The PRS for Music Foundation have announced a new fund worth £150,000 annually to enable UK composers to realise projects that may not otherwise be possible via traditional commissioning routes. 

Executive Director Vanessa Reed, explained the purpose of the fund: ‘The conversations we’ve been having with composers over the past 2 years revealed the need for composers to have more autonomy, better fees and improved conditions to advance their creative practice. Our new Composers Fund is one response to this, providing some of the UK’s most distinctive composers with financial support for anything that might enable them to make the next step in their career. We’re delighted to be running this fund with additional support from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and I look forward to seeing how composers respond to this new opportunity when they apply to our first deadline on April 12, 2016.’

For more information about the fund, and to apply, visit: prsformusicfoundation.com