Offers four x £3,000 commissions. Three of the winning composers will join the Philharmonia's Young Composers Academy, in partnership with the Royal Philharmonic Society, and will be commissioned to write a piece for members of the Philharmonia to be performed as part of the Music of Today Series. They will also attend regular workshops and seminars throughout the year. The fourth winner will receive the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund commission to write a chamber work for the 2011 Cheltenham Festival, plus a workshop and performance of the commissioned piece. Open to composers under the age of 29 who are studying, or have studied at any conservatoire or university in the UK. See RPS website for more details.