Supporting emerging jazz musicians with £5,000 towards their career plans
The Peter Whittingham Jazz Award supports emerging jazz artists or groups with the creativity and ambition to build a career in music.
Since starting in 1990, it has become a prestigious and influential award, with previous winners including Xhosa Cole, Soweto Kinch, Errollyn Wallen and Roller Trio.
Awardees receive:
Development Awards
An additional £5,000 is also distributed between applicants demonstrating potential to make an impact in the scene. Successful applicants will also receive one-to-one business advice.
Fancy yourself as a presenter? The BRITs are looking for new talent!
We are on the hunt for budding presenters aged 18 or over and living in the UK to host our brand-new video series, The BRITs POV!
This dynamic and engaging series will dive into the latest news in the world of pop culture, bringing BRITs fans the hottest updates and most exciting stories.
As a host of The BRITs POV, you’ll be at the forefront of music and pop culture, able to tell stories that you’re passionate about in a compelling way that stands out on social feeds. This is more than just a presenting role; it’s a unique opportunity to become a trusted voice in showbiz news and connect with an audience that lives and breathes pop culture.
All entries must be submitted by 23:59 BST on September 18th 2024. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to turn your presenting dreams into reality. Enter now and take the first step towards an exciting and glamorous career with The BRITs!
One Pound CoffeeHouse
This course explores the key skills needed to write strong applications and effectively communicate about your work to successfully achieve funding from Trusts and Foundations. As we see increased competition in fundraising from Trusts and Foundations, there has never been a more important time to learn how to communicate your story to funders and stand out from the crowd.
This course will give you the foundational skills and knowledge to approach Trusts and Foundations, with useful guidance on how to ‘make the case’ and generate ideas that maximise the potential of the support. We’ll examine useful language tips to strengthen proposals, how to budget your work, the potential of AI in developing proposals, and how to incorporate effective evaluation that produces impact assessment. We’ll also cover how Trusts and Foundations assess proposals and methods to research potential funders – please note that this course will not cover applications to Arts Council England or other statutory bodies.
The sessions will use practical exercises to help reinforce your learning and you are asked to come prepared with a project in mind that requires funds.
This course will be delivered virtually via Zoom in two 3-hour sessions, taking place on Thursday 5 December 2024 from 10am-1pm and Thursday 12 December 2024 from 10am-1pm. It is necessary to attend both sessions to complete the full training.
This course is priced at £75+VAT in total for both sessions.
A concession rate of £50+VAT is available to Freelancers, Sector Partner Members, Charities and Arts Organisations with an annual turnover of £500,000 or less.
A free podcast for aspiring and beginner actors and artists. Resilience for Stage Ready, Mind Ready Artists. Inspiring interviews with successful and diverse actors and artists exploring how they maintain positive mental wellbeing and resilience through the highs and lows of their career.
Expect:
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Direct link: www.actingstrong.com
Created by Generation Arts and sponsored by Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Italia Conti’s MA Creative Arts Education programme is designed to nurture and develop innovative and individual teachers and practitioners, who embody and apply specialist skills and techniques supported by grounded knowledge of industry practices, contexts, and the emerging requirements that empower graduates for a sustainable career in various educational contexts including further education, higher education and conservatoire-style drama schools.
The programme is validated by the University of Chichester. Full government funding is available through Postgraduate funding for Home students.
