APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre congratulate all winners and finalists of the 2024 Art Music Awards.
Follow the links below to find out more about the artists and the works in the AMC online catalogue.
Work of the Year: Choral
Title: | Earth Shaped Hearts |
Composer: | Juliana Kay with Bridget Bourne |
Performer: | Alta Collective and Bridget Bourne |
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Performer: | One Equal Music and The Australian Voices |
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Performer: | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Trinity College Melbourne, Mia Robinson, Joseph Nolan, Mel Gibson-narrator, Benjamin Northey-conductor, and Christopher Watson-choral director |
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Performer: | Winchester Cathedral Combined Choir |
Work of the Year: Dramatic
Title: | Margaret and the Grey Mare |
Composer: | Sally Whitwell |
Artist: | Katy B Plummer |
Performer: | Margaret Plummer, Michael Honeyman, Katy B Plummer, Sarah Jessica Carpark, Freya Schack-Arnott, Sally Whitwell |
Cinematographer: | Kuba Dorabialski |
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Performer: | New York City Ballet |
Title: | The Journey Down |
Composer: | Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Griffiths, Preben Ningarmarra, Tristen Parr, and Vanessa Tomlinson |
Performer: | Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Griffiths, Preben Ningarmarra, Tristen Parr, and Vanessa Tomlinson |
Title: | The Nervous Atmosphere: A Chamber Made work by Zoë Barry |
Composer: | Zoë Barry |
Performer: | Zoë Barry |
Work of the Year: Jazz
Title: | Ephemeral Echoes |
Composer: | Linda May Han Oh |
Performers: | Linda May Han Oh, Fabian Almazan, Lucy Birkinshaw, Steve Richter, Iain Robbie, Ben Vanderwal, and Genevieve Wilkins |
Title: | Mokuy |
Composer: | Aviva Endean, Sunny Kim, Peter Knight, Daniel Wilfred, and David Wilfred |
Performer: | Hand to Earth |
Title: | A Pinky Promise |
Composer: | Cheryl Durongpisitkul |
Performer: | Monash Art Ensemble |
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Work of the Year: Large Ensemble
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Performer: | Aura Go, Emma McGrath, Tilman Robinson, and Musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music |
Publisher: | Hal Leonard Australia |
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Performer: | New York Staff Band |
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Performer: | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Dale Barltrop, Rachael Tobin, and Chloé van Soeterstède-conductor |
Publisher: | Concord ANZ |
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Performer: | Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson-conductor |
Work of the Year: Chamber Music
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Performer: | Carla Blackwood, Miranda Hill, Ben Opie, and Melina Van Leeuwen |
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Performer: | Omega Ensemble |
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Performer: | Flinders Quartet |
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Performer: | London Symphony Orchestra |
Work of the Year: Electroacoustic/Sound Art
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Performer: | Dr Lou Bennett AM, Mindy Meng Wang, Vahideh Eisaei, Amadou Suso, Sunny Kim, The Consort of Melbourne, Linda Kent, Marshall McGuire, Phil Slater, Speak Percussion, Erkki Veltheim, Simon Martyn-Ellis, with spoken voices and field recordings |
Title: | Gradient |
Composer: | Olivia Davies and Callum G’Froerer |
Performer: | Olivia Davies, Callum G'Froerer, and Nick Roux |
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Title: | When The Rain God Sings Storm Lions Are Born |
Composer: | Yunyu Ong |
Performer: | Taikoz |
Publisher: | ORiGiN Music Publishing |
Performance of the Year: Jazz/Improvised Music
Performer: | Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Griffiths, Preben Ningarmarra, Tristen Parr, and Vanessa Tomlinson |
Title: | The Journey Down |
Composer: | Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Griffiths, Preben Ningarmarra, Tristen Parr, and Vanessa Tomlinson |
Performer: | Cheryl Durongpisitkul and Ensemble |
Title: | I Still Miss You |
Composer: | Cheryl Durongpisitkul |
Performer: | Hand to Earth |
Title: | The Crow |
Composer: | Aviva Endean, Sunny Kim, Peter Knight, Daniel Wilfred, and David Wilfred |
Performer: | Mindy Meng Wang and Paul Grabowsky AO |
Title: | Spring, Flower, Snow and the Moon 春花秋月 |
Composer: | Mindy Meng Wang and Paul Grabowsky AO* |
Publisher: | ORiGiN Music Publishing obo Air Edel* |
Performance of the Year: Notated Composition
Performer: | Claire Edwardes and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra |
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Performer: | Jane Kircher-Lindner, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch-conductor |
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Performer: | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Nolan, Mia Robinson, Choir of Trinity College Melbourne, Mel Gibson-narrator, Benjamin Northey-conductor, and Christopher Watson-Choral director |
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Performer: | West Australian Symphony Orchestra, WASO Chorus, Aquinas College Schola Cantorum, Voyces, Abimanjou Mathivannan, and Eduardo Strausser-conductor |
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Composer: | Lachlan Skipworth and Jay Emmanuel |
Award for Excellence in Music Education
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Award for Excellence in a Regional Area
- Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra for Regional Touring Program
- Frances Evans for Warren Chamber Music Festival
- Topology for Queensland Stories
- Tura for The Journey Down
Award for Excellence in Experimental Practice
- Chloe Kim 김예지 for 100 Hours
- Mindy Meng Wang for continued leadership in pioneering experimentation and integration of the Guzheng into Western contemporary music, coupled with sustained artistic excellence
- Gemma Horbury for The Story of Here
- Gelareh Pour and Brian O'Dwyer for ZÖJ
Luminary Awards
National Individual
Genevieve Lacey for various projects and activities.
National Organisations
Omega Ensemble for sustained contribution to the commissioning of Australian compositions, championing of diverse voices, and commitment to emerging artists.
Australian Capital Territory
Jessica Cottis for Chief Conductor and Artistic Director for Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and other conducting activity.
New South Wales
Jessica Cottis for Chief Conductor and Artistic Director for Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and other conducting activity.
Queensland
Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra for championing of Australian Music on its Mainstage Series and Regional Touring.
South Australia
The Bowerbird Collective for regional touring, festivals, commissions and new work.
Tasmania
Don Kay for contribution to music activity in Tasmania.
Victoria
Duré Dara OAM for Percussion, Conversation, Degustation, her role as Resident Creative Director of Speak Percussion, and her continued work as an improviser and experimental musician.
Western Australia
Gemma Farrell for the education for people of marginalised genders in jazz including the Progressions Program and the Artemis Orchestra.