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 QMusic today announced that applications are open for their newly expanded suite of $15,000 scholarships, alongside the return of the People’s Choice Awards, which festivals and venues are also invited to nominate for from today. Applications for both open today and close Thursday, 11 January.

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Additionally, Queensland artists and filmmakers have gained a one-week extension to self-nominate for the genre awards, which opened last month and will now close midnight Monday, 20 November.

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SAHARA BECKS

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NEW DALWOOD-WYLIE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP

QMusic is proud to announce the new Dalwood-Wylie Foundation Scholarship. A first for the Australian music industry, privately funded by the Dalwood-Wylie Foundation, the trail-blazing Scholarship will award $15,000 to a Queensland-based contemporary musician who lives with a disability to enable them to make significant progress creatively, in their music career. 

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SIMONE GORMAN CLARK

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2024 LEGACY CASH SCHOLARSHIPS

Funded by the Queensland Government, four recipients will be granted $15,000 each via existing legacy scholarships: 

Presented for the first time in 2023, the annual $15,000 Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship provides the opportunity for an emerging Indigenous Queensland musician or band to develop and record a song or series of songs, to support and develop their ongoing career in the music industry. The 2023 winner was Dean Brady.

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Photo credits: Simone Gorman-Clark

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The Billy Thorpe Scholarship, offers a $15,000 recording and career support package, is awarded annually at the QMAs. Past winners include Sam Hales of The Jungle Giants, Greta Stanley, NEISH and Beckah Amani.

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Photo credit: Simone Gorman-Clark

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The Carol Lloyd Award honours original ‘rock chick’ Carol Lloyd and awards $15,000 to support an emerging female-identifying or non-binary Queensland musician to record a full-length album or record and tour an EP. Previous recipients include Platonic Sex, Hope D, Sahara Beck, Leanne Tennant and Moreton.

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Photo credit: Simone Gorman-Clark

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Now in its 16th year, the Grant McLennan Fellowship honours the late singer songwriter and The Go-Betweens co-frontman, funding the recipient an opportunity to travel to New York, London or Berlin to be immersed in a foreign and vibrant musical culture to further develop their artistic skills. 

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Photo credit: Simone Gorman-Clark

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PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

Venues and Festivals are also invited to nominate for the People’s Choice Awards (PCA), to be decided by public vote, as well as judging by an expert industry panel. 2024 PCA categories are: 

Festival of the Year 
Metro Venue of the Year 
Regional Venue of the Year 
Accessible Venue of the Year 

The second phase of nominations opening comes with the release of the first round of official judges. Among the judges onboard to help decide the 2024 awards are: Harry Young (Dew Process), Patience Hodgson (The Grates), Lars Brandle (Billboard), Casey O’Shaughnessy (Select Music), Konstantin Kersting (Producer), Dan Condon (Double J), Poppy Reid (The Brag Media) and Stu McCullough (Amplifire Music). 

Already the 2024 awards have enjoyed a flood of high calibre entries, with the events’ status showcased by 2023 category winners, including Thelma Plum, Ball Park Music, Sycco, DZ Deathrays and Miiesha.

Produced by QMusic, the 12th annual Queensland Music Awards will return to the stunning Fortitude Music Hall on Wednesday 17 April, 2024. Tickets will be available to the general public early next year. 

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Photo: Simone Gorman-Clark

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2024 Queensland Music Award
Categories

Self-Nominating Genre Awards
(Nominations extended – close Monday 20 November)

Blues / Roots 
Children’s Music 
Country 
Electronic  
Folk 
Heavy 
Hip Hop 
Indigenous  
Jazz 
Music For Screen *NEW
Pop  
Rock 
Soul / Funk / R’n’B 
Stage & Contemporary Classical *UPDATED
Youth (Ages 10-17)  
World 
Video (for filmmakers only) 

People’s Choice Awards
(Nominations close Thursday 11 January)

