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26 July 2022

Art Music Awards 2022: Finalists Announced


Art Music Awards 2022: Finalists Announced

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2022 Art Music Awards, to be held on Wednesday 31 August at the Meat Market, North Melbourne.

The Art Music Awards celebrate a diverse range of individuals and organisations in the Australian music community, recognising excellence among Australia's finest composers and performers in contemporary classical, jazz, and experimental music.

The quality of nominated artists and projects is a testament to not only the talent, but also the openness to collaboration as demonstrated by art music practitioners in Australia. Notably, this year's finalists illustrate the impact of the global pandemic and the climate emergency on our musical culture.

One of the major awards of the evening, the shortlist for Work of the Year - Large Ensemble is largely dominated by female composers. Finalists include: Anne Cawrse's The Rest is Silence, premiered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Michael Pisani; Olivia Davies's Stratus, premiered by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Fiona Hill's Śūnyatā, premiered by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; and Paul Dean's Symphony No.1 "Black Summer", premiered by the Australian World Orchestra, a reflection of climate disaster amidst the peak of a global pandemic.

The shortlist for Work of the Year - Choral includes two works featuring texts by First Nations artist and poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal: Joseph Twist's An Australian Song Cycle and Paul Stanhope's Requiem. Anne Cawrse earns a second nomination this year for A Gathering, and Brenton Broadstock receives a nomination for Pandemic, mvt.6 of "Shadow and Hope - Cantata from Six Continents in the Age of Pandemic".

The Work of the Year - Dramatic shortlist includes: Australia's second ever Indigenous opera, Deborah Cheetham AO's Parrwang Lifts the Sky; Huw Belling's Janáček-inspired Fumeblind Oracle; Jane Sheldon's Poem for a Dried Up River; and Ekrem Eli Phoenix's The Pulse.

Finalists for Work of the Year - Jazz include: Gian Slater's Grey is Ground album; Hand to Earth, a collaboration between Aviva Endean, Sunny Kim, Peter Knight, Daniel Wilfred and David Wilfred; I Hold the Lion's Paw's work Lost in Place,; and Benjamin Shannon's track See You Round the Traps (Milton Man Gogh).

Shortlisted for Work of the Year - Chamber Music are: Natalie Williams's Black Summer String Quartet (An Homage to Australia's Bushfire History), performed by the Australian String Quartet; Tristan's Coelho's Hokusai Mixtape; Rishin Singh's mewl infans; and Bree van Reyk's threaded in amongst the infinite threading, performed by Genevieve Lacey and Marshall McGuire.

Mindy Meng Wang and Carolyn Schofield are finalists in the Work of the Year - Electroacoustic/Sound Art category for their work, Undercurrent 暗涌, marking a second nomination in the category for Wang two years running. Other finalists in this category include Sia Ahmad (Depth Disintegration), Erkki Veltheim (Effigy, for viola and electronics), and Tim Bruniges, Julian Day, and Matt McGuigan (VERY FAST & VERY FAR).

The shortlist for Performance of the Year - Jazz/Improvised Music includes: Jeremy Rose & The Earshift Orchestra with Simon Barker and Chloe Kim for Disruption! The Voice of Drums (Jeremy Rose, Simon Barker and Chloe Kim); Pat Jaffe, Callum Mintzis and ensemble for A Sanctuary of Quietude (Pat Jaffe and Callum Mintzis); a collaboration between the Vanessa Perica Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the performance of Love is a Temporary Madness, The Symphonic Suite (Perica); and ZÖJ Live at Melbourne Recital Centre (Gelareh Pour and Brian O'Dwyer).

The Performance of the Year - Notated Composition shortlist consists of: Rachael Dease and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra with Voyces for the performance of Hymn for End Times (Dease); Andrew Haveron and Simon Tedeschi's performance of Machine Codes (Paul Stanhope); Andrew Blanch and Ensemble Offspring's performance of Tipping Point (Felicity Wilcox); and a collaboration between Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australian Art Orchestra, Paul Grabowsky AO, Daniel Wilfred, David Wilfred and conductor Benjamin Northey for Wata (Paul Grabowsky AO, Daniel Wilfred and David Wilfred).

