The Seed Award is an annual award, given to all shortlisted applicants for our New Voices programme.
All applicants to New Voices are shortlisted by both an internal and external panel, and all composers who reach the second stage of the application process and participate in an interview will receive the Seed Award.
There is no separate application process, and the award is announced annually at the same time as the New Voices composers are announced.
How does it work?
The Seed Award is a small targeted package of support, including coaching sessions and a small financial contribution to support the research and development of a particular project.
Artists will receive:
- £100 contribution to support the research and development of a particular project
- A coaching session with an accredited coach
- Two strategic thinking sessions with our team
For more information about coaching, you can read our Coaching and Mentoring Toolkit.
How do I apply?
This award is only open to applicants for New Voices - there is no separate application process.
If you have been shortlisted for the New Voices programme and have been offered an interview, you will automatically be eligible for a Seed Award.
You can read more about the eligibility and selection criteria for New Voices, as well as the application process, on the New Voices application page.
2020
The following composers received the Seed Award in 2020:
Amy Beeston
Kim Carnie
Leon Clowes
Aaron Diaz
Kathy Hinde
Cassie Kinoshi
Jack McNeill
Kim Moore
Neil Smith
2019
The following composers received the Seed Award in 2019:
Andre Borges
Olie Brice
Laura Campbell
Cameron Dodds
Kassia Flux
Una Lee
Ben Lunn
Daniel Potter (Warsnare)
Ana Quiroga
Emmanuelle Waeckerle
Bex Burch is the band leader of Vula Viel, a trio consisting of Ruth Goller on bass and Jim Hart on drums. She is a percussionist with a classical training at the Guildhall School of Music.
Writer-performer-artist asking questions and offering playful and poetic creative resistances internationally and virtually
Emily Levy is a British singer and composer with musical influences that range from medieval to classical, folk to jazz. She works closely with the voice and sound design and is particularly interested in blurring boundaries between both stylistic genres and electro acoustic writing.
Jamie Hamilton is a composer, performer and technologist. He combines sound, multimedia, technology, words and acoustic phenomena to explore ways in which sound can be a vehicle for stories about technology and belief.
See also
This award is a small-scale grant to help composers get their new work to the next stage. It can be used for making one-off purchases of materials, studio time, software or courses.
This annual award is given to a UK-based composer for an outstanding new work created through one of our artist development programmes.
Read more about our George Butterworth Award and meet the recipients
New Voices is an 18-month programme that supports composers at pivotal stages of their careers to explore new ideas, new sounds and new music, including mentoring and financial grant.