Winners of the Music Mentorship in partnership with the culturetech festival
PRS For Music and IMRO announce winners of the Music Mentorship in partnership with the culturetech festival
PRS for Music and the Irish Rights Music Organisation IMRO have today announced the winners of the Media Writing Mentorship which will take place during this years’ CultureTECH festival. The mentorship is being delivered in partnership with CultureTECH, the annual digital festival in Derry-Londonderry.
PRS for Music and IMRO have chosen 12 songwriters and composers to come together to compose pieces of music that will soundtrack a TV documentary and animation title sequence. The final composition will be shown at the CultureTECH Festival on 12 September as part of the festival programme.
The recipients are:
- Pete McCauley
- Shauna Tohill
- Martin Byrne
- Katie Richardson
- Adam Montgomery
- Yumi Mashiki
- Mark Hennessey
- Larry Hogan
- Louise Heaney
- Doug Sheridan
- Emmett Cooke
- Paul Campbell
The Mentorship seeks to promote new repertoire as well as to show songwriters and composers that other opportunities exists for them outside traditional song writing.
This is going to be a great addition to our festival line-up. It’s an absolute pleasure to be working with PRS for Music and IMRO, and I anticipate fantastic output from both their memberships, which are bursting with talent. The final showcase event is going to form part of our great music line-up, and I’m sure it’s going to showcase some interesting ideas.
I'm absolutely delighted as this is a great opportunity to get some hands on experience in writing to a brief. I have some experience in this already, but can't wait to start the mentorship programme so I can take my skills to the next level.
I am really pleased to have won the place and am looking forward to working with some new musicians on a cool project like this! It will be a fantastic opportunity to network and experience something new.
For more information about the PRS for Music and IMRO Media Mentorship is available at www.culturetech.co
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Notes for editors
IMRO
The Irish Music Rights Organisation is a national organisation that administers the performing right in copyright music in Ireland on behalf of its members (who are songwriters, composers and music publishers) and on behalf of the songwriters, composers and music publishers of the international overseas societies that are affiliated to it
Website: www.imro.ie
Facebook: www.facebook.com/imro.ireland
Twitter: twitter.com/IMROireland
CultureTECH
CultureTECH is a week-long festival of digital technology, media and music which takes place in Derry-Londonderry this September. Now in its second year, the festival will deliver over 100 events - from conferences to workshops and games tournaments to live music gigs - to a total estimated audience of 30,000 people. CultureTECH also produces a year-round programme of innovative projects designed to ignite conversations and collaborations at the crossroads of arts, culture and technology.
Website: www.culturetech.co
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CultureTechFest
Twitter: twitter.com/culturetechfest
Contacts
For information regarding CultureTECH, please contact:
Connor Doherty Marketing and Partnerships 02871 262379 / 077208 40186 / connor@culturetech.co
About PRS for Music
PRS for Music is a world-leading music collective management organisation representing the rights of more than 165,000 talented songwriters, composers and music publishers around the globe. Headquartered in the UK, it works diligently on behalf of its members to grow and protect the value of their rights. With a focus on innovation and integrity, PRS for Music is redefining the global standard for music royalties to ensure creators are paid whenever their musical compositions and songs are streamed, downloaded, broadcast, performed and played in public. In 2022, PRS for Music collected £964m and paid out £836.2m in royalties. prsformusic.com