Festival of the Year  
Metro Venue of the Year 
Regional Venue of the Year 
Accessible Venue of the Year 

Cash Scholarships Awards
(Nominations close Thursday 11 January) 

Billy Thorpe Scholarship 

Carol Lloyd Award 
Grant McLennan Fellowship 
Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship 
Dalwood-Wylie Foundation Scholarship 

Find out more / nominate now HERE

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QMAs 2024 Judges 

 
Ally Cole, Island Records Australia 

Aidan Hogg, Aidan Hogg 

Alyssa Kielty, QPAC 

Andrew Butt, Andrew Butt Music 

Andy Irvine, GYROstream 

Ben Green, Griffith University 

Brad Hinds, Oztix 

Braydon Ritson, Social State / Front Row Artists 

Brett Wood, Music Industry College 

Bridget Garay, Journey Ahead 

Brigid Langford, Amplifire Music 

Brittney Kahl, Brisbane Powerhouse 

Cael Johnston, Secret Sounds 

Cameron Elliott, BMG 

Casey O’Shaughnessy, SELECT MUSIC 

Chris Palmer, That Aussie Music Guy 

Christina Elliott, BMG Australia 

Dan Quigley, Jazz Music Institute 

Dan Stork, Sole 

Dave Sleswick, The Tivoli / The Princess Theatre 

Dom Miller, Sunroom 

Ed Gresack, Yes, please 

Eddie Gazani, Voice and music studio 

Eliza Heath, The Tivoli & The Princess Theatre 

Emily Murphy-O’Neill, Em Events / RASN 

Emma Gloede, Queensland Performing Arts Centre 

Eyal Chipkiewicz, BEMAC 

Fergus Jenkins, Dew Process 

Grace Edward, QPAC 

Graham Ashton, Footstomp Music 

Greg Dodge, Oxygen 42 management 

Greta Kelly, Human Symphony Pty Ltd, DeepBlue Orchestra Inc 

Hannah Morrison, Amplifire Music 

Harry Young, Dew Process 

Heather O’Brien, EMI 

Helen Glengarry, City of Gold Coast 

James Bartlett, Social State | HOGWASH 

Jariah Travan, Tiny Minds Agency / Lonely Lands Agency 

Jarrad Thessman, Jarrad Thessman Event Management Pty Ltd 

Jenae Tien Jenkins, Expand Your Library 

Joc Curran, Joc Curran 

Jodie Feld, BMG 

JOE NEMER, Illusive Presents / Mushroom Group 

John Kenny, Entrelaw 

John Willsteed, QUT 

Jordanne Chant, Dinosaur City Records 

Julia Davis, NEW WORLD ARTISTS 

Julia Solomon, QPAC 

Justin Hoareau, Deloitte Consulting / Artist Manager 

Kate Johnson, The Tivoli 

Katie O’Hagan, Sony Music 

Katie Rynne, Village Sounds Agency 

Kaylah Tyson, Kaylah Truth 

Kaysei Krzewina, APRA AMCOS 

Kit Atkinson, Social State Entertainment 

Konstantin Kersting, Konstantin Kersting Pty Ltd 

Kyle Woodford, NO.ONE NETWORK 

Lachlan Goold, University of the Sunshine Coast 

Lars Brandle, Billboard 

Louise Denson, Louise Denson Music 

Mackenzie Moor, Select Music 

Maddy Hume, Chugg Music 

Madison Stevenson, The Tivoli & The Princess 

Marcus Walkom, Media Arts Lawyers 

Mark Gibbons, Secret Sounds – Venues 

Matt Noble, Six Degree Studios 

Matthew Connors, ABC Radio Brisbane 

Maurice Powell, Nightlife Music 

Melissa O’Bryan, Solbar 

Monique Matthews, APRA AMCOS 

Neil Wilson, Suitcase Records 

Nick Sullivan, Frownsville 

Nick Jones, Nightlife Music 

Nick Quigley, Jazz Music Institute 

Owen Newcomb, Yama-Nui 

Oz Bayldon, Gympie Music Muster 

Patience Hodgson, Patience Hodgson 

Patty Preece, CQUNiversity 

Poppy Reid, The Brag Media 

Rachel Whitford, 27 Music / Plus One Co 

Rick Heritage, Radio stations 4EB & 4ZzZ 

Ricky Pascoe, Aboriginal Community Member, Artist, Cultural Educator 

Ruby-Jean McCabe, Sunroom 

Rusty Thorpe, Self Employed 

Sean Foran, SAE Institute 

Si Gould, Wondercore Island 

Stu McCullough, Amplifire Music 

Stu Watters, Morph Consutling 

Summer King, From Dreams Club 

Thomas Granger, FRNDS MGMT 

Tom Inglis, HSF Artist Services 

Twistie Chaney, The Music Press – SGC Media 

Tyler McLoughlan, The Sound Pound 

Tyne Cochran, Secret Sounds 

Upile Mkoka, Weathered 

Waratah Nicholls, Cook Shire Council 

Will Blackburn, EMI Music Australia 

