Scottish Awards for New Music 2017
The first Scottish Awards for New Music happened on the 8th March 2017 in Drygate Brewery, Glasgow.
There were over a hundred and eighty nominations submitted by artists, audience members and the general public, reinforcing the depth and breadth of new music activity in Scotland. Nominations ranged from amateur musicians and emerging artists, to major organisations and household names and covered a wide-range of new music.
The winners and shortlisted nominations for the Scottish Awards for New Music 2017 are:
Dorico Award for Small/medium Scale Work sponsored by Steinberg
Winner - Panopticon – David Fennessy
Flicker – Claire McCue
The Iris Murders – Alasdair Nicolson (with libretto by John Gallas)
Large Scale Work sponsored by PRS for Music
Winner - Two Eardley Pictures: Catterline in Winter and Snow – Helen Grime
Piano Concerto – Martin Suckling
The Devil Inside – Stuart MacRae (with libretto by Louise Welsh)
Holiday Inn Award for Sound Art / Electroacoustic Work
Winner - SOURCEMOUTH : LIQUIDBODY – Hanna Tuulikki
Mechanical – Timothy Cooper
Pipeline – Pete Stollery
Winner - Songs and Lullabies – Robert Irvine (Delphian)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Award for Community / Education Project
Winner - Wagner’s School of Cool – Drake Music Scotland and Lewis Forbes
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Award for Achievement in New Music
Ilan Volkov and Alasdair Campbell
sound
Help Musicians UK Award for New Music Performers of the Year
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
MacGillivray
Robert Irvine
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