2019 Program
8 – 9 October
Forums, Key Note, Networking,
Ceremony, Concert & Party
Day 1
FORUM 1: VISIBILITY IN HIP HOP
Women on the Front Line
TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 10:00AM
VISY THEATRE, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
Facilitator: Kween G (Hip Hop Artist)
Panellists: Kaylah Truth, Dizzy Doolan & Philly (First Nations Artists)
Hip Hop has given clarion voice to poverty, police brutality, violence and racism but had a vexed relationship to women, their stories and their voices. How can female voices more consistently be given their rightful place in the Australian Hip Hop Music scene?
FORUM 2: THE ART OF REBELLION
The Intersection of Music & Politics
TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 11:30AM
VISY THEATRE, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
Facilitator: Merenia Marin (Artist/Specialist Ignite Ability Facilitator SSI)
Panellists: Yumi Stynes (Television/Radio Presenter and Author), Kara Hinesley (Head of Public Policy Australia & NZ, Twitter), Alethea Beetson (Producer / Director / Researcher)
Art is political because it always presents a world view. Voices of difference have to fight to be heard. But once accepted, voices of rebellion can be co-opted and appropriated by the usual suspects. We take a deep look at the voices that are appropriated and the voices that are completely and fundamentally silenced. How can the music industry change to support the integrity and survival of genuine voices of rebellion?
FORUM 3: IMAGE MAKING
The Changing face of Music
TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2:15PM
VISY THEATRE, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
Facilitator: Rhianna Patrick (First Nations Broadcaster)
Panellists: Angela Samut (CEO QMusic), Amy Sheppard (Artist), Billie McCarthy (Artist), Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers (Musical Director / Composer / Sound Designer)
We are living in a time when assumptions, stereotypes and images of gender, race, sexuality and cultural diversity are being interrogated, revisited and liberated. How can we keep working to reduce the double standards around unrealistic and objectifying representations of women’s body image to promote realistic messages of confidence?
KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Eddie Ayres
TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 3:45PM
VISY THEATRE, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
Building on the wave of support for change embraced by the inaugural AWMA’s in 2018, our 2019 Key Note speaker is part of a hopeful vision for the future of women and diverse people in positions of power and creative control. Because we are at a crossroads of dynamic possibilities for inclusivity, AWMA’s vision is to lead with generosity, to insist that our society benefits when musicians and those who work with them are empowered from a diversity of places, cultures and identities.
Eddie Ayres is a musical adventurer, teacher, writer, broadcaster and transgender man. He was born on the White Cliffs of Dover and began playing music when he was six years old. He studied viola in Manchester, Berlin and London and played professionally in the UK and Hong Kong.
After more than a decade with ABC Classic he applied for a job teaching cello to street children and orphans at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul surviving the threat of bombs, kidnappings, beginner string players and hormonecharged teenagers. It was during this time that Eddie began his transition from female to male. Emma became Eddie just before his 50th birthday.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT SPEED
NETWORKING & NETWORKING DRINKS
Presented by AWMA & APRA AMCOS
TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 5:15PM
ROOFTOP TERRACE, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
In the world of music, knowledge is strength and connections can be everything. This speed networking session presents opportunities for both, and quickly, providing participants with the chance to meet and connect with a wide array of music practitioners who have invaluable insight in developing and progressing careers across the music industry. From song writing, music production, presentation and promotion to touring and beyond – this series of rapid intimate group discussions provides a unique opportunity for authentic connection with peers to help build sustainable networks.
Facilitator: Kellie Lloyd (APRA AMCOS)
Participants: Anna Laverty, Dr Eve Klein, Angela Samut, Rhianna Patrick, Alethea Beetson, Sue Ray, Eddie Ayres, Jhindu Lawry, Lavonne Bobongie, Ben Ely, Fergus Jenkins, Kara Hinesley, Yumi Stynes, Philly, Melaine Knight, Kween G, Jeremy Neale, L Fresh the Lion, Danny Harley, Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers
PLEASE JOIN US FOR NETWORKING DRINKS ON THE RIVERSIDE TERRACE
Day 2
FORUM 4: HOW OPERA FORUM 2019
Identity, Representation and Privilege
WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER 10:00AM
VISY THEATRE, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
HOW can we revive and re-imagine the future of opera in this country to make it relevant and inclusive for all Australians?
Facilitator: Dr Eve Klein (Music Scholar, Mezzo‑Soprano, Composer)
Panellists: Deborah Cheetham AO (First Nations Artist & Director), Dr Jordin Steele (Producer, director, performer), Heather Fairbairn (Theatre and opera director), Cheryl Barker AO (Internationally-renowned Soprano), Lissa Twomey (Executive Director of Major Performing Arts for the Australia Council)
Join us for the HOW discussion where the panel will cover issues such as inclusivity, privilege, the under-representation of female led narratives, the fear around re-inventing works from the existing canon, support and encouragement for new Australian works, the sidelining of female opera creatives and artists, the ever-growing number of opera professionals being imported and the lack of gender parity on our boards.
2019 AWMA AWARDS CEREMONY, CONCERT & PARTY
WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER FROM 7:00PM
BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
BLACK CARPET ARRIVAL
Emcees
YUMI STYNES & ALETHEA BEETSON
Welcome to Country
MAROOCHY BARAMBAH
Includes performances by
CHERYL BARKER with Tamara-Anna Cislowska
ZELA MARGOSSIAN with Zoe Hauptmann, Ali Foster & Stuart Vandegraaff
NGAIIRE with Novak Manojlovic
Special JUDITH DURHAM tribute performed by Clare Bowditch, Katie Noonan, Melinda Schneider & Zoe Hauptmann
FIRST NATIONS HIP HOP – Kween G, Kaylah Truth & Dizzy Doolan with DJ Redbelly
GUITARMAGEDDON – Jess Green, Sorcha Albuquerque, Zoe Hauptmann & Ali Foster
Finale performed by RENÉE GEYER with Katie Noonan, Zoe Hauptman, Jess Green & Ali Foster
PARTY