British Academy to award five fellowships

The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ivor Novello Awards next May by awarding five fellowship posts over the next twelve months. These posts are the highest honour the Academy can bestow on a composer or songwriter so to get one you have to be really good - so good, in fact, there are currently only three fellows: Paul McCartney, Malcom Arnold and John Barry. The five new fellowships will be awarded at regular intervals between now and next May.