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Ivors Academy members elect new Senate to champion songwriters and composers at the heart of its governance
The Ivors Academy has announced the election of 40 songwriters and composers to its Senate.
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.
First emerging artists join new creative development programme, Inside Track, with Ivor winner Cassell The Beatmaker
Four music creators currently without financial backing, Alfie Neale, Cara Crosby-Irons, LOZ, Aaliyah Jasz are the first group to join Inside Track, a year-long, fully funded mentoring and development programme.
David Ferguson’s legacy
During Ivors Week the David Ferguson lecture explored music and climate change with Brian Eno, Prof Brian Cox, Dr Tamsin Edwards and Hannah Peel. Composer Alfons Karabuda reflects on David's legacy.
The Ivors Academy publishes its first annual gender and ethnicity pay gap report
The report includes an action plan to review staff recruitment, development and support for leadership skills.
Membership changes to welcome more music creators
We've made some changes to our membership eligibility criteria so that more people can be part of The Ivors Academy.
Member Spotlight: Xia Leon Sloane
For our August edition of the member spotlight, we speak to Xia Leon Sloane – a young yet already accomplished composer, about the premier performance of their composition ‘In pearls of æther’ at the Cheltenham music festival.
Member Spotlight: IMOGEN
In our new member spotlight series, we speak to songwriter and Academy member 'IMOGEN' about her latest single release and influences.
The Ivors Academy achieves gender balance on its Boards
For the first time in its history, The Ivors Academy has equal gender representation on both its Academy and Trust Board.
