The Queensland Music Awards (QMAs) will be back for their seventh year in 2019 and today they've opened entries for both awards and the Billy Thorpe Scholarship.
This year's QMAs winners included the likes of Amy Shark, The Jungle Giants, The Kite String Tangle, Greta Stanley and WAAX.
“The very strong showing from regional entrants at the 2018 QMAs shows that there is diverse talent bubbling up from every corner of our great state, and we can’t wait to see who rises to the surface after the 2019 nomination process,” said QMusic CEO Joel Edmondson.
Addition to the awards, entries are now open for the 2019 Billy Thorpe Scholarship, which will see its winner award $10,000 to record with an established producer, as well as receiving career advice from Chugg Entertainment.
“The Palaszczuk Government, through Arts Queensland, proudly supports our state’s contemporary music scene,” said Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch of the scholarship. “We’ve invested in QMusic to present the QMAs and BIGSOUND, in addition to a raft of awards that enable artists to take advantage of professional development opportunities and access new audiences.
“This includes the $10,000 Billy Thorpe Scholarship, which for ten years has supported local emerging musicians with their career development and helped them hone their art. Bearing the name of one of Australia’s rock’n’roll trailblazers, the scholarship is unlocking some exceptional musical talent here in Queensland, and putting truly promising artists on a path to success.”
Queensland songwriters and emerging artists have until 12 November 2018 to enter for both the QMAs and the Billy Thorpe Scholarship via the QMAs website, which can be found here.
The 2019 awards will be held at the Royal International Convention Centre at Brisbane Showgrounds on Tuesday 19 March.
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