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Get Paid Guide for songwriters and composers launched

Composers Against Buyouts rebranded as Fair Score

This campaign builds on and continues the work of Composers Against Buyouts and will provide even greater opportunities for composers and allies to come together and demand a future where media commissioning is fair for all.

Winners of The Ivors 2023 announced

The Ivors Academy has announced this year's winners, celebrating the very best in songwriting and composing for screen.

Book your tickets for The Other Songs Live at The London Palladium

With special guests include Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jimmy Napes, AR Rahman, Fraser T Smith’s Future Utopia, Shaznay Lewis, Dave Stewart, Guy Garvey, Issey Cross, Rachel Chinouriri, Ruthanne, Rick Nowels, Sunmisola Agbebi and Ren.

ABRSM Composer Mentoring Programme

ABRSM’s composer mentoring programme, Writing for music education, provides emerging composers from diverse backgrounds with opportunities to develop their skills in writing to a brief, both for exam syllabuses and within broader educational contexts. We will be recruiting for our next cohort of six composers shortly, for our 2023/24 programme, which runs from September 2023 – February 2024.

Nominations announced for The Ivors with Amazon Music 2023

Today we announce the nominations for The Ivors 2023 with Amazon Music, recognising and celebrating outstanding songwriters and composers across nine categories.

Nominations open for Ivors Academy Honours

Ivors Academy Honours continue the legacy of the Gold Badge Awards to recognise exceptional people from across the music industry who support music creators.

Acclaimed composers from The Ivors Academy warn of “damaging consequences now and long into the future” if cuts to BBC Singers and Performing Groups go ahead

Over 400 composers and musicians co-signed a letter showing their support for the BBC Singers and performers affected by the proposed cuts, and calling for the BBC to re-think their decision.

The closure of BBC Singers would be “an enormous and irreplaceable loss to the contemporary classical music scene”

Lloyd Coleman, Chair of The Ivors Academy's Classical Council, responds to the announcement