Applications are open for the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award, which supports emerging jazz artists or groups with the creativity and ambition to build a career in music.
Since starting in 1990, the award has become a prestigious and influential annual fixture in the jazz calendar. Previous winners have included Scottish band Square One, pianist-composer Errollyn Wallen and saxophonists Paul Towndrow, Soweto Kinch and Xhosa Cole.
One awardee will receive £5,000 in financial support for work that can include recording new material, undertaking a period of mentoring or promotional activity. The same awardee will receive one-to-one business advice, delivered via experienced music industry professionals.
A further £5,000 will ve distributed between musicians demonstrating the potential to make an impact in the scene. Those musicians will also receive one-to-one business advice.
Applicants must be aged eighteen or over and at a point in their careers where they can demonstrate how support from the award will help to develop their music and careers.
Musicians from all walks of life are welcome to apply, particularly those currently underrepresented in jazz such as women, people with disabilities, and individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds.
More information on how to apply is available here