The initiative, dubbed the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Awards, will offer new artists cash bursaries and mentorship from the Steve Reid Foundation trustees, who also number Floating Points, RocketnumberNine, Emanative and Charlie Dark.
Up to four emerging artists will each receive a bursary of up to £1,500 and support from the mentors.
The scheme is open to anyone who is writing and performing their own music and is currently unsigned and unmanaged.
Applicants must send links to their music as well as a three minute video which explains their career to date, and how funding and mentoring would help with their creative development.
Visit www.prsformusicfoundation.com/funding/stevereidaward for more information and to apply.
The deadline for submissions is 17 November 2014.
The Steve Reid Foundation was set up by Gilles Peterson, Brownswood Records and a collective of trustees who worked closely with and were inspired by legendary jazz drummer Steve Reid.
Reid’s musical career was marked by innovation and experimentation, and his collaborations with Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Sun Ra and Keiran Hebden (Four Tet).
Vanessa Reed, executive director of PRS for Music Foundation, said: ‘It's a privilege to be working with an artist led foundation on new ways of supporting the next generation of music pioneers.
I can't wait to see who applies and to hear more about what they need to develop their music.’
Up to four emerging artists will each receive a bursary of up to £1,500 and support from the mentors.
The scheme is open to anyone who is writing and performing their own music and is currently unsigned and unmanaged.
Applicants must send links to their music as well as a three minute video which explains their career to date, and how funding and mentoring would help with their creative development.
Visit www.prsformusicfoundation.com/funding/stevereidaward for more information and to apply.
The deadline for submissions is 17 November 2014.
The Steve Reid Foundation was set up by Gilles Peterson, Brownswood Records and a collective of trustees who worked closely with and were inspired by legendary jazz drummer Steve Reid.
Reid’s musical career was marked by innovation and experimentation, and his collaborations with Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Sun Ra and Keiran Hebden (Four Tet).
Vanessa Reed, executive director of PRS for Music Foundation, said: ‘It's a privilege to be working with an artist led foundation on new ways of supporting the next generation of music pioneers.
I can't wait to see who applies and to hear more about what they need to develop their music.’
