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2024 Carol Lloyd Award Winner Jo Davie. Image by Darcy Goss Media.

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QMusic is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for their annual suite of four $15,000 scholarships. Designed to support Queensland musicians, these prestigious opportunities will close on 15 January, with winners unveiled at the 2025 Queensland Music Awards on 25 March 2025. 

Thanks to funding from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, four recipients will each receive $15,000 through the following legacy scholarships:

Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship

Introduced in 2023 to recognise the life and artistic legacy of ‘King of Murri Country’ Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon, this $15,000 scholarship supports an Indigenous Queensland musician or band to develop and record a song or series of songs. Previous recipients include Dean Brady and Kristal West.

Billy Thorpe Scholarship

Providing $15,000 for recording and career development, this scholarship supports an emerging solo artist or duo and remembers the late great Billy Thorpe. Alumni include Sam Hales (The Jungle Giants), Greta Stanley, Beckah Amani, AYLA and most recently, Lottie McLeod in 2024.

Grant McLennan Fellowship

Celebrating its 17th year, this fellowship honours the late singer-songwriter and The Go-Betweens co-founder Grant McLennan. The recipient will receive $15,000 to travel to New York, London, or Berlin, to immerse themselves in vibrant music cultures to inspire and refine their craft. Past winners include Sahara Beck, Moreton, Danny Harley (The Kite String Tangle) and Jack Bratt.

Carol Lloyd Award

This award is dedicated to supporting female-identifying or gender-diverse Queensland musicians, in the name of one of Australia’s most trailblazing female rock icons, Carol Lloyd. Recipients can use the funds to record a full-length album or create and tour an EP. Past winners include Jo Davie, Platonic Sex and Hope D.

Brisbane songstress Jo Davie recounts her 2024 experience in her standout year winning the Carol Lloyd Award: “I am so unbelievably honoured to have received the Carol Lloyd Award for 2024. This is such an important award for women in music, like me, and is going to help so much in taking my career to the next level. This award has definitely lit a fire beneath me, to spend the time and energy making something that I truly love and believe in.”

For more full eligibility guidelines and to apply for the scholarships, visit www.qmusic.com.au.

QMusic’s annual suite of cash scholarships are proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

SAVE THE DATE:

All scholarship winners will be announced at the 2025 Queensland Music Awards. Produced by QMusic, the 14th annual event will return to the stunning Fortitude Music Hall on Tuesday, 25 March 2025. Tickets will be available to the public early next year. 

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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 Billy Thorpe Scholarship

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

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 QMAs and BIGSOUND to stimulate and grow the state’s music sector.

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