15 January 2020
Australia Council grants, January 2020
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the results of its recent round of funding, with grants secured by the AMC-represented artists Mary Finsterer ($21.3K for new works for performance by Gabriella Smart and Lizzy Welsh), Jeremy Rose ($23K for recording a collaborative album with Simon Barker, Chloe Kim and the Earshift Orchestra), Matthew Sheens ($30K to record a new work, created after trauma, for string quartet, choir, and rhythm section), Adam Simmons ($34.2K for the jazz trio Origami to perform 22 concerts across China, Europe, Turkey, and India, including creative collaborations with international artists), Yitzhak Yedid ($25.7K for composing, recording and residency), and Chloe Charody who secured $44.2K to compose The Devil's Tiger, a circus-opera for four opera singers trained in aerial acrobatics, a fire-taming chamber orchestra and a symphony orchestra.
Successful grant recipients this time around also included Claire Edwardes ($25K for commissioning and recording Australian percussion solos by female composers), Erkki Veltheim ($29.2K to create a suite of works inspired by Agrippa's Planetary Magical Squares), and Satsuki Odamura ($25K for recording Australian compositions). Career development grant recipients included Ngarra Burria program participant Eric Avery and flutist Lina Andonovska, among others.
Funding for organisations included $48.4K for ELISION (for events and touring in Australia and overseas); $25K for Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival (for Soundstream programs and the Summers Night Project); $89.5K for Aphids Events; $82.2K for the Four Winds Festival and events; $40.5K for the Next Wave Festival; $75K for the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS); $22.7K for the Rubiks Collective (for a US tour, incl. recording and professional development); $10.9K for Tone List (for the Audible Edge festival of exploratory music); and $50K for the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.
> For a full list of awarded grants, see the Australia Council for the Arts website - see also: media release (14 January 2020)
© Australian Music Centre (2020) — Permission must be obtained from the AMC if you wish to reproduce this article either online or in print.
Comments
Be the first to share add your thoughts and opinions in response to this article.
You must login to post a comment.