Arts Minister Simon Crean today announced $200,000 in funding in order for Australia’s musicians to take their music on the road and share their experiences with audiences across Australia, regardless of where they live.
Mr Crean said, “The Contemporary Music Touring Program will see regional areas such as Goolwa, Castlemaine, Wollongong and Geraldton treated to performances by some of Australia’s top musical talent, music is an essential tool through which we express and share our culture and learn more about ourselves."
In 2013, 309 performances and 141 workshops will take place in 281 venues across Australia. Mr Crean advised, " the tours not only involve performances, but also workshops and other additional activities with local communities, creating a richer shared experience, and demonstrating the real career pathways available to professional musicians,”
The tours that will be receiving funding are as follows;
$15,000 for Jordie Lane, folk/alternative country singer and guitarist – The Winner Tour
$8,838 for Jen Cloher and the Endless Sea, folk rock group – In Blood Memory Album Tour.
$10,800 for Glenn Skuthorpe, country/rock singer – Great Beyonder Album Launch
$14,995 for The Salvadors, pop/rock band – Holy Drunken Fisherman Tour
$15,000 for The Strides, reggae/afrobeat/hip hop band – Rasta Live Tour
$14,925 for Mark Hilton and the Two Few & Dave Garnham and the Reasons to Live, country blues bands – Imperial Carpetbaggers Tour
$9,254 for The McMenamins, folk/alternative country duo – 4th Album Tour
$15,000 for Penny and the Mystics, roots/rock/reggae/funk band – Expansion Tour
$13,300 for The Vampires, jazz band – The Vampires Tour
$5,110 for Anonymeye, experimental folk act – Summer of Anonymeye Tour
$15,000 for Ensemble Offspring, contemporary classical group – Blow Your Own Tune
$9,000 for Two River Blues, blues band – Album Launch Tour
$15,000 for Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, contemporary jazz orchestra – 10th Anniversary Tour
$9,841 for Jade Leonard, contemporary jazz singer and pianist – Jazz at Your Place Tour
$8,108 for Matty Rogers, blues performer – On the Road Tour
$10,000 for B2M, Indigenous R’n’B band – Music on the Moil Tour
On 22 August 2012 Mr Crean announced the transfer of future rounds of the Contemporary Music Touring Program to the Australia Council. Applications for funding for tours commencing from 4 March 2013 tours are now open through the Australia Council.
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