The Albert H. Maggs Composition Award is a commission-based

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n classical composition award given in order to "encourage and assist composers who might otherwise abandon their efforts for want of means". The award was founded in 1966 by Albert H. Maggs, a Melbourne-based professional bookmaker, amateur pianist and patron of the arts and medicine. He initially provided $10,000, and made later contributions to keep the award viable. The only qualification is that applicants must have resided in Australia for at least two years before the closing date for applications, in March. It is administered by the University of Melbourne and is awarded annually in August. The winner agrees to submit their work within 18 months of the award being made. The current value of the award is $7,000 with another $3,000 as a performance subsidy.

List of winners

The following composers have been awarded the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award: * 1967 Nigel Butterley * 1968 Larry Sitsky * 1969

Colin Brumby Colin James Brumby (18 June 1933 – 3 January 2018) was an Australian composer and conductor. Biography Brumby was born in Melbourne and educated at the Glen Iris State School, Spring Road Central School, and Melbourne Boys' High School. He s ...

* 1970

Keith Humble Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons i ...

* 1971 Raymond Hanson * 1972 George Dreyfus * 1973

Graham Hair Graham Barry Hair (born 1943) is an Australian composer, music scholar and retired academic. He was educated at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1964 and a Master of Music degree three years later. He the ...

* 1974 Donald Hollier * 1975 Ann Carr-Boyd * 1975

George Tibbits George Tibbits (January 14, 1763 – July 19, 1849) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born in Warwick, Rhode Island on January 14, 1763. He pursued classical studies and e ...

* 1976

Eric Gross Eric Gross Member of the Order of Australia, AM (16 September 192617 April 2011) was an Austrian-Australian piano, pianist, composer and teacher. Biography Gross was born in Vienna and emigrated to England in 1938. From the age of fourteen, he w ...

* 1977 Tristram Cary * 1978

Barry Conyngham Barry Ernest Conyngham, , (born 27 August 1944) is an Australian composer and academic. He has over seventy published works and over thirty recordings featuring his compositions, and his works have been premiered or performed in Australia, Japa ...

* 1979 Richard Hames * 1979

Vincent Plush Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists * Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...

* 1980

David Worrall David Richard Worrall (born 12 June 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Barrow. A versatile and aggressive player, he is able to play wide right or in central midfield. Worrall began his career at B ...

* 1981 Larry Sitsky * 1982 Richard Mills * 1983 Božidar Kos * 1984

Brenton Broadstock Brenton Thomas Broadstock (born 1952) is an Australian composer. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on Australia Day in 2014 for "significant service to music as a composer, educator and mentor". Biography Broadstock was b ...

* 1985

Andrew Schultz Andrew Schultz (born 18 August 1960 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an acclaimed Australian classical composer. A musician with a large and widely performed output and an international sphere of activity he has, since 2008, lived in Sydney, New ...

* 1986

Warren Burt Warren Burt (born 10 October 1949) is an Australia-based composer of American birth. He is known for composing in a wide variety of new music styles, ranging from acoustic music, electroacoustic music, sound art installations, and text-based m ...

* 1987 Chu Wang-Hua * 1988

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* 1989 no award given * 1990 Mary Finsterer * 1991

Stephen Cronin Stephen Cronin (born 13 October 1995) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a left corner-back for the Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or co ...

* 1992 Mark Pollard * 1993 Lesleigh Thompson * 1994 Gerard Brophy * 1995 Thomas Reiner * 1996 Wilfred Lehmann * 1997

David Joseph David Joseph may refer to: *David Joseph (basketball), Canadian basketball coach *David Joseph (executive), English corporate executive *David C. Joseph David Cleveland Joseph (born May 6, 1977) is a United States district judge of the United S ...

* 1998

Christopher Willcock Christopher Willcock (born 1947) is an Australian Jesuit priest and composer of liturgical music. Life Willcock studied music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (graduated 1974) and was ordained to the priesthood in 1977. He then pursued doct ...

* 1999 Wilfred Lehmann * 2000 Gerard Brophy * 2001 Stuart Greenbaum * 2002

Lawrence Whiffin Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

* 2005 John Peterson * 2006 Johanna Selleck * 2007 Mark Isaacs * 2008

* 2009 Kate Neal * 2010

Paul Stanhope Paul Stanhope is an Australian composer, conductor and music educator, known for his choral and instrumental music. Early life and education Stanhope was a student of Andrew Ford, Andrew Schultz and Peter Sculthorpe, and received the Charles Ma ...

* 2011

Katy Abbott Katy Abbott (born 1971) is an Australian composer. Abbott writes music for orchestra, chamber ensemble and voice. Her work reflects her interests in contemporary Australian cultures and often explores notions of home, place, humour and connecti ...

* 2012 Andrew Ford * 2013

* 2014 Tim Dargaville * 2015

* 2016 Peter Knight * 2017

Lachlan Skipworth Lachlan Skipworth (born 1982) is an Australian composer based in Perth, Western Australia. His works span across orchestral, chamber, vocal and experimental music and is heavily influenced by the Japanese shakuhachi and the honkyoku aesthetic. ...

* 2018

Natalie Williams Natalie Jean Williams (born November 30, 1970) is an American basketball executive and former player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Williams was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. She was also an acc ...

* 2019 Wally Gunn * 2020

Nigel Westlake Nigel Westlake is an Australian composer, musician and conductor. As a composer for the screen, his film credits include the feature films ''Ali's Wedding'', '' Paper Planes'', ''Miss Potter'', ''Babe'', '' Babe: Pig in the City'', '' Children of ...

* 2021 Anne Cawrse

Sources

* {{cite web , title=Albert H. Maggs Composition Awards , url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/music/collections/albert-h.-maggs-composition-awards , website=Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library , publisher=University of Melbourne , language=en , access-date=1 June 2019 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601001213/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/music/collections/albert-h.-maggs-composition-awards , archive-date=1 June 2019 , url-status=dead
Australian Music Centre

University of Melbourne Statute: R7.127 The Albert H. Maggs Composition Award
Australian music awards Classical music awards 1967 establishments in Australia