The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2011 (generally known as
APRA Awards
APRA Awards may refer to one of two awards ceremonies:
*APRA Awards (Australia)
*APRA Awards (New Zealand)
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) are a series of related awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Art Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards of 2011 was the 29th annual ceremony by the
Australasian Performing Right Association
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...
(APRA) and the
Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwri ...
(AMCOS) to award outstanding achievements in contemporary
songwriting,
composing and
publishing
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.
The ceremony was held on 21 June 2011 at CarriageWorks in
Sydney, Australia
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. The Art Music Awards were introduced in 2011 to replace the Classical Music Awards (last held in
2009
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) and were distributed on 3 May. They are sponsored by APRA and the
Australian Music Centre (AMC) to "recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music".
The Screen Music Awards were issued on 14 November by APRA and
Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) at the
City Recital Hall, Sydney which "acknowledges excellence and innovation in the genre of screen composition".
On 26 May nominations for the APRA Music Awards were announced on multiple news sources, with
John Butler Trio being the most nominated artist.
This ceremony was hosted by comedians
Andrew Hansen and
Chris Taylor. Also featured in the ceremony were
cover versions of nominated works.
A total of 12 awards were presented.
[ Paul Kelly was honoured with the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.]Angus and Julia Stone
Angus & Julia Stone are an Australian folk and indie pop group, formed in 2006 by brother and sister Angus and Julia Stone. Angus & Julia Stone have released five studio albums: ''A Book Like This'' (2007), '' Down the Way'' (2010), ''Angus & ...
tied with Jet
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for the most awards won that evening, the former winning both the Songwriter of the Year and the Song of the Year awards and the latter winning Most Played Australian Work and Rock Work of the Year for their song "Seventeen
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Literature
Magazines
* ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine
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".
Performances
APRA Music Awards
Blues & Roots Work of the Year
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
Country Work of the Year
Dance Work of the Year
International Work of the Year
Most Played Australian Work
Rock Work of the Year
Song of the Year
Urban Work of the Year
Most Played Australia Work Overseas
Songwriter of the Year
*Angus and Julia Stone[
]
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
* Paul Kelly[
]
Art Music Awards
Work of the Year – Instrumental
Work of the Year – Jazz
Work of the Year – Orchestral
Work of the Year – Vocal or Choral
Performance of the Year
Award for Excellence by an Organisation or an Individual
Award for Excellence in Music Education
Award for Excellence in a Regional Area
Award for Excellence in Experimental Music
Screen Music Awards
Feature Film Score of the Year
Best Music for an Advertisement
Best Music for Children's Television
Best Music for a Documentary
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
Best Music for a Short Film
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
Best Soundtrack Album
Best Television Theme
Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia
Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas
Notes
Footnotes
*1. Published by EMI Music Publishing Australia for Catherine Britt; Published by Perfect Pitch Publishing for Melanie Horsnell.
*2. Published by ABC Music Publishing administered by Mushroom Music for Drew McAlister.
*3. Published by Orient Pacific Music for Lee Kernaghan; Published by Universal Music Publishing for Colin Buchanan; Published by Piney Range Publishing for Matthew Scullion; Published by Perfect Pitch Publishing for Garth Porter.
*4. Published by EMI Music Publishing Australia for Brooke McClymont, Mollie McClymont and Samantha McClymont; Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia for Nathan Chapman.
*5. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia for Brian McFadden; Published by EMI Music Publishing Australia for Antonio Egizii and David Musumeci.
*6. Published by EMI Music Publishing Australia for Amy Pearson; Published by PeppermintBlue Publishing administered by Warner Chappell Music Australia for Cameron Denny and Paul Zala.
*7. Published by MCDJ Music/Universal Music Publishing for Ilan Kidron, Jonathan Murphy, David Greene and Justin Shave.
*8. Published by EMI Music Publishing Australia for Calvin Broadus; Published by Kobalt Music Publishing Australia for Katheryn Hudson, Martin Sandberg, Lukasz Gottwald, Bonnie McKee and Benjamin Levin; Published by Warner Chappell Music Australia for Katheryn Hudson; Published by Mushroom Music for Bonnie McKee.
*9. Published by EMI Music Publishing Australia for Alecia Moore; Published by Kobalt Music Publishing Australia for Martin Sandberg and Johan Schuster.
*10. Published by Mushroom Music for Samuel Dixon; Published by EMI Music Publishing Australia for Sia Furler.
*11. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia for Barry Francis, Matthew Lambert and Daniel Smith.
*12. Published by Universal Music Publishing for Guy Sebastian; Published by Universal/MCA Music Publishing for Eve Jeffers.
*13. ''A Dream of Drowning'' was written in 2009 for the opening concert of West Australian Symphony Orchestra's 2010 season. Teddy Tahu Rhodes sang baritone
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with the orchestra supplying vibraphone, harmonium, celesta, harp and strings. Andrew Ford composed the work using text from Tim Winton's novel '' Breath'' (2008).Andrew Schultz
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composed the work using text from Kenneth Slessor's poem of the same name (1944).
References
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