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2019 Art Music Awards: finalists
by Australian Music Centre
The 2019 Art Music Awards finalists have been announced after a particularly competitive round, with a record number of nominations in the history of the Awards. The quantity, the quality and the variety of projects and works included makes a powerful statement about the rich range of talent and the sheer volume of creative work by today’s Australian art music practitioners.
2019 Art Music Awards - Barney McAll to curate a live performance program
by Australian Music Centre
Art Music Awards return with a new venue and a new, fitting way to celebrate the diverse and exciting Australian art music community. Details of the 2019 event in Sydney have been announced, with Barney McAll curating the evening's live performance program.
Opportunity: Prelude composer residencies 2020
by Australian Music Centre
Applications are now open for Prelude composer residencies in three Australian cities - Adelaide, Perth and Sydney - in 2020. The aim of the program is to provide long-term residencies (12 months in Sydney and Perth, 9 months in Adelaide) allowing composers to focus on their craft while residing in one of three heritage listed Australian homes. The successful applicants are provided with a stipend of $15,000 (for 12 months, scaled proportionally for shorter residencies).
Australia Council - PPCA recording grants 2019
by Australian Music Centre
Five recipients of this year's PPCA (Phonographic Performance Company of Australia) and Australia Council for the Arts sound recording grants have been announced, with AMC-represented composer-saxophonist Rafael Karlen among them.
Roger Covell (1931-2019)
by Australian Music Centre
Musicologist and critic, Emeritus Professor Roger Covell (2031-2019) has died in Sydney on 4 June at the age of 88.
ISCM World New Music Days 2020 in New Zealand - call for works
by Australian Music Centre
The Composers Association of New Zealand (CANZ) will proudly host the ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music) World New Music Days in Auckland and Christchurch on 21-30 April 2020.
As the Australian section of the ISCM, the Australian Music Centre is looking for works to include in their official submission. The AMC will convene a panel who will select six works for consideration by the ISCM festival jury. At least one work from every official submission will be performed at the festival. Preference will be given to shorter compositions, and to pieces composed after 2012.
Submissions to the Australian section should be sent to the AMC by 9am AEST on Monday 1 July 2019 by email.