Scottish Awards for New Music 2023
The winners of the Scottish Awards for New Music 2023 will be announced at an awards presentation at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, on Friday 1 September 2023, hosted by Susanna Eastburn MBE. Tickets are on sale https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-awards-for-new-music-tickets-690902246217?aff=oddtdtcreator
The 2023 shortlist are:
The Dorico Award for Small-scale Work, sponsored by Steinberg
Winner: https://www.universaledition.com/david-fennessy-4082, Jack for two unplugged electric guitars
Matthew Grouse, Silberblau
Ruth Morley, Neon Flicker (for solo flute)
Turning the Elements (Joanna Nicholson, Frances Cooper) , No Trees to Whisper
The PRS for Music Award for Large-scale Work
Winner: Aileen Sweeney, Winter
Lisa Robertson, Amidst the rising tides - we rise
Errollyn Wallen, Dido’s Ghost
The Musicians' Union Award for New Music Performer(s)
Winner: Sonic Bothy
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The Other
The ISM Award for New Music Recording
Winner:Martin Suckling, The Tuning
Stuart MacRae, Ursa Minor: Chamber Music
Various Artists, The Night With..., live Volume 2
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Award for New Music Trailblazer
Winner: Kate Molleson
The Award for New Music Project
Winner: Echoes, Drake Music Scotland/Hebrides Ensemble / Ben Lunn
Get Creative, Sound Scotland
Modern Chants, various artists
OVER / At - Rufus Isabel Elliot
The Award for Sonic Art
Winner: Alliyah Enyo, Selkie Tape Loops
Maria Fusco & Olivier Pasquet, Mollspeak
Pete Stollery, Gruyères Bells
The Award for New Music Programme
Unbound Sound
Winner: WATER MUSIC source to sea
If you would like to join us for an inspirational evening celebrating Scotland’s vibrant new music sector, tickets are now on sale via Eventbrite here. Full price tickets cost £15, concessions are also available.
The eight categories have been judged by an international panel of composers, performers,
programmers and music industry experts. The 2023 judging panel were Mathilde Bezard,
Project Manager Classical and Contemporary Music at the Institut Francais, Dr Seán Clancy,
Composer and Senior Lecturer in Music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Jessica
Cottis, Conductor, Maayan Franco, Conductor, Sarah Gee, Chief Executive of Spitalfields
Music, David Kettle, Music Writer and Editor, Tamara Kohler, Chief Executive of
Contemporary Music for All, Alisson Kruusmaa, Composer, Gunnar Karel Másson,
Composer, Graham Mckenzie, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of The HCMF, and Dougie
Scarfe, Chief Executive of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
We would like to thank our award sponsors Dorico Steinberg, PRS for Music, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Independent Society of Musicians, and The Musicians’ Union.
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