24-602: APRA Awards may refer to one of two awards ceremonies: APRA Awards (Australia) APRA Awards (New Zealand) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title APRA Awards . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=APRA_Awards&oldid=932692183 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
48-759: A library and information service, at which Martin Buzzacott later worked for some years. It started publishing a newsletter, AMC News , and managed the Australia Council / APRA parts-copying scheme. In 1981 the AMC had a period of dormancy, reopening to the public on 3 September 1982, after Joan Bona had been appointed administrator. In 1986 the official name was changed from Australia Music Centre to Australian Music Centre, and it moved into new premises on Smail St, Ultimo, in June of that year. A recording project
72-532: A lifetime contribution to the art music community. Patrick Thomas Maureen Cooney The annual Screen Music Awards were first presented in 2002 by APRA and AMCOS in conjunction with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). The ceremony, held in November, acknowledges excellence and innovation in the field of screen composition, and as of 2019 covers 13 categories. The Emily Burrows Award
96-516: A service organisation rather than a professional association . As of 2020 AMC represented over 750 composers and sound artists. The AMC is the Australian national section of International Society for Contemporary Music and the IAMIC. The Centre's collection includes a repository of Australian scores, recordings and teaching kits that numbered 13,000 items by 660 creators in 2017. The AMC
120-487: Is also a discretionary award, The Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music. Originally named The Distinguished Services to Australian Music Award, from 2019 it was renamed in honour of Australian conductor and educator Richard Gill (1941 – 2018). It is determined by APRA's Board of Writer and Publisher Directors and the Australian Music Centre Board for
144-597: Is decided by APRA's Board of Writer and Publisher Directors for an emerging songwriter or groups of writers. The award category was first introduced by APRA in 2002. There are a number of awards given for most performed work based on a statistical analysis of APRA's database. These awards include "Most Performed Australian Work of the Year", "Most Performed Australian Work Overseas", "Most Performed Foreign Work", "Most Performed Jazz Work", "Most Performed Country Work" and "Most Performed Dance Work". In 2001, APRA joined forces with
168-671: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages APRA Awards (Australia) The APRA Music Awards in Australia celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honoring songwriters and publishers who have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields. Several award ceremonies are run in Australia by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). In addition to
192-563: The APY lands , DEM MOB , won the award. As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations in 2001, APRA created a list of the top 30 Australian songs . A panel of 100 music personalities were asked to list the ten best Australian songs, the data was compiled and the Top Ten in numerical order, was announced at the 2001 APRA Music Awards ceremony. At the ceremony You Am I performed the #1 listed song " Friday on My Mind " with Ross Wilson performing
216-691: The Art Music Awards along with APRA AMCOS . It also publishes Resonate Magazine . After funds became available through the Australia Council for the Arts , the Australia Music Centre came into existence as an association on 13 August 1974. Music advocate James Murdoch was appointed inaugural director. In 1975 it moved to premises at 80 George Street, Sydney (part of the historic Metcalfe Bond Stores building ), and
240-679: The Australian Music Centre (AMC) to present awards for Australian classical music, known as Classical Music Awards. The AMC had been presenting annual awards for classical music since 1988, apart from a 1993–1995 hiatus due to funding cuts. The participation of APRA helped to secure the future of the awards, which are the only Australian awards for contemporary Australian classical music. This award has been won by well-known composers including Brenton Broadstock , Brett Dean , Ross Edwards , Georges Lentz , Liza Lim , Richard Mills , and Peter Sculthorpe . After another hiatus in 2010,
264-767: The South Australian Music Awards (SAM Awards) for the first time, with Dead Roo winning the Award. Seabass were presented with the award at the SAM Awards in 2020, and Tilly Tjala Thomas won it in 2021. Thomas sings in both Nukunu language and English, with her single "Ngana Nyunyi" sung in both. She won triple j Unearthed 's NIMAs competition, giving her the opportunity to play at the National Indigenous Music Awards in 2021. In 2023, Indigenous hip hop band from
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#1732791051003288-458: The #2 listed song " Eagle Rock ". The next 20 songs in the Top 30 had been announced four weeks earlier. Australian Music Centre The Australian Music Centre ( AMC ), founded as Australia Music Centre in 1974 and known as Sounds Australian in the 1990s, is a national organisation promoting and supporting art music in Australia. It operates mainly as a service organisation, and co-hosts
