Details for the 2010 PRS New Music Award announced

The 2010 instalment of the PRS Foundation's biennial New Music Award, once termed the Turner Prize of the music world, will be welcoming applications from September 10, 2009.

The coveted prize of £50,000 is the most significant financial award available in new music. The sum is awarded by the foundation every other year to a project that is deemed to push musical boundaries. The award money must be used to realise the proposed idea.

Proposals may be submitted by anyone, whether individual, band or organisation. Applications must be submitted by the deadline of January 8, 2010.

Last year's winner was The Fragmented Orchestra, an ambitious project that sought to explore the way the human brain experiences sound. A 'nerve centre' was installed in Liverpool's FACT gallery to receive impulses and signals from various 'nodes' placed in 24 locations nationwide, meaning passers-by from Brighton to Aberdeen could both knowingly and unknowingly contribute sound and music to the ever-evolving, collaborative composition.

The New Music Award is one of many support schemes offered by the PRS Foundation, which is the largest independent funder of new music of all genres.

For more information on the New Music Award and other funding opportunities offered by the PRS Foundation, visit:

www.prsfoundation.co.uk

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