Award Information

The SOUNZ Contemporary Award, which was established in 1998, is a project of APRA, Australasian Performing Right Association and SOUNZ.

Composers who are members of APRA are annually invited to enter up to two works which have been premiered in the previous year. The works can be for solo, chamber, ensemble, choral, opera, orchestral, electro-acoustic or any combination of these.

The Centre for NZ Music convenes a jury to judge the entries on creative and artistic criteria including compositional excellence and inspiration.

The award, consisting of a trophy and cash prize (currently $3,000), is presented each year at the APRA Silver Scroll awards ceremony. The trophy for the SOUNZ Contemporary Award has been designed and made by Auckland sculptor Sarah Smuts Kennedy and depicts a bronze fern frond mounted on a shaped on a shaped oak and ebony base.

Award Details

Labyrinth was the winner of the 2005 SOUNZ Contemporary Award.

Links

• Labyrinth for Tuba and Orchestra
• SOUNZ Contemporary Award