312-661: The AMC established an online presence. In 2007 the AMC's print journal, Sounds Australian , was superseded by the online magazine Resonate , and on 31 March 2009 a new website was launched. In 2000, the AMC moved to The Arts Exchange in The Rocks, Sydney , next door to its original location in George Street. It remained there until 2013, when it moved to the APRA building in Mountain Street. Around this time much of
336-697: The APRA Music Awards, APRA AMCOS, in association with the Australian Music Centre , presents awards for classical music , jazz and improvised music , experimental music and sound art , known as the Art Music Awards . It also runs, in association with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), the Screen Music Awards , to acknowledge excellence in the field of screen composition . The APRA Music Awards were established in 1982 to honour songwriters and music composers for their efforts. The award categories are: From 1982 to 1990,
360-539: The APRA Music Awards. Songwriter of the Year is voted by APRA's Board of Writer and Publisher Directors rewarding the songwriter who has recorded the most impressive body of work in the previous year. The Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music' is decided by APRA's Board of Writer and Publisher Directors for a lifetime contribution. The Award is named after Ted Albert whose company Albert Productions put out records by The Easybeats , AC/DC and John Paul Young . Breakthrough Songwriter Award
384-413: The Arts (from 2023 Creative Australia) has provided most of the AMC's funding. Cuts at different times (especially in 2012–3) has caused challenges, but funding has been assured from 2021 to 2024. AMC music awards were first held in 1988 under the banner Sounds Australian, and in 2002, in collaboration with APRA , presented the annual Classical Music Awards. These both continued until 2009, and in 2011
408-508: The Royal Australian Navy Band, with funding support from APRA AMCOS, and in-kind support from EORA College of TAFE. AMC provides advocacy, representation, and publishing services as well as career support and professional development programmes. Initially focussed on contemporary classical music, its purview has expanded to experimental music , sound art , contemporary jazz , and improvisatory music . It operates as
432-543: The best songs were given the Gold Award, which was also called the Special Award. In the mid-1980s Platinum Awards were given to significant works from previous years. Song of the Year is decided by the votes of APRA members. All eligible songs must be written by an APRA member and released in the preceding calendar year for consideration. The Song of the Year award is considered one of the most prestigious of
456-546: The event returned as the Art Music Awards the following year, restructured and with two new categories. The awards now cover classical, jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art, recognising achievement in composition, performance, education and presentation. As of 2020 , the current award structure recognises eleven annual awards and Luminary Awards for sustained contribution (nationally and for each state and territory) in Australian art music. There
480-542: The physical items were moved into storage off-site, as most of the material had been made available online. At the end of 2015, a new initiative was launched to support artist development, a series of programs under the name "AMPlify". This included special programs for Indigenous Australian composers, later replaced by a new program, Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers, in partnership with Moogahlin Performing Arts , ANU School of Music , Ensemble Offspring and
504-499: Was accepted as a member organisation of both the International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC) and International Association of Music Libraries (IAML). On 27 February 1976, AMC was officially opened to the public, with the opening ceremony officiated by NSW Senator John Carrick . In September of that year, Peggy Glanville-Hicks was appointed consultant for Asian music. The centre created
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#1732791051003528-473: Was announced, with recording studios based in Melbourne . Richard Letts was appointed executive director in 1987, a role he held until mid-1993. The record label, Vox Australis, and a magazine, Sounds Australian , were established during this time, as were a series of annual music awards . At the end of 1989 the AMC changed its name to Sounds Australian, which was retained for around 10 years. In 1993
552-455: Was established in 1974 by its inaugural director, James Murdoch . For 32 years its CEO was John Davis, who left in 2021. In May 2021, he was succeeded by Catherine Haridy, who had worked in A&;R for Mushroom Records and Warner Music Australia and founded her own artist management company in 2006. Marshall McGuire was appointed chair of the board in 2021. The Australia Council for
576-409: Was instituted in 2001 in memory of Emily Burrows, a former APRA AMCOS membership representative and compliance officer. It is awarded to a South Australian artist or band annually with a $ 5,000 prize, to further their development and career. Electric Fields won it in 2016, with previous winners including Hilltop Hoods and The Beards , Dead Roo, and Ollie English In 2019 the prize was awarded at
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