Robot composers make PRS Foundation shortlist

I am currently chairing a panel of judges, for the Performing Right Society Foundation award for new music. We've just come up with our shortlist, and it's been extremely hard whittling the proposals down from an initial 16 to five (the eventual winner will receive £50,000 to realise their idea). Among the shortlisted projects are a proposal to use music to describe the movements of the celestial bodies through the universe; a project to "recycle" and manipulate noise; and another to ...

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