APRA Music Awards of 2017

APRA Music Awards of 2017
Date3 April 2017 (2017-04-03)
LocationSydney, Australia
Websiteapraamcos.com.au/awards/
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The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2017 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of related awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Art Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards of 2017 was the 35th annual ceremony by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) to award outstanding achievements in contemporary songwriting, composing and publishing.[1] The ceremony was held on 3 April 2017 at the International Convention Centre Sydney.[2][3] The host for the ceremony was Julia Zemiro, presenter on SBS-TV's RocKwiz.[3]

The Art Music Awards ceremony was held on 22 August 2017 in Sydney and are presented by APRA, AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC), "to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian art music. Art music covers activity across contemporary classical music, contemporary jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art"[4] The Screen Music Awards were issued on 13 November at the Melbourne Recital Centre by APRA, AMCOS and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), which "acknowledges excellence and innovation in the field of screen composition."[5]

In mid-March nominations for the APRA Music Awards were announced on multiple news sources: Flume received the most with four nominations,[3][6] he went on to win three awards.[7][8] Archie Roach was honoured by the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.[9] Songwriter of the Year was Flume.[10]

  1. ^ "Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 APRA Music Award Winners Announced". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 3 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c McGrane, Danielle (15 March 2017). "Flume leads APRA Music Award nominations". news.com.au. News Limited. Australian Associated Press (AAP). Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Art Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australian Music Centre (AMC). 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference SMA 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Bryant, Gareth (15 March 2017). "Flume Leads The Nominations At 2017 APRA Music Awards". scenestr. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  7. ^ Cashmere, Paul (3 April 2017). "Flume Wins Big at 2017 APRA Music Awards". noise11.com. Paul Cashemere, Ros O'Gorman. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  8. ^ McCabe, Kathy (3 April 2017). "Young dance and pop songwriters dominate the APRA Music Awards, led by Flume and Troye Sivan". news.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ted Albert 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference SWotYWin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).