Sahara Beck, Ella Fence, Angharad Drake, Andrea Kirwin and Asha Jefferies are all in the running for the prestigious award, presented by the Queensland Music Festival and championed by internationally renowned singer-songwriter and Artistic Director, Katie Noonan.
With support from Arts Queensland, APRA AMCOS and Hutchinson Builders, the Carol Lloyd Award is presented to an upcoming female identifying singer-songwriter, who resides in Queensland.
This year the talent has been of an excellent calibre, with 55 entries submitted from emerging Queensland female artists.
The award includes a $15,000 grant to help support upcoming singer-songwriters to showcase and develop their work. The grant enables them to acquire suitable resources to help with touring, music production, promotion, publicity and marketing so that they can present their project to the Australian music industry and help broaden and grow their existing fan bases.
The Carol Lloyd Award is now in its third year and has had a significant impact on previous winners Leanne Tennant in 2018 and Georgia Potter (Moreton) in 2017.
The 2019 Carol Lloyd Award judging panel featured industry veterans Katie Noonan, Joc Curran, Leanne de Souza, Sean Sennett, John Willsteed and Annie Peterson.
“It has been such a privilege to be part of this judging panel for the past three years. The immense talent of our applicants is extraordinary. There must be something in the water, as Queensland keeps producing such a diverse range of female singer songwriters with so many unique voices, all with something very important to say.”
Joc Curran
Judge, Carol Lloyd Award
“Once again the judges and I were thrilled with the quality of the submissions for our third annual $15K Carol Lloyd Award prize. Like the previous two winners Moreton and Leanne Tennant, it was a unanimous decision and we are excited to see how this prize will help this extraordinary artist’s career continue to bloom.
"Carol’s legacy lives on loud and proud, and we are proud to watch these brilliant QLD women’s careers soar in Australia and around the world.” said Katie Noonan.
The winner of the 2019 Carol Lloyd Award will be announced on May 20, 2019.
Applications are open for the prestigious $25,000 Grant McLennan fellowship, an incredible opportunity for QLD songwriters to travel to New York, London or Berlin for up to six months and use the experience of being immersed in a foreign and vibrant musical culture to further develop their own artistic skills. Applications close 23 September, 2019.
Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, music writer and industry figure Vivien Goldman, Frontier Touring’s Sahara Herald and acclaimed artist Mojo Juju join the stellar 2019 speaker lineup. With the new keynote announcement comes the unveiling of the BIGSOUND 2019 Official Party program, with Purple Pass holders in for a real treat with no less than 16 official events.
This year's legendary BIGSOUND party schedule has landed, with a heap of returning favourites and exciting new offerings! Purple Pass holders are in for a real treat with no less than 16 official events, check out the full list!
QMusic have partnered with Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance and The Events Centre to present POINT, an immersive event featuring multi-art projections, installations and some of the country’s most exciting emerging and established music acts taking place Friday 30 Aug. Check out the lineup!
Raising funds for your project or organisation? Applications for matched funding through Creative Partnerships Australia and the Australian Cultural Fund are open from now until Wed 14 August.
Over the past three years BIG SKY GIRLS has become a crucial annual event supporting and mentoring young regional women in music across Queensland. Applications for 2019 are open now, closing 10 August.
