PRS Foundation has announced the first grantees of its newly consolidated Talent Development Network.
The new network is the result of the Foundation combining its existing Open Fund for Organisations and Talent Development Partner initiatives into one holistic, multi-year funding scheme.
Supported by PPL, the Talent Development Network will offer grants of up to £25,000 per year for up to 3 years. This funding will support a variety of music creator development programmes, while grantees will also become part of a UK-wide network enabling them to share knowledge and forge lasting connections.
The first 73 UK organisations that will receive support from the Talent Development Network are as follows:
Asian Arts Agency
AudioActive
B:Music
Bradford Producing Hub
Brighter Sound
Bristol Beacon
British Underground
Britten Sinfonia
Capsule Events
Carousel Project
Cheltenham Festivals
Cobalt Studios
Come Play With Me
Cre8ing Vision
Create Define Release (CDR)
Cryptic Glasgow
Dialled In
Drake Music
Drake Music Scotland
Eavesdropping
English Folk Dance and Song Society
FOCUS Music
Forté Project
Future Bubblers
Future Yard
Generator
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble
Heart n Soul
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//)
HQ CAN
International Guitar Foundation
Jazz North
Jazz re:freshed
Liverpool Sound City
LIMF Academy
Manchester Collective
Manchester Jazz Festival
Mercury Musical Developments and Musical Theatre Network
Moving On Music
Music Local/Music:Leeds
Oh Yeah Music Centre [pictured]
Opera North
OTO Projects (Cafe OTO)
Oxford Contemporary Music
Paraorchestra
Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts
PUNCH RECORDS
Red Note Ensemble
Royal Philharmonic Society
Saffron
Serious Trust
Showcase Scotland Expo
sound
Sound and Music
Sound Roots
Sound UK Arts
South Asian Arts UK (SAA-uk)
Tees Music Alliance
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
The Marian Consort
The Music Works
The Nerve Centre
The Roundhouse Trust
The Warren Youth Project
Through The Noise
Tomorrow's Warriors
Tŷ Cerdd – Music Centre Wales
UD Music Foundation
Un-Convention Hub
We Are The Unheard
We Make Culture
Wide Events (Wide Days)
Yorkshire Sound Women Network
PRS Foundation CEO Joe Frankland said it was 'fantastic to welcome the first cohort of organisations into our new Talent Development Network'.
'We know from discussions with the sector how important longer-term support is to enable them to plan more effectively and deliver better talent development programmes for music creators,’ he continued.
‘I’m looking forward to the network developing, enabling us to see the gaps we need to address in the next intake of the cohort in 2025 and ensure that no matter what their genre, background or where they are based in the UK, music creators will be able to access support from a Talent Development Network organisation on their doorstep.'
Michelle Escoffery, President of the PRS Members’ Council and PRS Foundation Trustee, added: ‘We’re excited that this new initiative will enable the careers and creative practice of talented songwriters, composers and music creators across the music community to benefit from this investment.
‘PRS for Music is proud to support the Foundation, and the interconnectivity of UK organisations through this network will play a vital part in the journey of levelling up talent across the UK.'
