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.
Image: Gian Slater and her singers at Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival 2010. Courtesy Roger Mitchell (photographer).
Latest News and Projects
Top music honour for national treasure Kev Carmody
The $60,000 Australia Council Don Banks Music Award – the nation’s most valuable individual music award – is today presented to singer, storyteller, activist and artist, Kev Carmody, for his outstanding contribution to Australian music. Read more >
New investment in Australian creativity
Rupert Myer AM, Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts has today welcomed the launch of the National Cultural Policy and response to the recommendations of the Australia Council review. Read more >
New Work and Presentation and Promotion funding results announced
A new album from Augie March is among the new work and presentation projects supported at the February assessment meeting
International Pathways results
Sarah Blasko, an internationally renowned songwriter and performer, is one of fourteen acts supported in the latest International Pathways funding round
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.
Available Grants
- Contemporary Music Touring Program - 11 June 2013
- New Work Writing and Recording - 24 June 2013
- Presentation and Promotion - 24 June 2013
- International Pathways - Round 4 - 22 July 2013
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks Residency - 22 July 2013
- Fellowships - 17 September 2013
- Project Fellowships - 17 September 2013
- Don Banks Music Award - 17 September 2013
- Skills and Arts Development Artist Development - 17 September 2013
- New Work Writing and Recording - 18 November 2013
Grant Decisions
Music sector plan

Read about our involvement with the sector, current issues, short and medium term goals and priorities for the sector. Find out more
Our team and contacts
Paul Mason, Director
Email or call on (02) 9215 9196
Andy Rantzen, Program Manager
Email or call on (02) 9215 9301
Ian Whitney, Program Officer
Email or call on (02) 9215 9115
Vanessa Macris, Section Co-ordinator
Email or call on (02) 9215 9134
Glen Hawkins, Administration Officer
Email or call on (02) 9215 9127
