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Projects and Awards

The Australian Music Centre manages a range of projects in support of Australian music, ranging from new online initiatives to awards and artist development programs.

To find out more about our programs and initiatives, including the Art Music Awards, Paul Lowin Prizes, MOMENTUM Commissions, and the Ngarra-Burria First Peoples Composers Program, please follow the links below.

See also our historical timeline to find out more about the AMC's activities and services over 45 years.


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MOMENTUM Commissions

The MOMENTUM Commissions provide opportunities for creativity and career sustainability across the art music, jazz, experimental music, and sound art spheres with the generous support of private philanthropists. A new round of commissions has been announced, seeking new works from creators primarily working in jazz and improvised music.

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Art Music Awards

The Art Music Awards are presented each year by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music.

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Paul Lowin Prizes

Held every three years, the Paul Lowin Prizes - the Orchestral Prize ($25,000) and the Song Cycle Prize ($15,000) - are among Australia's richest prizes for music composition. Recipients of the 2022 Paul Lowin Prizes to be announced on Monday 14 November.

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Surrounding Sound - Professional Development Series

Surrounding Sound is a new professional development series from Australian Music Centre, designed to equip you with the skills to be independent and sustainable as a music creator.

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Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address

Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address is an annual forum for ideas relating to the creation and performance of Australian music. Managed by New Music Network from 1999 until 2018, the annual Address is now presented by the Australian Music Centre.

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Ngarra-Burria - First Peoples Composers

Ngarra-Burria is a program that builds bridges for First Peoples musicians to step forward, further develop their composing skills, and connect with the art music sector. The program is delivered by a partnership between Moogahlin Performing Arts, the Australian Music Centre, ANU School of Music, and Ensemble Offspring, with funding support from APRA AMCOS, and in-kind support from EORA College of TAFE.

> Find out more about the program and participating artists.


International Society for Contemporary Music

ISCM World New Music Days

As the Australian Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music, the Australian Music Centre collects submissions from Australian creators for the annual Call for Works to the World New Music Days.

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ClassicalNEXT

Classical:NEXT Fellowships

The Australian Music Centre is an partnering institution for the Classical:NEXT Fellowship program, supporting Australian creators and music industry professinals connect with the global contemporary classical community.

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ECHO

Echo is an online learning platform developed by the AMC, offering new perspectives through our living collection of scores, recordings, education resources and aggregated media. Echo invites secondary school music teachers and students to access dynamic and interactive education resources. Explore a visual snapshot of Australia's evolving music ecosystem and discover the connections that shape art music (encompassing contemporary classical, contemporary jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art) in Australia today.

Echo launched as a 'beta' site with limited content and functionality. At present, Echo offers access to six digital kits and links to four physical kits and senior secondary school instrumental repertoire lists, all of which is contextualised by a subset of data generated from the AMC's database. This evolving database includes information about AMC's Represented and Associate Artists.

> Explore Echo


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Art Music Fund

The Art Music Fund was initiated by APRA AMCOS in recognition of the limited opportunities for art music composers to have their works performed. This program is supported by the Australian Music Centre. For all details, please visit the APRA AMCOS website.


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Publishing

The Australian Music Centre publishes a range of sheet music, books, education kits and recordings.


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