Australian Music Centre

The Australian Music Centre (AMC), formerly known briefly as Sounds Australian, is a national organisation promoting and supporting art music in Australia, founded in 1974. It co-hosts the Art Music Awards along with APRA AMCOS, and publishes Resonate Magazine.

Description

AMC provides advocacy, representation, and publishing services as well as career support and professional development programmes. Initially focussed on contemporary classical music, its purview has expanded to experimental music, sound art, contemporary jazz, and improvisatory music.[1] In 1990 it briefly changed its name to Sounds Australian.[2] The AMC is the Australian national section of ISCM[3] and IAMIC.[4]

The Centre's collection includes a repository of Australian scores, recordings and teaching kits that numbered 13,000 items by 660 creators in 2017.[5]

Governance

The AMC was established in 1974 by its inaugural director, James Murdoch. For 32 years its CEO was John Davis, who left in 2021.[1] In May 2021, he was succeeded by Catherine Haridy, who had worked in A&R for Mushroom Records and Warner Music Australia and founded her own artist management company in 2006.[6] Marshall McGuire was appointed Chair of the Board in 2021.[7]

Art Music Awards

The AMC co-hosts the Art Music Awards along with APRA AMCOS, which acknowledges excellence among Australian composers, performers and educators in the genres of contemporary classical music, jazz, improvisation, sound art and experimental music.[8]

The Art Music Awards were first held in 1988 under the banner 'The Sounds Australian Awards'.[9]

Notable represented artists

The Australian Music Centre represents Australian composers, improvisers and sound artists. Some notable represented artists include:

References
  1. Hope, Cat (15 March 2021). "John Davis: 32 years at the Australian Music Centre". Limelight. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. "Australian Music Centre". National Library of Australia Authority File.
  3. "ISCM - AUSTRALIAN SECTION". ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. "About the Australian Music Centre : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. "Australian Music Centre". Europe Jazz Network. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  6. McPherson, Angus (14 May 2021). "Catherine Haridy announced as new Australian Music Centre CEO". Limelight. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  7. "Marshall McGuire, Director of Programming appointed Chair of the Australian Music Centre". Melbourne Recital Centre. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  8. "Australian Music Centre Online : Breaking Sound Barriers". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  9. "History of the Classical Music Awards". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  10. "Bryony Marks : Represented Artist Profile". Australian Music Centre. April 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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