Eleven Australian and New Zealand composers have each received a grant of $7,500 towards the commissioning of a new work.

The 2023 recipients are Andrew Ford, Aviva Endean, Brooke Green, Connor D’Netto, Elizabeth Jigalin, Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung, Nadia Freeman, Netanela Mizrahi, Salina Fisher, Victoria Pham and Will Guthrie.

2023 Art Music Fund recipient Nadia Freeman. Photo © Excipio Vicis

Working in a multitude of different musical styles from song-cycles to orchestral works to electronic music, the recipients will engage in a broad spectrum of globe-spanning collaborations and intercultural music-making practices.

Presented by APRA AMCOS in partnership with the Australian Music Centre and New  Zealand’s SOUNZ, the grant has seen an increase from $5,000 in 2022; this the second year of the Art Music Fund’s partnership with SOUNZ.

Both D’Netto and Endean receive their second Art Music Fund grant in this round.

The fund supports a variety of different musical ventures, including notated composition, electroacoustic music, sound art, theatrical and operatic music, music for dance and more. Recipient Victoria Pham, a recipient from NSW, is “particularly...