Andrea KellerCongratulations to the finalists for the 2013 Art Music Awards, an event which celebrates the outstanding achievements of composers, performers and educators in the dynamic fields of contemporary classical, jazz and experimental music.

Finalists in the Work of the Year: Jazz category are Marc Hannaford for the highly original Anda Two; Alice Humphries for The World Rushes On from her debut album; Sandy Evans for Meetings at the Table of Time – a musical exploration of Australian and Indian cultures; and jazz composer and musician Andrea Keller for Meditations on Light.

Jamie Oehlers is a finalist in the category of Award for Excellence in Jazz for recording, touring and educational achievements in 2012. He is joined by Quentin Angus for composition, performance and career development;Trichotomy for compositional performance and recording projects; andJeremy Rose for Excellence in Jazz.

Awards in 11 national categories will be presented at this gala event held on Monday 26 August 2013 at the NIDA Parade Theatre in Sydney. The evening will be hosted by James Morrison with performances curated by Genevieve Lacey.

2013 ART MUSIC AWARDS FINALISTS

Award for Excellence in Jazz

Jamie Oehlers for recording, touring and educational achievements in 2012

Quentin Angus forcomposition, performance and career development

Trichotomy for compositional performance & recording projects

Jeremy Rose for Excellence in Jazz

Work of the Year: Jazz

Title:                                  Anda Two

Composer:                        Marc Hannaford

Performed By:                  The Marc Hannaford Trio

Title:                                  Meditations on Light

Composer:                        Andrea Keller

Performed By:                  Andrea Keller Quartet and No Tango Quartet

Title:                                  Meetings at the Table of Time

 Composer:                        Sandy Evans

 Performed By:                  Members of the Australian Art Orchestra and the Sruthi Laya Ensemble

Title:                                  The World Rushes On

Composer:                        Alice Humphries

Performed By:                  Ecila ensemble

Work of the Year: Orchestral

Title:                                  Blitz

Composer:                        Andrew Ford

Performed by:                  Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marko Letonja

Title:                                  Fire Music

Composer:                        Brett Dean

Performed by:                  Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Brett Dean

 Publishers:                       Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd OBO Bote Bock Der Boosey Hawkes Bote                                              Bock GM

Title:                                  Full Moon Dances

Composer:                        Ross Edwards

Performed by:                  AmyDickson (saxophone) with the Sydney Symphony conducted by Miguel                                          Harth-Bedoya

Title:                                  Piano Concerto No 2

Composer:                        Carl Vine

Performed by:                  Piers Lane (piano) withtheSydney Symphony conducted by Hugh Wolff

Publishers:                       Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd OBO Faber Music Ltd

 

Work of the Year: Instrumental

Title:                                  Bright Birds

Composer:                        Damian Barbeler

Performed by:                  Stephen Emmerson and Sonya Lifschitz

Title:                                  Dark Nebulae

Composer:                        Lachlan Skipworth

Performed by:                  Khasm Quartet

Title:                                  Falling

Composer:                        Mary Finsterer

Performed by:                  Paul Grabowsky and Gabriella Smart

Title:                                  String Quintet

Composer:                        Gordon Kerry

 Performed by:                  Kuss Quartet with Naoko Shimizu

Work of the Year: Vocal/Choral

Title:                                  Conversations with Ghosts

  Composers:                      Paul Kelly* and James Ledger

    Text:                                 Paul Kelly, Emily Dickinson, Norman MacCaig, Les Murray, Kenneth Slessor, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Judith Wright, W.B. Yeats

   Performed by:                  Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey and musicians from Australian National Academy of Music

Publisher:                         Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L*

Title:                                  Heritage in Song

Composer:                        Stephen Leek
Text:                                  Stephen Leek

Performed by:                  Sydney Children’s Choir conducted by Lyn Williams

Title:                                  The Domestic Sublime

Composer:                        Katy Abbott

Text:                                  Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Performed by:                  Greta Bradman (soprano) and Leigh Harrold (piano)

 Title:                                  We Apologise

  Composer:                        Robert Davidson

   Text:                                  Robert Davidson (from Kevin Rudd’s apology to Indigenous Australians, 13                                          February 2008)

   Performed by:                  The Australian Voices conducted by Gordon Hamilton

 

Performance of the Year

                                    Performer:                        Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederic Chaslin

                                    Title:                      Bénédiction d’un conquérant: for Symphony Orchestra

                                    Composer:            Andrián Pertout

                                    Performer:                        Members of the Australian Art Orchestra and the Sruthi Laya Ensemble

                                    Title:                      Meetings at the Table of Time

                                    Composer:            Sandy Evans

 

                                    Performer:                        Trio Dali

                                    Title:                      Im Winde

                                    Composer:            Gordon Kerry

 

                                    Performer:                        Zubin Kanga

                                    Title:                      The Drumfire was incessant, and continued all night with unabated fury…

                                    Composer:            Andrew Harrison

Award for Excellence by an Organisation

Acacia Quartet forBlue Silence, the recording of the complete string quartets of Elena Kats-Chernin

Soundstream: Adelaide New Music Festival for the sustained promotion of new music

Speak Percussion for their 2012 Artistic Program

Tura New Music and the Australian Chamber Orchestra for the Reef Tour 2012

Award for Excellence by an Individual

Cat Hope for supporting and growing new music in Western Australia

Danielle Bentleyfordedication and commitment to Australian art music and chamber music

David Youngfor 20 years of commissioning, curating & producing new Australian art music

Zubin Kangafor Spectrum, a recital of newly commissioned piano music

Award for Excellence in Music Education

Gondwana Choirs for Gondwana Choirs Choral Training Programs 2012

James Humberstone for Cycles & Circles education program (as part of Ensemble Offspring's Music to Infinity program)

New England Conservatorium of Musicfor New England Sings!

Speak Percussionfor their 2012 education programs

Award for Excellence in a Regional Area

Gondwana Choirs for the Cairns Gondwana Indigenous Children's Choir

Stephanie Harrison for the site-specific performance installation, Confined, at the Old Alice Springs Gaol

The Wired Lab and Country Arts SA for Southern Encounter

Tura New Music and the Australian Chamber Orchestrafor the Reef Tour 2012

Award for Excellence in Experimental Music

Daniel Blinkhorn for composition and location field recording, frostbYte – triptych

Decibel for their 2012 Program

Super Critical Mass for theiractivities in 2012

The Wired Lab and Country Arts SA for Southern Encounter

The awards are presented by APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the AMC (Australian Music Centre).

 

http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards/artmusicawards.aspx

http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/awards/

 

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