Holly Moore - Prelude

NOMINATION: Work of the Year - Jazz

NOMINATION: Work of the Year - Jazz

For an original Jazz work of any instrumentation, including improvisatory composition. A work is defined as a single complete musical composition, or expression. This includes music with movements or sub-works (i.e. song cycles), installations, and real-time compositions (improvised music).

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Nominee

Holly Moore

Title of the work

Prelude

Performer

Holly Moore Quintet

Performance Date

11/12/2024

Venue

Album Title - Flood

Nominator Statement
Holly Moores Prelude encapsulates the essence of the music off her 2024 album Flood. It demonstrates her careful consideration of space, texture and melody and establishes the reflective mood of the album. Prelude is the perfect vehicle for Holly to display her beautiful saxophone sound and she artfully weaves an improvisation through the chorale horn pads. Holly is a particularly hard working and dedicated creative musician in Melbourne whos always developing and presenting new music. She is most deserving of the Apra Art Music Award in Jazz.

Additional nominator statement:
This piece demonstrates everything that makes Australian Jazz and improvised music fantastic. The composition is harmonically very advanced while still providing the composer/soloist with a strong impetus for improvisation. The voicings match the performers unique sounds perfectly and creae an open, cinematic soundscape.

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