FAQs | Making Music Awards

1st Subsection: What is the Adopt a Composer scheme and when can I apply?; The Adopt a Composer programme, supported by the PRS for Music Foundation, gives voluntary music groups the opportunity to work closely on a new piece of music with an emerging composer. Composers are drawn from the shortlist of Sound and Music, and are paired with amateur performing groups in membership of Making Music. Each new work is developed by the composer and musicians in partnership over a period of months, culminating in a performance during one of the group's concerts.

Applications from members of Making Music to participate in the programme are requested in May each year. They are now closed for 2010. Composers should contact Sound and Music on 020 7759 1800 or www.soundandmusic.org for further information on taking part.; Link: Find out more

2nd Subsection: When is the deadline for the Award for Young Concert Artists?; Applications for AYCA 2011 will open again in the Autumn this year. Click here to read about the 2010 winners.; Link: Find out more

3rd Subsection: What are the Fox & Hodgson Bursaries?; The Alfreda Hodgson Bursary is awarded to a singer every other year in memory of the celebrated contralto, Alfreda Hodgson. The Bursary is in the region of £400 and should be spent on a specific project or course of training. Candidates should be toward the end of a postgraduate course and intending to follow a performing career. Applications for the Hodgson Bursary will open again in the Autumn this year.

The Raymond Fox Bursary for instrumentalists is also awarded every other year and run in the same way as the Hodgson Bursary.; Link: Find out more

4th Subsection: Which bursary scheme is running this year - The Alfreda Hodgson or Raymond Fox?; The Hodgson award will run in 2011 with The Raymond Fox award to follow in 2012.; Link: Find out more

5th Subsection: Which bursary scheme is running this year - The Alfreda Hodgson or Raymond Fox?; Applicants must be citizens of a member state of the European Community and normally resident in the United Kingdom, over 21 and under 28 years (instrumentalists) and 32 years (singers) of age on and intending to follow a professional music career.; Link: Find out more

1st Related Link: Sir Charles Groves Prizes; These are awarded annually to a Making Music member and professional British musician in recognition of outstanding contributions to British musical life.; Link: Find out more

2nd Related Link: Positive about Equal Opportunities; Making Music's new "positive about equal opportunities" award provides a checklist for your group to use to assess whether there are further steps you could take with regard to equal opportunities.; Link: Find out more

3rd Related Link: Philip & Dorothy Green Composer in Residence; This is a new opportunity for young composers at the beginning of their careers to enable them to be associated with making Music for a period of a year to 18 months.; Link: Find out more

4th Related Link: Philip & Dorothy Green Young Concert Artists Award; This Award enables young musicians to gain vital performance experience and Making Music member groups to programme some of the best young musical talent into their concert season.; Link: Find out more

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