PRS for Music Foundation’s New Music 20x12 initiative has received a gong at the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards.
The Foundation picked up the award in the Concert Series and Festivals category at a ceremony at London’s Dorchester Hotel yesterday.
The New Music 20x12 project put new music centre stage of the Cultural Olympiad last year, bringing together 20 of the UK’s arts organisations with composers to create world-class pieces across a range of genres. Live performances took place at 75 different venues all over the UK.
Described by Judith Weir as ‘a lesson in successful commissioning’, New Music 20x12 pieces ranged from Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Beyond This with Music in Prisons and inmates at HMP Lowden Grange, to Emily Howard’s opera Zatopek! with Royal Philharmonic and Ensemble 10:10.
PRS for Music Foundation’s Executive Director Vanessa Reed and New Music 20x12 founder Jillian Barker accepted the award on behalf of all the commissioning organisations, composers and partner organisations, including London2012, BBC Radio 3, NMC Recordings and Southbank Centre.
Reed said: ‘This award is testament to the exceptional talent of those creating new music in the UK. From the 20 composers, commissioning organisations and performance groups who presented their commissions across the UK to Southbank Centre’s hosting of an extraordinary festival across one weekend last summer, we are extremely proud of everyone who’s made New Music 20x12 a success and feel honoured to have been given this prestigious RPS award.’
Barker added: ‘I am immensely proud of the tremendous success of New Music 20x12. What began as an idea to commission new music for the Olympics became a UK-wide celebration that was enjoyed by more than 70,000 people. Thank you RPS for this award and thanks to everyone who has joined us as supporters of this programme.’
To find out more about the New Music 20x12 programme, please click here.
The Foundation picked up the award in the Concert Series and Festivals category at a ceremony at London’s Dorchester Hotel yesterday.
The New Music 20x12 project put new music centre stage of the Cultural Olympiad last year, bringing together 20 of the UK’s arts organisations with composers to create world-class pieces across a range of genres. Live performances took place at 75 different venues all over the UK.
Described by Judith Weir as ‘a lesson in successful commissioning’, New Music 20x12 pieces ranged from Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Beyond This with Music in Prisons and inmates at HMP Lowden Grange, to Emily Howard’s opera Zatopek! with Royal Philharmonic and Ensemble 10:10.
PRS for Music Foundation’s Executive Director Vanessa Reed and New Music 20x12 founder Jillian Barker accepted the award on behalf of all the commissioning organisations, composers and partner organisations, including London2012, BBC Radio 3, NMC Recordings and Southbank Centre.
Reed said: ‘This award is testament to the exceptional talent of those creating new music in the UK. From the 20 composers, commissioning organisations and performance groups who presented their commissions across the UK to Southbank Centre’s hosting of an extraordinary festival across one weekend last summer, we are extremely proud of everyone who’s made New Music 20x12 a success and feel honoured to have been given this prestigious RPS award.’
Barker added: ‘I am immensely proud of the tremendous success of New Music 20x12. What began as an idea to commission new music for the Olympics became a UK-wide celebration that was enjoyed by more than 70,000 people. Thank you RPS for this award and thanks to everyone who has joined us as supporters of this programme.’
To find out more about the New Music 20x12 programme, please click here.
