Jazz Commission Application Form 2027 -


Jazz Festival Commission Application

Cheltenham Jazz Festival's Parabola Arts Centre (PAC) programme has built a bold reputation for its fearless, adventurous programming, offering artists a space to be completely unbound in their creative vision. To celebrate the creation of new and adventurous music, we created the Tony Dudley Evans Commission. The commission is in recognition of both Tony's and Cheltenham’s commitment to supporting music creators who are bold in their vision. So far, the commission has enabled four major UK artists, Laura Jurd, Piera Onacko working with Cassie Kinoshi and Nathan England-Jones, Olivia Murphy and Yazz Ahmed, to create important new work premiered as part of the Festival’s PAC programme. 
 
We are now looking for the next artist to commission to continue this musical legacy. The commission will be premiered as part of the programme in the Parabola Arts Centre. 
 

What We Are Looking For
 
We want to commission a musician working in the broad space of Jazz to produce a new piece of music that will be performed in our 2027 PAC Festival Programme. We are looking for bold ideas, new sounds that inspire and excite.  
 
The piece should be 1hr in total and should be in a format where it can be performed live on stage to our Festival audience. The piece should be original work and should not be an existing project. 
 
Musicians wishing to apply should be UK-based and should have had at least three years' professional experience.
 
To apply, please submit the following information.

Timeline:


Monday 26 October - Artist call-out for commission opens

Monday 16 November - Artist call-out for commission closes

Monday 30 November - Announce chosen artist

Artist/Band Name
Contact First Name
Last Name
Email
Pronouns
Idea Summary
Budget Outline
Audio Example of Proposed Work
(MAX SIZE 500MB)
Musician CV
(MAX SIZE 5MB)
Let us know what you've been up to over the last 3 years.
Link(s) to Past Work
Website / Social Media Links