Image: Clea, 2019 Queensland Music Awards. Image by Bianca Holderness Photography.
Songwriters and filmmakers from all across Queensland are invited to enter 16 self-nominating categories in the 2021 QMAs. Self-nominations close at 11:59pm (AEST), Friday 22 January 2021.
Image: Emma Beau, 2019 Queensland Music Awards. Image by Bianca Holderness Photography.
The Queensland Music Awards will return to The Fortitude Music Hall on Tuesday 20 April 2021 to celebrate Queensland's best new music.
Image: Busby Marou, 2020 Queensland Music Awards. Image by Bianca Holderness Photography.
Secure $10,000 funding to record with an established producer. Applications close 11:59pm (AEST), Friday 22 January 2021.
Image: Lynn Thorpe, 2020 Scholarship winner Harry Phillips, Hon Leeanne Enoch. Image by Aimee Catt Photography.
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QMusic today announced the return of the Billy Thorpe Scholarship, funded by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, with applications open until 11:59pm (AEST), Thursday 14 January 2021 for all Queensland early-career artists to apply.
Entries are now open for emerging and established artists to submit an application across 16 categories in the 2021 Queensland Music Awards (QMAs).
The QMusic Management Committee is pleased to announce Natalie Strijland as the new President, taking the reins from Michael Crutcher, and D-J Wendt as Vice President, taking over from Stephen Green, and welcomes new member, John "JC" Collins.
