August assessment results
The Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the funding results of its August assessment meeting.
Among the grant recipients were Mitzi, a four piece indie disco band who will undertake a national tour in support of their upcoming single Care Too Much.
Mizi are Dominiqe Bird, Jad Lee, Charles Murdoch and Cale Suesskow, a Brisbane four piece who mold disco beats, guitar, laid back vocals, and a classic pop sensibility into their own sound. They released their debut EP All I Heard through the Future Classics label in 2010 and received NME coverage, Triple J airplay and tour supports with the likes of Bag Raiders, Tensnake, The Swiss, Foster The People (USA), Neon Indian (USA), Little Dragon (Sweden) and Metronomy (UK), as well as playing Parklife and Stereosonic festivals. With the support of the Presentation and Promotion grant Mitzi will take their sounds to new audiences through a headlining national tour taking in major cities Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
The Music Board met on 22-23 August 2011 for an assessment meeting where grants were assessed in the categories of New Work, New Work (Media Arts) and Presentation and Promotion.
Highlights of the other grants awarded across these categories include:
- Andrew Ford to compose a new work for the Brodsky Quartet's 40th anniversary season in the New Work category. The quartet will premiere the piece in the UK in their 2012-13 season.
- Cara-Ann Simpson to present and further develop the Geodesic Sound Helmets installation in the New Work (Media Arts) category.
- The premiere performance of Barefoot Diva's - Walk a Mile in My Shoes at the 2012 Sydney Festival and the New Zealand International Arts Festival through Presentation and Promotion. The music theatre show features indigenous and maori singer-songwriters such as Emma Donovan, Ngaiire and Ursula Yovich.
For a full list of results across all categories please check the meeting assessment report which is available here.
Title image: Mitzi
Photo by Robyn Frazer
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