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PRS for Music Foundation announces latest Open Fund recipients

Zara Nunn, He Was Eaten By Owls and Dominic Murcott are the latest recipients of backing from the PRS for Music Foundation’s Open Fund.

Jim Ottewill
  • By Jim Ottewill
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • min read
Zara Nunn, He Was Eaten By Owls and Dominic Murcott are the latest recipients of backing from the PRS for Music Foundation’s Open Fund.

The initiative is split into two strands - The Open Fund for Organisations and the Open Fund for Music Creators.

The former supports new music projects led by promoters, talent development organisations, festivals, venues, curators and large performance groups.

The latter backs projects by songwriters, composers, or artists, bands, producers and performers who are writing their own music or commissioning others.

The next deadline for applications is Monday 6 February. Visit the Foundation’s website to submit an application.

The 33 organisations receiving The Open Fund for Organisations are:

Riverhouse Barn Ltd
Girls I Rate
NMC Recordings
Jazz North East
East Wiltshire Music Centre
Mind the Gap
Enterprise Music Scotland
Attitude is Everything
Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture
BOOK Music & Lyrics
JAM
DMF Digital
Sonic Media Group
Capsule
Rich Mix
Calstock Arts
Presteigne Festival
Docklands Sinfonia
New Diorama Theatre
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Highbury Opera Theatre
Brainchild Festival
Drake Music Scotland
BalletBoyz
Riotous Company Productions
Open Source
Tim and Barry Ltd
Red Note Ensemble Ltd
Born To Be Wide CIC
OneTaste Arts
ERRATICA
Bath Camerata
Manchester Camerata
Drake Music Scotland

The 16 music creators receiving The Open Fund for Music Creators are:

Dominic Murcott
General Roots
Ryan Vail
Sola Akingbola
He Was Eaten By Owls
Jarlath Henderson
The Nightjar – Peter Thomas, Alice Kirby, Jez Anderson, Sarah Ricketts
Zara Nunn
Miles From Kinshasa
Kate Halsall with Galvanize and Fretwork Ensembles
Caro
Raphael Blake
Jobina Tinnemans
David Bednall
Jonathan Guy (NEW Sinfonia), Tim Joy (Golden Fable)
Will Dutta featuring new collaborations with Plaid, Ed Macfarlane, Max de Wardener and Manuel Poletti