The Award for Excellence in Music Education finalists are: Honeybee Creative; Musica Viva's wide-reaching Musica Viva In Schools program; Speak Percussion's innovative Sounds Unheard program; and Tim Nikolsky, for his leadership, connection, and contribution to the music education community.

The Award for Excellence in a Regional Area returns in 2022 celebrating the presentation and engagement of art music within regional communities. This year's finalists are: Andrew Veivers (QLD); Camerata, Queensland's Chamber Orchestra (QLD); Fred Cole (NSW); and Tura New Music and Marrugeku (WA).

Shortlisted for the Award for Excellence in Experimental Music are: ADSR Zine for their work in exhibiting, showcasing and presenting an online catalogue of publications, Hand to Earth for their work in composition, recording, release and performance of new music; Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) for community engagement and education in electronic music; and Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey for their ongoing project Witness Stand.

The 2022 Art Music Awards ceremony on Wednesday 31 August will also include the presentation of the Luminary Awards, recognizing the sustained contributions to Australian art music by individuals and organisations around the country. There are no shortlists for these categories. The Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music will also be presented to a single recipient, an honor determined by the APRA Board of Directors.


Art Music Awards 2022 Finalists

Work of the Year- Choral

Title: A Gathering

Composer: Anne Cawrse

Text: Anne Cawrse and Paul Hetherington

Performer: Adelaide Chamber Singers

Title: An Australian Song Cycle

Composer: Joseph Twist

Text: Henry Lawson, Michael Leunig, Judith McKinney Les Murray, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, A.B. Patterson, Peter Skrzynecki, Jack Twist, Judith Wright

Performer: Sydney Chamber Choir, Jem Harding, piano, Anthea Cottee, cello, and Sam Allchurch, conductor

Title: Pandemic, mvt.6 of "Shadow and Hope - Cantata from Six Continents in the Age of Pandemic"

Composer: Brenton Broadstock

Performer: Quartet Berlin-Tokyo, Theodor Schüz Ensemble, and Philipp Amelung, artistic director

Title: Requiem

Composer: Paul Stanhope

Text: Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Neela Nath Das, Mary Elizabeth Frye, and Emily Dickinson

Performer: Sydney Chamber Choir


Work of the Year - Dramatic

Title: Fumeblind Oracle

Composer: Huw Belling

Text: Pierce Wilcox

Performer: Jessica O'Donoghue, Jack Symonds, and Sydney Chamber Opera

Title: Parrwang Lifts the Sky

Composer: Deborah Cheetham AO

Performer: Victorian Opera and Short Black Opera

Title: Poem for a Dried Up River

Composer: Jane Sheldon

Text: Alice Oswald

Performer: Sydney Chamber Opera

Title: The Pulse

Composer: Ekrem Eli Phoenix

Performer: Aurora (Young Adelaide Voices), and Christie Anderson, conductor/vocal soloist


Work of the Year - Jazz

Title: Grey Is Ground Album

Composer: Gian Slater

Performer: Gian Slater

Title: Hand to Earth

Composer: Aviva Endean, Sunny Kim, Peter Knight, Daniel Wilfred and David Wilfred

Performer: Hand to Earth

Title: Lost in Place

Composer: I Hold the Lion's Paw

Performer: I Hold the Lion's Paw

Title: See You Round The Traps

Composer: Benjamin Shannon

Performer: Milton Man Gogh


Work of the Year - Large Ensemble

Title: The Rest is Silence

Composer: Anne Cawrse

Performer: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Pisani, cor anglais, and Nicholas Carter, conductor

Title: Stratus

Composer: Olivia Davies

Performer: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and Asher Fisch, conductor

Title: Śūnyatā

Composer: Fiona Hill

Performer: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Simon Reade, conductor

