Three new funding opportunities were recently launched by APRA AMCOS to provide much-needed support for classical, jazz and experimental composers. The largest of these is the Art Music Fund, a multi-faceted package that will dovetail into existing initiatives as well as create innovative programs to address the decline in local art music content. In the…
Last night APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre announced the winners of the 2015 Art Music Awards in a ceremony held at the City Recital Hall in Sydney. The awards recognise the achievement and creative success of composers, performers and practitioners in contemporary art music, jazz and experimental music. The award for the Orchestral Work of the Year…
The 2015 APRA/AMCOS Art Music Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music has been given to composer, pianist and scholar Larry Sitsky AM for his “significant and enduring contribution to Australian music.” The award will be made at the 2015 Art Music Awards ceremony on Tuesday 11 August. The recipient of the Distinguished Services to Australian Music award is…