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inspiring musicians who I know will help push me to further develop
my compositional craft.”

Peter Garden, Executive Director – Performance and Learning at

Liverpool Philharmonic commented, “We are delighted to award the
Prize to Sam this year. The Rushworth Composition Prize is an
integral part of Liverpool Philharmonic’s long term and wide-ranging
support for emerging talent in the North West.

“I am looking forward to hearing more of Sam’s music over this

next year, culminating in the performance of a new commission by
Ensemble 10:10. We want to thank everyone who put themselves
forward. The standard of entries is always very high, but particularly

this year which is why we have also awarded a special
commendation to Phoenix”.

Previous winners of the Rushworth Composition Prize include
Nneka Cummins’ whose work, 3 Planets premiered at the
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in May 2023, Grace-

Evangeline Mason, who premiered new orchestral work The
Imagined Forest at the 2021 BBC Proms, co-commissioned with the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Carmel Smickersgill,

who was nominated for the Ivors Academy Rising Star Award in
2020.

Image: Sam Kane 2023 Winner of the Rushworth Composition Prize