The fund can support projects by songwriters, composers, or artists, bands, producers and performers who are writing their own music or commissioning others.
The Open Fund for Music Creators supports the development of outstanding songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career.
The fund can support projects by songwriters, composers, or artists, bands, producers and performers who are writing their own music or commissioning others.
We understand that music creator needs are different given the current creative and career impact the Covid-19 pandemic is having across the music sector. As such we have adapted the Open Fund and Women Make Music to be more flexible in supporting music creator development needs.
Music Creators’ projects must fulfil all three of our funding priorities:
To support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music in any genre
We are particularly interested in the quality of the music
To enable the UK’s most talented music creators to realise their potential
We are interested in how your project will develop the songwriters and composers involved.
If you are a songwriter/composer you will need to tell us why this particular activity is so crucial to your creative or professional development.
If you are a solo performer or small performance group commissioning others, you will need to explain why your project is so important to the songwriter or performer you are working with.
We are committed to supporting UK based songwriters and composers of all backgrounds.
To inspire audiences
You will be asked to outline who you are reaching and how. This includes audiences at a local, regional, national or international level.
The 2020 deadlines and decision dates are:
Deadline: 8th June 2020 / Decision: 18th August 2020
Deadline: 5th October 2020 / Decision: 15th December 2020
All applications must be submitted by 6pm on the day of the deadline.
When applying, keep in mind that we can only support activity happening after the decision date for your deadline – this will mean your activity must be at least 10 weeks after the deadline.
Location: All Scotland
For further information, please contact info@prsfoundation.com or visit https://prsfoundation.com/funding-support/funding-music-creators/all-career-levels/the-open-fund-for-music-creators/
The deadline is Tuesday 15 December 2020 at 18:00.