition Award, striving to champion independent musicians and composers who are expanding the medium of jazz composition and developing original works.

The recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2024 for Jazz Composition receives a transformative £10,000 Fellowship, with three Shortlisted Artists awarded £1,000 towards the development of their practice.  The shortlist will be announced in Jan 2024 with the winning fellowship announcement to follow in the February of 2024 at a live-award ceremony.

Through this partnership the two organisations look forward to playing a vital role in nurturing and celebrating emerging talent within the burgeoning UK Jazz scene with.