The Australian Music Centre (AMC) has announced the Australian composers selected for the MOMENTUM Plus initiative. The chosen composers will see an existing orchestral work recorded for the first time.

The composers are Adam Manning (Beethoven No. 5 Reimagined), Alex Turley (Reverie in Shifting Textures), Anne Cawrse (Sunburst), Catherine Likhuta (The Last Flight Out), Chris Williams (swift, slow, sweet, sour; adazzle, dim),  John Rotar (Kingfisher Dreaming), Leah Blankendaal (Music for a Sleeping City), Luna Pan (First Light), Lyle Chan (Sinfonietta), Me-Lee Hay (Gold-Finale), Paul Nicolaou (Catasterismi) and Suzanne Kosowitz (dance again).

The works will be recorded at Trackdown Studios in Sydney later this month.

Celebrating the AMC’s 50th birthday this year, MOMENTUM Plus allows for AMC-represented composers to have a completed work (or excerpt) under 5 minutes in length recorded. The works, recordings and scores will be made available from the AMC collection.

“We are so pleased to be partnering with Music Australia to deliver recordings of large-scale orchestral works,” said AMC CEO Catherine Haridy.

“We recognise that recordings are critical for composers to promote their works and connect with audiences globally. The calibre of submissions for MOMENTUM Plus this year was incredibly strong, with the 12 selected composers standing out for their originality, clarity of vision and bold artistic voices.”

More about MOMENTUM Plus can be found here.