PRS for Music Foundation supports hcmf// 2010
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is proud to once again be the recipient of funding from the PRS for Music Foundation (PRSF). Marking both the 10th anniversary of PRSF and its 10th year of supporting hcmf//, this year’s festival sees the arrival of a three-year commitment which will ensure that hcmf// continues to be UK’s leading celebration of new and experimental music.
The PRSF is an independent charitable foundation which grew out of the rights management and collecting society PRS for Music. Its initiatives include the annual New Music Award, which this year awarded £50,000 to the composer/architect duo liminal to assist with the realisation of their work The Organ of Corti. Other schemes include British Music Abroad, for artists hoping to increase their profiles overseas, and Take Five, which offers professional development for jazz musicians. Recently, proposals were invited for New Music 20x12, where 20 pieces each of 12 minutes’ length will be created as part of the Cultural Olympiad in 2012.
The PRSF support for hcmf// contributes towards both the day-to-day operations of the festival and specific new commissions. In 2009 sound artist Bill Thompson’s Shifting Currents was supported; this year the foundation has made possible a new collaboration between Oceans of Silver and Blood, The New String Theory and composer Claudia Molitor. Co-commissioned by hcmf//, Le Weekend festival in Stirling and Bangor New Music Festival, the free performance takes place on Monday 22 November. Click here for more details of the concert.
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