APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have today announced the finalists for the 2023 Art Music Awards. A ceremony will be held on 15 August at Sydney’s Carriageworks to announce the winners.

Recognising the exceptional talent and innovation of Australian musicians, this year’s awards honour a diverse range of composers, performers and artists across the fields of classical, jazz, experimental music and sound art.

Mark Oates and Mason Kelly in Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan, Adelaide Festival, 2022. Photo © Andrew Beveridge

In the Choral category for Work of the Year, two works premiered by Sydney Chamber Choir and conductor Sam Allchurch make the cut: Brooke Shelley’s Heavenly Father and Heather Percy’s “lilting lullaby” Three Night Songs. Meta Cohen’s Swerve sets the stories of an experienced Goulburn Valley Pride volunteer to voices and strings, and Stuart Greenbaum’s major choral symphonic work, Symphony No. 5, Brought to Light, continues his collaboration with writer Ross Baglin.