New Music Plus…
New Music Plus… is a professional development programme which aims to strengthen leadership skills and cross art-form learning amongst organisations and independent producers that want to develop their approach to programming new music.
Developed in partnership with the PRS for Music Foundation, our 2010 North West programme is focused on Manchester and Liverpool. This year, the eight selected producers are working with Band on the Wall, Contact, Cornerhouse and Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, and the Biennial, the Bluecoat, FACT, National Museums of Liverpool, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Tate in Liverpool. Click here to watch a film about the scheme in the North West.
Our NMP…North West producers benefit from:
• A skills based training programme, comprising 7 entirely bespoke day-long sessions
• A creative circle learning network involving both the producers and the organisations
• Mentoring support
• A development bursary, including support for international networking
• A co-production placement with one of our ‘host’ organisations
Our NMP host organisations benefit from:
• The opportunity to work with their ‘resident’ independent producer
• Establishing wider connections with other NMP…producers
• A creative circle learning network involving both the producers and the organisations
• An opportunity to highlight music programming throughout their own organisations
The producers selected to take part in New Music Plus…North West are:
Glenn Boulter, a visual artist, musician and producer; as part of the artist-led organisation Octopus he has produced events such as the FON festival.
Ross Dalziel, the co-director of SoundNetwork, a non-profit organisation supporting emerging sound based artistic practice in the north west of the UK.
Andrew Ellis, who runs Samizdat, has acted as a conduit for new and interesting music in Liverpool for the past five years.
Jonathan Hering, a producer, composer and performer and project manager and active member of the musical collective a.P.A.t.T.
Irfan Hussein, a.k.a. Irfan Rainy, is a DJ/ Producer specialising in Black music.
Matthew Krysko, who combines his behind the scenes roles as producer and project manager with DJing and making things happen at the Warehouse Project.
Ailís Ní Ríain, a composer, sound-artist, producer and playwright, who is working with Cornerhouse.
Steve Symons, a sound artist who creates technology-based sound installations and interventions and is as a member of the award winning Owl Project.
In 2009, the London pilot programme involved eight emerging music producers and the following ‘host’ organisations: the BFI; Big Chill Festival; Longplayer Trust; the Roundhouse; the Serpentine Gallery; Sound and Music, and the South Bank Centre and Tate Britain.
Click here to find out about our 2009 New Music Plus…London producers.