London, Purcell Room: Inscape – the UK and Eire Composition Platform

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The final round of the second ‘Inscape’ competition, brainchild of violinist Adam Summerhayes, took place in the Purcell Room on 27 November 2002. The award structure is three-fold: a jury prize, deliberated over several months from the preliminary entry phase through to the final award; a critics' prize, decided on the night by a panel of four critics who had had access to the seven finalist pieces a week or so beforehand; and an audience prize, made up of an exit poll after the seven finalists had each been played.