Philip Bates Prize 2010
Birmingham Conservatoire and the Philip Bates Trust would like to invite composers aged 16-25 to submit creative and entertaining new works for the 2010 PHILIP BATES PRIZE FOR COMPOSERS & SONGWRITERS. Submitted works should be for 1 or 2 singers (independent lines) and between 2 and 5 players. Works should of 6-12 minutes’ duration and can be from any genre/background (classical, jazz, rock, Asian etc), but must be suitable for live performance without a conductor. Choice of text at the discretion of the composer.
Short-listed works will be performed on Friday 5 November 2010, 7.30pm in Birmingham Conservatoire's Recital Hall. One of the winning works will be performed again in 2011 in A Touch of Basil, a concert organised by the Philip Bates Trust.
- First Prize: £600
- Second Prize £300
- Audience Prize £100