APRA AMCOS has announced the 61 composer and songwriter finalists nominated for the 2025 APRA Professional Development Awards.

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The Awards grant the winning musicians $10,000, to be used for attending workshops and music education courses, composer seminars and co-writing sessions, either local or internationally. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Sydney on 13 February.

In the Classical & Experimental category, the nominated composers are Corrina Bonshek, Han Yi (Henry) Liang, Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung, Josten Myburgh and Kate Milligan.

With a keen interest for site-responsive composition, Corrina Bonshek’s works have been featured across Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, and she has been a finalist for the Art Music Awards and the Queensland Music Awards. She was the recipient of a 2024 Export Development Fund

A flautist and shō player, Henry Liang was also the recipient of a 2024 Export Development Fund, and was one of the inaugural recipients of the ABC Classic Composer Commissioning Fund. His works have been performed at New York’s National Opera Centre, Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) and by Ensemble Offspring. He was one of five composers selected to attend the...