CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the finalists of the 2024 Art Music Awards to be held on 14 August at Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne/Naarm.
The Art Music Awards is an annual celebration of the national art music community, recognising excellence among creators, performers, and community leaders in contemporary classical, jazz, experimental music and sound art.
From nominations submitted by peers and audience members, four finalists have been selected for each of the 11 categories spanning composition, performance, and community engagement, and leadership. The finalists are celebrated as representing excellence at the frontiers of art music, including works of interdisciplinary collaborations, contemporary sonic language, rich storytelling of the power of nature and human endeavours.
Work of the Year: Choral
Title: Earth Shaped Hearts
Composer: Juliana Kay with Bridget Bourne
Performer: Alta Collective and Bridget Bourne
Title: Passio
Composer: John Rotar
Performer: One Equal Music and The Australian Voices
Title: Stabat Mater
Composer: Mary Finsterer
Performer: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Trinity College Melbourne, Mia Robinson, Joseph Nolan, Mel Gibson – narrator, Benjamin Northey – conductor, and Christopher Watson – choral director
Title: Winchester Canticles
Composer: Joe Twist
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
Title: Standard Deviation
Composer: Jack Frerer
Performer: New York City Ballet
Title: The Journey Down
Composer: Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Grifiths, Preben Ningarmarra, Tristen Parr, and Vanessa Tomlinson
Performer: Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Grifiths, 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 (pictured below)
Performer: Monash Art Ensemble
Title: The Odd River
Composer: Helen Svoboda
Performer: Helen Svoboda
Work of the Year: Large Ensemble
Title: arcing, stilling, bending, gathering
Composer: Lisa Illean
Performer: Aura Go, Emma McGrath, Tilman Robinson, and Musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music
Publisher: Hal Leonard Australia
Title: Prayers and Tribulations
Composer: Brenton Broadstock
Performer: New York Staff Band
Title: Sarenka Concerto
Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
Performer: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Dale Barltrop, Rachael Tobin, and Chloé van Soeterstède-conductor
Publisher: Concord ANZ
Title: Through Changing Landscape
Composer: Alice Chance
Performer: Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson-conductor
Work of the Year: Chamber Music
Title: Ablaze
Composer: Elliott Gyger
Performer: Carla Blackwood, Miranda Hill, Ben Opie, and Melina Van Leeuwen
Title: Daredevil
Composer: Holly Harrison
Performer: Omega Ensemble
Title: Silhouettes for String Quartet
Composer: Maria Grenfell (pictured below)
Performer: Flinders Quartet
Title: Visions | Vestiges
Composer: Kate Milligan
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra
Work of the Year: Electroacoustic/Sound Art
Title: Breathing Space
Composer: Genevieve Lacey
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 (featured image), 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
Title: METASTABILITY
Composer: Ben Carey
Performer: Ben Carey
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
Title: The Journey Down
Performer: Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Grifiths, Preben Ningarmarra, Tristen Parr, and Vanessa Tomlinson
Composer: Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Grifiths, Preben Ningarmarra, Tristen Parr, and Vanessa Tomlinson
Title: I Still Miss You
Performer: Cheryl Durongpisitkul and Ensemble
Composer: Cheryl Durongpisitkul
Title: The Crow
Performer: Hand to Earth
Composer: Aviva Endean, Sunny Kim, Peter Knight, Daniel Wilfred, and David Wilfred
Title: Spring, Flower, Snow and the Moon 春花秋月
Performer: Mindy Meng Wang and Paul Grabowsky AO
Composer: Mindy Meng Wang and Paul Grabowsky AO*
Publisher: ORiGiN Music Publishing obo Air Edel*
Performance of the Year: Notated Composition
Title: Dare To Declare – Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
Performer: Claire Edwardes and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Composer: Anne Cawrse
Title: Bassoon Concerto
Performer: Jane Kircher-Lindner, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch-conductor
Composer: Andrew Schultz
Title: Stabat Mater
Performer: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Nolan, Mia Robinson, Choir of Trinity College Melbourne, Mel Gibson-narrator, Benjamin Northey-conductor, and Christopher Watson-Choral director
Composer: Mary Finsterer
Title: The Tides of Longing
Performer: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, WASO Chorus, Aquinas College Schola Cantorum, Voyces, Abimanjou Mathivannan, and Eduardo Strausser-conductor
Composer: Lachlan Skipworth and Jay Emmanuel
Award for Excellence in Music Education
Award for Excellence in a Regional Area
Award for Excellence in Experimental Practice
The 2024 Art Music Awards take place at 5.45pm August 14 in Malthouse Theatre.
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