Society for the Promotion of New Music
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The Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM) was founded in London
in 1943 with the intention of promoting the creation, performance and appreciation of new music. It was a membership organization which sought to find the best new composers and to help support their careers, especially in the UK.
As of May 2009, the SPNM merged with the British Music Information Centre (BMIC), the Contemporary Music Network and the Sonic Arts Network to create a new organisation to promote contemporary Music in the UK called Sound and Music
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The SPNM awarded the annual Butterworth Prize for music composition (There are also Butterworth Prizes for Law and for Literature).
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in 1943 with the intention of promoting the creation, performance and appreciation of new music. It was a membership organization which sought to find the best new composers and to help support their careers, especially in the UK.
As of May 2009, the SPNM merged with the British Music Information Centre (BMIC), the Contemporary Music Network and the Sonic Arts Network to create a new organisation to promote contemporary Music in the UK called Sound and Music
Sound and Music
Sound and Music is a development agency promoting and supporting contemporary music in the United Kingdom. It was established in 2008 from the merger of four existing bodies working in the contemporary music field: the Society for the Promotion of New Music, the British Music Information Centre,...
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The SPNM awarded the annual Butterworth Prize for music composition (There are also Butterworth Prizes for Law and for Literature).
Winners of the Butterworth Prize for Composition
- Cameron Sinclair (composer)Cameron Sinclair (composer)Cameron Sinclair is a Scottish composer and percussionist based in London, England. In 2004 he was nominated for a British Composer Award for The Secret of the Universe....
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