Seventeen composers have been announced as the recipients of the 2026 Art Music fund, presented by APRA AMCOS in partnership with the Australian Music Centre and SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music. Fifteen Australian composers and two NZ composers will be granted $7,500 to create a brand new commissioned work.

This year’s recipients are Alexander Garsden, Andrée Greenwell, Benjamin Shannon, Ceridwen McCooey, Chris Williams, Dane Yates, Dominic Flynn, Jack Symonds, Jeremy Rose, Katia Geha, Meta Cohen, Miyama McQueen-Tokita, Rachel Emma Lewindon, Ripley Kavara, Solomon Frank, Jasmine Lovell-Smith and Ruby Solly.

Top: Alexander Garsden, Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Jeremy Rose, Ceridwen McCooey, Dane Yates, Rachel Lewindon. Middle: Meta Cohen, Benjamin Shannon, Miyama McQueen, Dominic Flynn, Katia Geha, Chris Williams. Bottom: Solomon Frank, Ruby Solly & collaborators Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan, Andree Greenwell, Jack Symonds, Ripley Kavara & collaborator Nadeem Tiafau Eshraghi. Photos supplied

Established in 2016, the Art Music Fund has delivered more than $1 million dollars to over 120 Australian and New Zealand composers. This year, Music Australia contributed $45,000 in support, which has allowed the Fund to support six additional composers.

“It’s incredibly rewarding to see the Art Music Fund go from strength to strength,...