Presented each year by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre, the Awards recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian art music. Art music covers activity across contemporary classical music, contemporary jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art.
The 2014 Art Music Awards were held on Tuesday 26 August at The Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne
Distinguished Services to Australian Music |
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Winner |
RICHARD GILL |
Award for Excellence by an Organisation |
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Winner |
Australian Art Orchestra for touring, community building, recording, creativity & leadership |
Finalists |
Arcko Symphonic Ensemble for 2013 activities |
Chamber Made Opera for commissioning & presenting cutting-edge chamber opera |
Frequency Oz for 2013 activities |
Award for Excellence by an Individual |
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Winner |
Catherine Crock for The Hush Collection, Volumes 1 -13 |
Finalists |
Carl Vine for exemplary contribution to Musica Viva Australia in 2013 as Artistic Director, and to the wider arts and cultural industry |
David Montgomery for AMEB Project |
Kim Waldock for contribution to Music Education in Australia |
Award for Excellence in Music Education |
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Winner |
Cathy Aggett for new Australian art songs for low voices |
Finalists |
Karen Carey for the MLC School Opera House Concert 2013, plus a legacy of 25 years of concerts and commissions |
Topology for Music Education Program “Top Up” |
West Australian Symphony Orchestra for 2013 Education Program |
Award for Excellence in a Regional Area |
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Winner |
Goulburn Regional Conservatorium for The Goulburn Oratorio |
Finalists |
Bogong Centre for Sound Culture/Bogong ELECTRIC |
Award for Excellence in Experimental Music |
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Winner |
Cat Hope for Drawn From Sound |
Finalists |
Ensemble Offspring with Oren Ambarchi and Martin Ng for Ligeti Morphed |
Eugene Ughetti, Robin Fox and Speak Percussion for Transducer |
Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey & the City of Melbourne for 5 Short Blasts |
Award for Excellence in Jazz |
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Winner |
Alister Spence and Myra Melford for Everything Here Is Possible |
Finalists |
Andrea Keller for the creation, release and presentation of three contemporary jazz projects in 2013 |
Jonathan Zwartz for the recording The Remembering And Forgetting Of The Air |
The Street Theatre for Capital Jazz Project - a nine-day midwinter jazz festival |
Vocal Work of the Year | |
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Winner | |
Title: | Last Words |
Composer: | Andrew Ford |
Text: | Tim Winton, Dorothy Porter |
Performer: | Jane Sheldon and the Seraphim Trio |
Finalists | |
Title: | From a Black Sky |
Composer: | Sandra France |
Text: | Helen Nourse |
Performer: | Orchestra, and children’s chorus conducted by Dr David Kram |
Title: | MOON: an Epic Song of Love |
Composer: | Gordon Hamilton |
Text: | Venero Armanno |
Performer: | The Australian Voices conducted by Gordon Hamilton |
Title: | The Pomegranate Cycle |
Composer: | Eve Klein |
Performer: | Eve Klein |
Instrumental Work of the Year | |
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Winner | |
Title: | Aerea |
Composer: | Mary Finsterer |
Performer: | Monash Art Ensemble |
Finalists | |
Title: | Inferno |
Composer: | Elliott Gyger |
Performer: | Michael Kieran Harvey |
Title: | String Quartet No 2 |
Composer: | Matthew Hindson |
Performer: | Elias String Quartet |
Publisher: | Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd OBO Faber Music Ltd |
Title: | String Quartet No 5 |
Composer: | Andrew Ford |
Performer: | Australian String Quartet |
Orchestral Work of the Year | |
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Winner | |
Title: | Golden Years |
Composer: | James Ledger |
Performer: | Margaret Blades and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Otto Tausk |
Finalists | |
Title: | Compassion |
Composer: | Nigel Westlake and Lior Attar* |
Performer: | Lior and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nigel Westlake |
Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd* |
Title: | Lake Ice: (Missed Tales No 1) |
Composer: | Mary Finsterer |
Performer: | Kees Boersma and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jessica Cottis |
Title: | The Last Days of Socrates |
Composer: | Brett Dean with text by Graeme Ellis |
Performer: | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Simone Young, Peter Coleman-Wright soloist. |
Publisher: | Hal Leonard Aust. OBO Boosey and Hawkes |
Jazz Work of the Year | |
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Winner | |
Title: | Tall Tales |
Composer: | Paul Grabowsky |
Publisher: | J Albert & Son Pty Ltd |
Performer: | Monash Art Ensemble |
Finalists | |
Title: | Everything Here Is Possible |
Composer: | Alister Spence and Myra Melford (GEMA) |
Performer: | Alister Spence and Myra Melford |
Title: | Happy |
Composer: | Quentin Angus |
Performer: | Quentin Angus, Alon Tayar, Bambam Rodriguez & Ari Hoenig |
Title: | Network of Lines |
Composer: | Tilman Robinson |
Performer: | Tilman Robinson, Peter Knight, Callum G'Froerer, Erkki Veltheim, Judith Hamann, Brett Thompson, Berish Bilander, Sam Zerna and Hugh Harvey |
Performance of the Year | |
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Winner | |
Performer: | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Simone Young, soloist Peter Coleman-Wright |
Title: | The Last Days of Socrates |
Composer: | Brett Dean with text by Graeme Ellis |
Publishers: | Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd OBO Boosey and Hawkes |
Finalists | |
Performer: | Arcko Symphonic Ensemble |
Title: | Icy Disintegration |
Composer: | Annie Hsieh |
Performer: | Elias String Quartet |
Title: | String Quartet No.2 |
Composer: | Matthew Hindson |
Publishers: | Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd OBO Faber Music Ltd |
Performer: | Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jessica Cottis, soloist Kees Boersma |
Title: | Lake Ice: (Missed Tales No 1) |
Composer: | Mary Finsterer |
State Award Winners | |
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Australian Capital Territory | |
Excellence By An Individual | |
Judith Clingan AM for “So Good A Thing” Festival, celebrating 50 Years of music making in Canberra | |
New South Wales | |
Excellence In Music Education | |
Kim Waldock from Sydney Symphony Orchestra | |
South Australia | |
Excellence In Experimental Music | |
Jason Sweeney for Stereopublic: Crowdsourcing the Quiet | |
Tasmania | |
Performance Of The Year | |
Performer: | Michael Kieran Harvey |
Title: | Inferno |
Composer: | Elliott Gyger |
Western Australia | |
Excellence by an Organisation | |
Tura New Music for 2013 Program | |
Victoria | |
Excellence by an Organisation | |
Arts Centre Melbourne for 5x5x5 | |
Queensland | |
Performance Of The Year | |
Performer: | Camerata of St John’s with Natalie Weir and Expressions Dance Company |
Title: | When Time Stops |
Composer: | Iain Grandage |