Music

We support composers, musicians and organisations to create new music and present it to audiences.

Our goal is to reflect and promote the diversity, excellence and energy of contemporary Australian musical culture.

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Creative Australia Announcements

Soundclash results

Jonti, the multi-instrumentalist from Sydney, is one of the twelve experimental acts supported in the latest Soundclash funding round.

Highest accolade for a unique Australian musician

The Australia Council Don Banks Music Award, the most valuable individual music award in the country, is tonight awarded to Jon Rose, for his outstanding and continued contribution to Australian music.

February Assessment Results

The Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the funding results of its February assessment meeting (Presentation and Promotion, New Work General and Media Arts).

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Music Board members

Matthew Hindson, Chair (NSW)

Composer, Chair of the Arts Music Unit at the University of Sydney, Board member and Artistic Advisory Panel member of Aurora New Music Inc, Guest Music Curator of Campbelltown Arts Centre.

Nicky Bomba (VIC)
Percussionist, band leader, singer-songwriter, producer, label manager. Performs with groups including the John Butler Trio, Bustamento and the Melbourne Ska Orchestra.

Deborah Conway (VIC)
Singer, songwriter and recording artist, Member of the Victorian Music Council, Artistic Director of the Queensland Music Festival 2009-11, Producer of the Broad concert series.

Lawrence English (Qld)
Owner/curator of Room 40, Co-curator of Liquid Architecture, Producer of events at IMA, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane Powerhouse and for Queensland Music Festival, Member of ICAS (International Cities of Advanced Sound).

Kath Letch (NSW)
General Manager of Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), with a long history of working in voluntary and paid capacities in community broadcasting on a state and national level for over 20 years.

Johannes Luebbers (WA)
Sessional Lecturer in Jazz and Contemporary Music at WA Academy of Performing Arts, Freelance composer/arranger/pianist, Perth Jazz Society Committee Member. Panel member for WA Citizen of the Year Awards (Arts and Youth Arts categories), Co-Manager for the Listen/Hear Collective.

Shellie Morris (NT)
Darwin based singer-songwriter and recording artist, member of the Black Arm Band, Ambassador for The Fred Hollows Foundation

Gabriella Smart (SA)
Concert pianist, Lecturer in Piano at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, Artistic Director of the Soundstream: Adelaide New Music Festival, Artistic Director of the Soundstream Collective.