Representation services for Australian Composers
What is Composer Representation?
Representation is a service provided by the Australian Music Centre to selected composers/creative artists
What kind music does the AMC support?
The Australian Music Centre supports a wide range of composition in sound, be it in real-time or by means of prolonged elaboration and definition.
Categories and genres within and around music and sound art are continually changing, inevitably and desirably. Thus our agenda is also mutable and responsive.
Presently we seek to support the following aspects of composing in sound:
- Electroacoustic music
- Electronica
- Improvised music, including contemporary jazz
- Installation sound
- Multimedia, web and film sound and music and related genres and techniques
- Notated composition
- Sound art.
We presently cannot support:
- Folk and traditional musics
- Popular and rock music, especially of commercial importance
Who is eligible?
We offer representation to composers/creative artists, and to performers.
Artists must be Australian citizens or have had permanent residence in Australia for at least 12 months. Expatriates who may or may not still hold Australian citizenship, but who still consider themselves 'Australian' may also apply.
View the full version of the Representation Policy
Benefits of representation
Documentation, Promotion, Discourse
The AMC accepts works and associated materials from the artists who become Represented. As the AMC’s collection becomes increasingly digitised and available online, attention can be focussed not only on the work and the artist biography, but also on the broader documentation of the context for the work, including any program notes, the analysis and education resource, discourse and discussion about the artist and the work, and past and future performances and events.
For composers working with notated music, the AMC will make available scores for sale, both those assigned to publishers or self-published by the composer, and those unpublished works licenced by the composer for the AMC to reproduce in facsimile form. Works licenced to the AMC to reproduce attract a 15% royalty to the artist.
For all artists represented with the AMC, any recordings or other materials in digital formats can be made available on a commercial or non-commercial basis.
For performers, biographies, discographies, and prospective performances are promoted by the AMC, and performance histories also maintained.
How do I apply?
Representation applications may be lodged with the AMC at any time, and assessment of
applications will normally take place twice each year. The closing date for the next round of applications is 30 May 2008. Please contact the AMC for an application form.
Applicants will be informed of the result of the assessment in writing. Unsuccessful applicants may re-apply after one year from the date of notification of the assessment.
The Australian Music Centre’s Board of Directors reserves the right to vary eligibility criteria or application procedures at any time.
Represented or Associate composers/creative artists
Applicants must complete an application form (available from the AMC). The form allows you to provide us the necessary information that supports your application, addressing the eligibility requirements.
Represented or Associate Performer
Performer representation is by invitation only, at the discretion of the AMC’s Board of Directors. However, this process will be supplemented by an annual call for nominations, in which members of the artistic community may nominate performers and ensembles.
Education
In special circumstances, the AMC Board will consider proposals for individual works to be included in the collection that are specifically for educational purposes, particularly in instances where there are gaps in repertoire, or where there is identifiable demand.
Please contact Music Resources Manager Judith Foster on (02) 9247 4677 or 1300 651 834 or e: if you wish to make an application or if you have any queries about Representation.
