“The finalists for [Australia’s] 2019 Art Music Awards have been announced, with several newcomers appearing alongside established voices, and this year – for the first time in the history of the Art Music Awards – there are more women than men in the running for the prestigious Orchestral Work of the Year category. Presented by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre, the Art Music Awards celebrate achievements in Australian contemporary classical music, experimental music and jazz.

In the Orchestral Work of the Year category,

Cathy Milliken’s DACCORD: A Diary of Discourse, (premiered by soprano Jessica Aszodi, guitarist Vladimir Gorbach and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra under Benjamin Northey at the Adelaide Guitar Festival).”

Read full announcement article here.