Changing Gear is Yorkshire Sound Women Network’s new programme offering emerging music creators based in Yorkshire and the Humber commissions, equipment and support to develop and perform exciting new works.
In the first year, three women and minority gender creators working across a range of genres will be selected to compose and perform new music inspired by electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of her birth in 2025.
If you are selected, you will be commissioned to create a new piece of electronic (or primarily electronic but featuring vocals and/or other instruments) music that takes inspiration from the life, work and legacy of Daphne Oram. This might involve exploring the sonic technology that she used and developed, her achievements with the BBC Radiophonic workshop and as a solo composer, her ideas around how humans interact with sound – or any other angle that sparks your creativity.
You will receive a fee of £1,400 for your participation in the programme – including time developing, composing and performing your piece, as well as receiving mentoring.
Changing Gear is open to women (cis or trans) and people of minority genders aged 18 and over, based in Yorkshire and the Humber. We want to encourage applications from the Bradford postcode area and one of the three places will be reserved for Bradford creators. We particularly welcome applications from those of the global majority and Disabled people. An access fund is available to support successful Disabled applicants.
As a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL, we will target this opportunity at emerging creators. You will probably already be making your own electronic music in any genre, perhaps at home, but it won’t yet have been widely performed in a professional context. Or maybe you primarily create using acoustic instruments or vocals but have some experience of electronic music and want to develop those skills further with support from your mentor.
We aim to work with a diverse group of music creators whose work may encompass genres such as electronica, contemporary classical, urban, jazz and experimental musics.
To read the full callout and apply, visit here: https://yorkshiresoundwomen.com/changing-gear-call-for-music-creators.
The closing date is 11.59pm on Tuesday 10 September 2024.