About the Prize
The Launchpad Prize was an idea that began as a desire to help young musicians in some significant way. With our limited financial resources it was difficult to come up with something that would make enough of a difference to make it worthwhile. The idea of sponsoring a prize at one of the UK music colleges was something we just couldn’t afford, and we also felt that we’d like to be able to offer something to more than just one college and be a little more ‘hands on’. We eventually decided that we would assist one predominantly final year wind ensemble from each of the major UK music colleges to launch themselves onto the professional circuit.
First awarded in 2009, the Launchpad Prize consists of practical help, including:
a substantial JEWM music voucher; dedicated space on the JEWM website; publicity at any time through our online media channels (JEWM blog, Twitter, Facebook etc); editorial coverage wherever possible; unlimited free advertising flyers in JEWM music orders in order to publicise themselves; exclusive access to the JEWM shop with use of all music and facilities; complimentary copies of any existing and future Emerson Edition publications which fit their instrumental line-up, and anything else we can think of.
The Winners!
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Seren Winds
Trinity College of Music
The Risatina Quintet
Royal College of Music
Hestia Saxophone Quartet
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Elysium Brass
Profiles of each of this year's winners will appear on this blog over the coming weeks...
