APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the finalists of the 2024 Art Music Awards. The winners will be revealed at a ceremony on 14 August at Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, hosted by Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe with Miranda Hill and Benjamin Northey. Sia Ahmad, a recipient of a 2022 Award, serves as this year’s music curator.

The Journey Down, a multimedia work from Mark Atkins, Andrew Daylight, Aviva Endean, Chris Griffiths, Preben Ningarmarra, Tristen Parr and Vanessa Tomlinson is a top candidate in this year’s Awards, having received nominations in three seperate categories. The Awards also see a series of first-time finalists in Helen Svoboda, John Rotar, Jack Frerer and Yunyu Ong.

Zoe Barry in The Nervous Atmosphere. Photo © Sarah Walker.

In the Choral category for Work of the Year, John Rotar’s Passio, performed by One Equal Music and The Australian Voices has been nominated alongside Bridget Bourne and Juliana Kay’s Earth Shaped Hearts, Joe Twist’s Winchester Canticles and Mary Finsterer and Mel Gibson’s Stabat...