Congratulations to Melbourne Composers’ League members Ros Bandt, Michael Kieran Harvey and Andrián Pertout at the 2020 Virtual Art Music Awards presented  by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre. The Art Music Awards recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian art music.

Ros Bandt is the recipient of the ‘Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music’  <Read here>  or  <Watch>

Michael Kieran Harvey is the recipient of the ‘National Luminary Award’ supporting the Tasmanian new music community through teaching, performance and recording <Read here>  or  <Watch> or <Full performance>

Two works for percussion composed by Andrián Pertout were featured performances during the broadcast:

‘Exposiciones’ performed by Louise Devenish  <Watch>

‘Musica Battuta for Two Glockenspiels’ performed by Louise Devenish and Thea Rossen  <Watch>