2025 APRA AMCOS Art Music Award Winners Announced
Dr Anne Cawrse, Jakub Jankowski, the Australian String Quartet and the Adelaide Chamber Singers are among this year's APRA AMCOS Art Music Award winners.
On Thursday 21 August at Sydney's City Recital Hall, Gadigal land, the 2025 APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards were announced. We are particularly thrilled and proud to see our staff, alumni and Quartet-in-Residence receive awards in five categories! A huge congratulations to Dr Anne Cawrse, the Adelaide Chamber Singers, the Australian String Quartet, and Jakub Jankowski for their well-deserved recognition and achievements!
State / Territory Luminary Award
South Australia
Adelaide Chamber Singers* for Sustained Contributions to Commissioning and Artistic Excellence
* Adelaide Chamber Singers is comprised of several Elder Conservatorium alumni, including 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.
Work of the Year: Choral
Work: All Flesh is Fire
Composer: Anne Cawrse*
Text: Kate Llewellyn
Performer: Adelaide Chamber Singers
* Dr Anne Cawrse is Adjunct Lecturer in Composition at the Elder Conservatorium.
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
* The Australian String Quartet is Quartet-in-Residence at the Elder Conservatorium.
Work of the Year: Large Ensemble
Title: Ritornello
Composer: Jakub Jankowski*
Performer: Australian Chamber Orchestra
* Jakub Jankowski is a recent alumnus of the Elder Conservatorium (Bachelor of Music with Honours in Composition; Graduate Dipolma in Conducting).
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 Australian String Quartet is Quartet-in-Residence at the Elder Conservatorium.
We would also like to congratulate our staff and alumni who were finalists in the following categories:
Work of the Year: Chamber Music
FINALIST
Title: Nyilamum Song Cycles
Composer: Dr Lou Bennett AM and Paul Stanhope
Performer: Dr Lou Bennett AM and the Australian String Quartet*
Publisher: Wise Music
* The Australian String Quartet is Quartet-in-Residence at the Elder Conservatorium.
Work of the Year: Electroacoustic / Sound Art
FINALIST:
Title: Parasymbiosis
Composer: Gabriella Smart*
Performer: Gabriella Smart, Kasper Toeplitz and Didier Casamitjana
* Dr Gabriella Smart is an alumna of the Elder Conservatorium (PhD, 2018).
Performance of the Year: Notated Composition
FINALIST:
Performer: Adelaide Chamber Singers*
Title: All Flesh is Fire
Composer: Anne Cawrse**
Text: Kate Llewellyn
* Adelaide Chamber Singers is comprised of several Elder Conservatorium alumni, including 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.
** Dr Anne Cawrse is Adjunct Lecture in Composition at the Elder Conservatorium.
Presented in conjunction with the Australian Music Centre (AMC), the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education, and presentation of Australian music. Art Music covers activity across contemporary classical music, contemporary jazz, improvised music, experimental music, and sound art.
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