Grant Funding: The PRS Foundation Resonate Grants Fund Up To £15,000 For British Composers

Supporting the best UK orchestral music written in the last 25 years

Resonate is a fund and resource which encourages professional orchestras to programme into their repertoire the best pieces of British music from the past 25 years.

Resonate aims to inspire more performances, recordings and broadcasts of outstanding contemporary repertoire, as chosen by UK orchestras, whilst strengthening approaches to programming this music for the benefit of audiences, composers and players in the UK and overseas.

The PRS Foundation will offer financial support with grants of up to 10K to orchestras who commit to exploring contemporary UK repertoire as part of a season/tour and longer term audience development programme.

ABOUT RESONATE

The challenges associated with securing repeat performances of new orchestral repertoire are a longstanding topic for composers, Orchestra Directors and funding agencies. Single performances of new music do not give audiences the chance to become familiar with important, and ultimately rewarding works which form part of the UK’s internationally acclaimed repertoire. Neither does this situation enable substantial pieces of music to develop and improve as they are performed again by different musicians and for the benefit of different audiences.

Resonate responds to this challenge by offering funding to orchestras who would like to invest in their programming of new British music commissioned by UK orchestras over the past 25 years. To highlight the range of orchestral repertoire that could be considered for this programme, the PRS Foundation have worked in partnership with the Association of British Orchestras (ABO) which has received support from The Foyle Foundation to create a comprehensive database of pieces commissioned by UK orchestras in the last 25 years.

The Resonate database is currently updated on an annual basis, following an open submission process.

Orchestras can apply to perform a work not currently listed on the database, if it can be demonstrated that the work fulfils the criteria of the programme.

Eligibility:

• Resonate is open to all full and associate ABO members
• Priority will be given to organisations that a) don’t already receive PRS Foundation funding through other schemes and b) do not specialise in programming new music c) are interested in programming larger scale works.
• Pieces commissioned by professional UK orchestras since 1991 are eligible
• Pieces selected must have been written by British composers, who are members of PRS for Music* or in a position to join
• Deceased British composers repertoire from the last 25 years are eligible
• Both published and unpublished pieces are eligible
• Performances must be part of main season programme, major festival or tour.

Deadline: 31 October
Grants/Funds up to: £15,000
How to apply: https://prsfoundation.com/funding-support/funding-for-organisations/resonate/resonate-guidelines-and-faqs/