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About Queensland Music Awards

Celebrating the state’s brightest emerging artists and established legends, the Queensland Music Awards (QMAs) is a state-wide search for Queensland’s best new music. The QMAs recognise the diverse people and places that make contemporary popular music an invaluable part of the state’s cultural heritage. The awards are judged by music industry professionals from across the country, catapulting the careers of finalists and winners into national significance.  

About QMusic

QMusic is Queensland’s music industry development association. The work of QMusic is critical to the success of Queensland’s contemporary music economy. It is the only significant and established not-for-profit organisation in Queensland dedicated to delivering sector development and major music events including the Queensland Music Awards (QMAs) and BIGSOUND to stimulate and grow the state’s music sector. 

About the Billy Thorpe Scholarship

The annual A$15,000 Billy Thorpe Scholarship provides the opportunity for an emerging artist or band to record with an established producer and receive career planning from Chugg Entertainment. Established in 2010, the Scholarship is named in honour of the late Billy Thorpe, a great Australian rock musician and the frontman of Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs. Billy spent his formative years in Brisbane and made an enormous contribution to the Australian and global music industry over five decades of performing, writing and producing. The winner of the Billy Thorpe Scholarship will be announced at the illustrious 2023 Queensland Music Awards ceremony. 

The Billy Thorpe Scholarship is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. 

About the Carol Lloyd Award

The Carol Lloyd Award honours the contribution the late Carol Lloyd made to the Queensland music scene and awards $15,000 to support an emerging female-identifying or non-binary singer-songwriter Queensland musicians to record a full-length album or record and tour an EP.   
The Carol Lloyd Award is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. 

About the Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship

This Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship is in recognition of the enormous contribution Uncle Mop made to the so-called Australian music industries. Presented for the first time in 2023, the annual $15,000 Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship provides the opportunity for an emerging Indigenous Queensland musician or band to develop and record a song or series of songs, to support and develop their ongoing career in the music industry. 

The Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. 

About the Grant McLennan Fellowship

The Grant McLennan Fellowship, founded in 2007, honours the musical legacy of the late singer songwriter and co-front man of the Go-Betweens and offers contemporary songwriters with more than five years of professional experience, a cash prize of $15,000 to support the opportunity to further develop their artistic skills and build global networks in an international location. The winner of will be announced at the illustrious 2023 Queensland Music Awards ceremony.  

The Grant McLennan Fellowship is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland 

About the Dalwood-Wylie Foundation Scholarship

The Dalwood-Wylie Foundation Scholarship is funded by the Dalwood-Wylie Foundation and is administered by QMusic. The $15,000 Scholarship will be awarded to a Queensland-based contemporary musician who lives with a disability. 

The Dalwood-Wylie Foundation Scholarship is proudly supported by the Dalwood-Wylie Foundation. 

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AMNPLIFY – ML