Four talented composers Heloise Werner, Edmund Jolliffe, Colin Riley and Matthew Coleridge receive PRS Foundation’s Composers’ Fund
PRS Foundation, the UK’s leading charitable funder of new music and talent development, announces today the latest talented composers to receive the ground-breaking Composers’ Fund are:
- Heloise Werner – New work for vocal quintet and cello trio
- Edmund Jolliffe – Debut Album of choral music by Edmund Jolliffe
- Colin Riley – Ones Twos and Threes
- Matthew Coleridge – The Breath of Life: album recording
The Composers’ Fund supports the creative and professional development of talented composers with a strong track record and at pivotal stages in their career. Launched by PRS Foundation in 2016 the fund offers grants of up to £15,000 to support and enable composers to realise projects and ambitions that may not be possible through traditional commissioning models.
Since its launch the fund has supported projects such as recordings, the promotion and performance of existing works, international co-commissions and development, performer collaboration, residencies, sabbaticals or childcare costs and project or promotional support. Previous recipients of Composers Fund support include Errollyn Wallen, Julian Anderson, Dani Howard, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Tansy Davies, Jessica Curry, Philip Venables, Shiva Feshareki and Gavin Higgins. You can see all Composers’ Fund grantees on PRS Foundation’s website.
Applications for the next round of The Composers’ Fund open on 8th September 2025 and close on 6th October 2025. Check out more information on our upcoming deadines.
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