2025 APRA AMCOS Art Music Award Nominations Announced
On Thursday 17 July, APRA AMCOS announced the nominations for the 2025 Art Music Awards. We're particularly thrilled to see several of our staff and alumni receiving nominations for their works and/or performances, including our Adjunct Lecturer in Composition, Dr Anne Cawrse; alumnus Jakub Jankowski (Bachelor of Music with Honours in Composition; Graduate Diploma in Conducting); alumna Dr Gabriella Smart (PhD, 2018); our Ensemble-in-Residence, the Australian String Quartet; and the Adelaide Chamber Singers, featuring alumni Christie Anderson (Artistic Director and Conductor), Emma Borgas, Brooke Window, Victoria Coxhill, Georgie Simmons, Rachel Bruerville, Emma Woehle, Courtney Day, Kit Tonkin, Rhys Williams, Aidan Foyel, Jonathan Bligh, and Nikolai Leske. Congratulations to all for their nominations!
Work of the Year: Choral
Title: All Flesh is Fire
Composer: Anne Cawrse
Text: Kate Llewellyn
Performer: Adelaide Chamber Singers
Work of the Year: Dramatic
Title: Gilgamesh
Composer: Jack Symonds
Text: Louis Garrick
Performer: Sydney Chamber Opera, Opera Australia, Australian String Quartet and Ensemble Offspring
Work of the Year: Chamber Music
Title: nyilamum Song Cycles
Composer: Dr Lou Bennett AM and Paul Stanhope
Publisher: Wise Music
Work of the Year: Electroacoustic/Sound Art
Title: Parasymbiosis
Composer: Gabriella Smart
Performer: Gabriella Smart, Kasper Toeplitz and Didier Casamitjana
Performance of the Year: Notated Composition
Performer: Adelaide Chamber Singers
Title: All Flesh is Fire
Composer: Anne Cawrse
Text: Kate Llewellyn
Performance of the Year: Notated Composition
Performer: Dr Lou Bennett AM and the Australian String Quartet
Title: nyilamum song cycles
Composer: Dr Lou Bennett AM and Paul Stanhope
Publisher: Wise Music
Performance of the Year: Notated Composition
Performer: Sydney Chamber Opera, Opera Australia, Australian String Quartet and Ensemble Offspring
Title: Gilgamesh
Composer: Jack Symonds
Text: Louis Garrick
The annual Art Music Awards are presented by the APRA AMCOS in conjunction with the Australian Music Centre (AMC) to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education, and presentation of Australian music. The 2025 Art Music Awards will be held at City Recital Hall, Gadigal land on Thursday 21 August.
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