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Deadline: 1st April 2025

📢 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN: Frequencies New Music Residency

Are you a young music creator looking for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform at the Music for Youth Proms at the Royal Albert Hall?  

Whether you're a rapper, jazz musician, singer-songwriter, folk guitarist, composer, arranger, DnB DJ, audiovisual artist, or from any other genre, this is your chance to collaborate with orchestral musicians and a full-scale choir, and bring your music to life on a grand scale. 

The Frequencies New Music Residency is now accepting applications from emerging music creators (artists and arrangers) aged 16-25, based in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, or Wales. Exploring a range of artistic expressions, the residency is a creative challenge that celebrates both orchestral and contemporary genres.  

What You'll Receive

✅ £1,000 bursary to support your participation 

✅ Professional mentoring from industry experts across four key areas: 

  • Songwriting & Artistic Development – Elevate your songwriting, performance, and collaboration skills. 
  • Orchestration & Score Writing – Learn how to arrange for an orchestra and choir using Sibelius, Logic, or Ableton. 
  • Live Performance & Technical Production – Work with our top production team on staging, sound, and lighting. 
  • Music Business & Industry Insights – Gain entrepreneurial skills to support your music career. 

✅ Free rehearsal space 

✅ A performance slot at the Royal Albert Hall during the Music for Youth Proms in November 2025

Who Can Apply? 

🔹 Emerging music creators (artists and arrangers) of all genres and backgrounds 

🔹 Ages 16-25 year olds based in the UK 

🔹 Artists willing to commit to: 

  • Residential writing weekends (May/June) 
  • Online mentoring sessions (1 hour each) 
  • Rehearsals/workshops 

What You'll Do: 

🎼 Work with professional mentors to reimagine and expand your music for orchestral performance. 

🎤 Develop your lyrics, chord progressions, and instrumentation to create a unique musical interpretation. 

🎻 Collaborate with orchestral musicians and a full-scale choir to bring your vision to life. 

🚀 Applications close at 12 noon on 1st April 2025 

Meet our Artists for 2024

Kyle Osbourne

Kyle is a jazz pianist based in London, currently studying at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Although his obsession is traditional jazz, his origins have deep roots in West African mandé music which he played semi-professionally growing up, with tutors from Senegal. He is deeply inspired by very different artists, from Ahmad Jamal and Bill Evans to Kendrick Lamar, Bill Wurtz and Phoebe Bridgers.

Zuc Zoey

Zuc Zoey creates electric music, which combines traditional music and contains some sound design. She started to make music three years ago, and was inspired by Mndsgn, John Hopkins, and Oneohtrix Point. Her future ambition is being a producer who can make the fusion of the electric music with the traditional music.

Hannah Lam

Hannah is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with a background in classical music. Over the past three years, she has composed classical and contemporary concert music. Initially self-taught, she studied for a year at the Junior Royal Academy of Music. Her diverse portfolio includes works for symphony orchestras, large choirs, violin duos, and solo pieces. She draws inspiration from composers like Caroline Shaw and Thomas Ades, blending tradition and innovation in her compositions.

May Payne

May’s debut EP 'Sane', released on September 1, 2023, received strong support from her online fanbase. This indie-folk project explores her experiences with growing up, including sexual assault, mental health, and queer identity. Despite being independently created and promoted, it was featured on Spotify Editorials (Fresh Finds and Fresh Finds Pop), BBC Introducing, Fresh on the Net, and received positive reviews from numerous publications. May’s music is now entering a new era, inspired by Big Thief, Daffo, and Soccer Mommy, characterized by an energizing, bold yet confessional style.

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