About Australia Council for the Arts - Music Board
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body. It enriches the lives of Australians and their communities by supporting the creation and enjoyment of the arts.
The Australia Council's music board is committed to supporting and promoting a strong arts sector that effectively reflects and celebrates Australia's cultural diversity.
The music board supports work of the highest quality across the broad range of Australian music practice through grant programs and special initiatives. By 'highest quality' the board means work that has demonstrated excellence or has demonstrated potential.
What kind of music does the music board support?
All kinds - such as dance music, rock, country, pop, hip hop, world music, folk, jazz, blues, improvised, experimental, classical, contemporary classical, sound art, electronic, early music, Indigenous, non-Western traditional and classical, and music that crosses cultural boundaries.
Increasingly, previously defined boundaries between musical genres are being crossed and exciting new genres are being created. A key consideration is the quality of the music, whatever the musical style.
Different music practices are also supported, such as work by professional artists (established or emerging), work by and for young people, community music practice that assists communities to participate in quality musical experiences, instrument-making and sound-building, and experimental and emerging art practices. The board also supports service organisations that provide a direct benefit to artists and the artform from the support and services offered.
What can you apply for?
A range of projects and activities, including songwriting, composition, performances, touring within Australia, workshopping a new work, the opportunity to develop your professional skills, or an activity that supports the development of a particular area of Australian music.
What is the music board looking for when it considers applications?
The board encourages applications that reflect and value the creativity and cultural diversity of Australian music artists. It encourages work that demonstrates imagination and innovation and work that is experimental or features research and development.
By 'innovation' the board means an original exploration of ideas, concepts, processes, approaches, interpretations, or new ways of developing audiences. Innovation can apply to traditional, established or heritage music, as well as music that explores the cutting edge.
Applications are assessed against some set measures (the selection criteria) that are published for each grant category. These criteria generally focus on the artistic quality of the music, the merit of the project, and evidence of good planning and management of the project.
Music and media art
The music board will continue to consider applications for sound art and electronica projects across all grant categories. In addition, the board will accept applications from media artists through a subcategory of new work.
Within the music board, media art encompasses artworks created with new technologies, or using innovative adaptations of existing technologies. Media art practices include conceptual, interactive and installation art, and may also involve research and development into new interfaces and innovations in audiovisual and sound engineering.
What can media artists apply for?
Under the new work (media art) category applicants may apply for projects involving one or more of the following stages: creative development, production or presentation. This subcategory has been created specifically for music-based media art or sound art applications that would previously have been submitted to the former new media arts board.
Media art applications are also accepted across other categories, as appropriate to the activity. For example, the skills and arts development, or presentation and promotion categories support projects that are primarily for touring, electronic distribution of existing works or for marketing and promotion. These applications will be considered alongside all other musical genres.
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Thanks for being a Friend of the Australian Songwriters Conference and thank you so much for being part of the career solution for songwriters across Australia!
Our first annual ASC was a fantastic success - see our website for photos and music - and information about the next conference in June 2009 is coming soon!
I hope to see you next Queen's Birthday long weekend at the 2nd annual Australian Songwriters Conference!
Take care and warm regards, Lisa Butler Founder/Coordinator ASC
WA Musos - it is not too late to give your precious song the exposure it deserves!
You still have until Friday 15 August to submit online via sonicbids. com/wamsongoftheyear only, otherwise post or deliver entries to WAM by NEXT FRIDAY 8 August 5pm - items postmarked on the August 8 2008 will also qualify.
For complete competition, entry and prizes details, visit www. wam. asn. au
Late entries will not be accepted, so you better get a groove on!
* PLEASE NOTE: You must currently be a West Australian resident to enter this competition *
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