2016 PBS Young Elder of Jazz Commission

This is the final week to enter the PBS Young Elder of Jazz Commission – applications close 5pm this Friday!

PBS, in association with the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, is delighted to announce the fifth year of the PBS Young Elder of Jazz Commission.

The Commission will award a Victorian Jazz composer/performer $10,000 for the creation and presentation of a new work to be broadcast on PBS and performed exclusively at the 2016 Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF).

Applications are open until 5pm Friday 30th October 2015.

The aim of the Commission is provide support for composers at a pivotal point in their career, and to encourage creative flair and distinction in the jazz idiom. The PBS Young Elder of Jazz Commission is an initiation of PBS 106.7FM, in association with the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and is generously supported by Mark Newman.

Listen back to "Māyā" by Gian Slater, presented by PBS and The Melb Int Jazz Festival-2015.

Part One (Dur. 25:50)

Listen back to "The Agony of Knowledge" by Tilman Robinson, presented by PBS and The Melb Int Jazz Festival-2014.

For more information please contact Con Kalamaras at con@pbsfm.org.au