17 November 2010
Applications for 2011 APRA Professional Development Awards close soon
The submissions for the APRA Professional Development Awards 2011 close on 29 November - these awards are given to eight emerging songwriters and composers across six categories: popular contemporary, country, jazz, classical, film and television, and Indigenous. All in all, eight emerging songwriters and composers will be given a career break through these awards. Each PDA winner will receive a prize package made up of cash, product, travel, education and recognition, valued at over $25,000.
APRA has also partnered with the Big Day Out and the University of Tasmania to present the Jessica Michalik Contemporary Music Endowment and UTAS Stephen Schwartz Songwriting Award, both worth $10,000 cash.
Shortlisted applicants will be notified mid-December. The awards ceremony will take place in Sydney in March 2011.
More information and entry forms are available on the APRA website.
Further links
APRA Professional Development Awards (www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ProfessionalDevelopmentAwards.aspx)
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