Title: Symphony No 1 "Black Summer"

Composer: Paul Dean

Performer: Australian World Orchestra


Work of the Year- Chamber Music

Title: Black Summer String Quartet (an Homage to Australia's Bushfire History)

Composer: Natalie Williams

Performer: The Australian String Quartet

Title: Hokusai Mixtape

Composer: Tristan Coelho

Performer: Jonathan Henderson, James Wannan, Emily Granger, and Tristan Coelho

Title: mewl infans

Composer: Rishin Singh

Performer: Martin Sturm

Title: threaded in amongst the infinite threading

Composer: Bree van Reyk

Performer: Genevieve Lacey and Marshall McGuire


Work of the Year- Electroacoustic/Sound Art

Title: Depth Disintegration

Composer: Sia Ahmad

Performer: Benjamin Anderson

Title: Effigy, for viola and electronics

Composer: Erkki Veltheim

Performer: Erkki Veltheim
Publisher: Sony Music Publishing Australia obo SFM Publishing

Title: Undercurrent 暗涌

Composer: Carolyn Schofield and Mindy Meng Wang

Performer: Fia Fiell (Carolyn Schofield) and Mindy Meng Wang

Title: VERY FAST & VERY FAR

Composer: Tim Bruniges, Julian Day, and Matt McGuigan

Performer: Tim Bruniges, Julian Day, and Matt McGuigan


Performance of the Year - Jazz/Improvised Music

Performer: Jeremy Rose & The Earshift Orchestra featuring Simon Barker and Chloe Kim

Title: Disruption! The Voice of Drums

Composer: Jeremy Rose*, Simon Barker and Chloe Kim

Publisher: Origin Music Publishing*

Performer: Pat Jaffe, Callum Mintzis and ensemble

Title: A Sanctuary of Quietude

Composer: Pat Jaffe and Callum Mintzis

Performer: Vanessa Perica Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Benjamin Northey

Title: Love is a Temporary Madness, The Symphonic Suite

Composer: Vanessa Perica

Performer: ZÖJ

Title: ZÖJ Live at Melbourne Recital Centre

Composer: Gelareh Pour and Brian O'Dwyer


Performance of the Year - Notated Composition

Performer: Rachael Dease and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra with Voyces

Title: Hymns for End Times

Composer: Rachael Dease

Performer: Andrew Haveron and Simon Tedeschi

Title: Machine Codes

Composer: Paul Stanhope

Performer: Andrew Blanch and Ensemble Offspring

Title: Tipping Point

Composer: Felicity Wilcox

Performer: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australian Art Orchestra, Paul Grabowsky AO, Daniel Wilfred, David Wilfred, Conducted by Benjamin Northey

Title: Wata

Composer: Paul Grabowsky AO*, Daniel Wilfred, and David Wilfred

Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing ono Air Edel Associates*


Award for Excellence in Music Education

  • Honeybee Creative for teaching neurologically diverse people music skills, song writing and recording projects, in the Sunshine Coast and Gympie regions of Queensland, culminating a number of major public performances.
  • Musica Viva for Musica Viva In Schools
  • Speak Percussion for Sounds Unheard
  • Tim Nikolsky for activity - leadership, connecting, contribution


Award for Excellence in a Regional Area

  • Andrew Veivers for 2021 recording and release of 'People Puppets Fire Volume 1'
  • Camerata, Queensland's Chamber Orchestra for Camerata's 2021 Emerging Composer Commission in Winton
  • Fred Cole for composition for "O, How I Dreamt of Things Impossible" Dance Theatre work, Northern Rivers Performing Arts
  • Tura New Music and Marrugeku for Sonus3 Program and Tour


Award for Excellence in Experimental Music

  • ADSR Zine for 2021 activities including exhibition, showcase and online catalogue of publications
  • Hand to Earth for composition, recording, release, and performance of new music
  • Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) for education, engagement, facilitation
  • Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey for ongoing project Witness Stand

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