https://journalofmusic.com/opinion/why-are-accomplished-irish-composers-applying-composer-lab-0

Composer Lab – a professional development scheme ... should not be a replacement for a proper commissioning policy for emerging and mid-career composers, writes Adrian Smith.

"...everyone gets their piece of the pie: the CMC receive their funding, NSOI players receive their salary, RTÉ Lyric FM gets to broadcast a new piece, but the artist at the centre of it all gets little or nothing."

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Why are Accomplished Irish Composers Applying for Composer Lab?

Composer Lab – a professional development scheme providing composers with the opportunity to write for National Symphony Orchestra Ireland – is now in its eighth year, but it should not be a replacement for a proper commissioning policy for emerging and mid-career composers, writes Adrian Smith.

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