CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS/AMC
Presented by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre, the 2023 Art Music Awards winners have been announced in a ceremony at Carriageworks in Sydney, Gadigal land.
The winners and finalists of the 2023 Art Music Awards showcase the power of cross-cultural collaboration and the impact of music leadership and engagement with local communities around Australia, and the importance of supporting the creation of new work.
They include Omega Ensemble and Dr Lou Bennett AM, composer and clarinetist Paul Dean, the collaborators of The Cloud Maker, Iranian-Australian composer Shervin Mirzeinali, jazz musician and composer Nat Bartsch, Tasmania’s Alluvium, music educator and composer duo Laura Andrew and Elizabeth Jigalin for their work at Cobar High School and more.
“Many of this year’s finalists noted that their work was made possible from funding during the pandemic. The silver lining of that difficult period is now clear. It also affirms what we already know; give artists the time, space, and resources to do great things, and they will,” said APRA AMCOS Chief Executive Dean Ormston, and Australian Music Centre CEO Catherine Haridy in a joint statement.
Here is your full list of winners of the 2023 Art Music Awards
Work of the Year – Choral
Title: Three Night Songs
Composer: Heather Percy
Performer: Sydney Chamber Choir & Sam Allchurch, conductor
Work of the Year – Dramatic
Title: Panbe Zan
Composer: Shervin Mirzeinali
Performers: Maximillian Alduca, Majid Amani, Harry Birch, Danial Bozorgi, Arman Gouniaei, Ehsan Kachooei, Agnes Sarkis & Ali Yarmohammadi, Marjan Lotfali, director
Work of the Year – Jazz
Title: Busy/Quiet
Composer: Nat Bartsch
Performer: Nat Bartsch Quartet, Ellen Kirkwood & Loretta Palmeiro
Work of the Year – Large Ensemble
Title: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
Composer: Paul Dean
Performer: Phoebe Russell & Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch, conductor
Work of the Year – Chamber Music
Title: Pine Chant
Composer: Lachlan Skipworth
Performer: Sara Fraker, Jackie Glazier, Marissa Olegario & Lachlan Skipworth
Work of the Year – Electroacoustic/Sound Art
Title: Spirals
Composer: Rebecca Bracewell
Performer: Rebecca Bracewell
Performance of the Year – Jazz/Improvised Music
Title: The Cloud Maker
Performer: Freya Schack-Arnott, Aviva Endean, Sunny Kim, Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung, Maria Moles, and Te Kahureremoa Taumata
Composers: Freya Schack-Arnott, Aviva Endean, Sunny Kim, Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung, Maria Moles & Te Kahureremoa Taumata
Performance of the Year – Notated Composition
Title: nyernur, nyarkur – to see, to hear
Performer: Omega Ensemble & Dr Lou Bennett AM
Composer: Dr Lou Bennett AM
Award for Excellence in Music Education
Laura Andrew & Elizabeth Jigalin for Cobar High School’s Sounds & Stories
Award for Excellence in a Regional Area
Alluvium for Paper on Skin soundtrack
Award for Excellence in Experimental Practic
Eve Klein for City Symphony
Richard Gill Awards for Distinguished Services to Australian Music
William Barton
Luminary – National Individual
Roland Peelman AM for sustained service to Australian music as a conductor, pianist, artistic director and mentor to composers, singers and instrumentalists.
Luminary – National Organisation
Moorambilla Voices for long-term commitment to creating Australian art music with and for young people in regional NSW.
Luminary – State/Territory
Australian Capital Territory: AJ America for leadership in the ACT.
New South Wales: SIMA for leadership through performance, artist development and education programs in Australian jazz.
Queensland: MADE NOW MUSIC for MADE NOW MUSIC label and concert series.
South Australia: Creative Original Music Adelaide (COMA) for COMA programs.
Tasmania: Julius Schwing for multiple album releases through his label Isthmus Music, touring and career development, and cultivating and fostering the Tasmanian improvised/experimental music scene.
Victoria: Miranda Hill for Homophonic!
Western Australia: Tone List for Audible Edge Festival of Sound.
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