Deborah Conway, Kasey Chambers & Mo'Ju Lead Australian Women In Music Awards Finalists Drop
Over 400 nominations were submitted for this year’s Australian Women In Music Awards across 19 categories.
Deborah Conway, Kasey Chambers, Mo'Ju (Source: Supplied)
The Australian Women In Music Awards (AWMAs), now in its fifth year, has shared the finalists for its 2024 event, with big names including Kasey Chambers, Deborah Conway, Mo’Ju, Alice Ivy, and Katie Noonan leading today’s announcement.
Over 400 nominations were submitted for this year’s AWMAs across 19 categories. 48 jurors nominated 57 finalists across different areas of music, such as leadership, production, songwriting, photography, journalism, and more.
This year’s theme? From Rock to Opera, meaning that the performances and arrivals to the event are centred around two very different but devoted genres of music.
The 2024 AWMA Ceremony and Concert will be held on Wednesday, 2 October, at The Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane (Meanjin). Australian country music star Kasey Chambers has been nominated for two awards—the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Artistic Excellence Award—and the Songwriter Award is stacked with three huge names: Shannon Busch (WILSN), Alice Ivy, and Mo’Ju.
Mo’Ju is also up for two awards: the Artistic Excellence Award and Songwriter Award. Another two-time nominee is Izzie Austin, who’s received nods for the Music Photographer and Filmmaker Awards.
Earlier today, The Music reported that our own Ellie Robinson will be a speaker at this year’s BIGSOUND. Now, we can share that she’s up for the Music Journalist Award alongside Mawunyo Gbogbo and Tait McGregor.
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You can find the full list of finalists for this year’s AWMAs below, with the Honour Roll and Inspiration Award recipients to be announced on the night. Tickets to attend the AWMAs will go on sale early next month.
In a statement, AWMA Founding Executive Producer and Program Director Vicki Gordon said of this year’s awards: “A hallmark of AWMA is our capacity to reach women and disadvantaged communities from diverse backgrounds whilst raising the collective voice to promote the importance of gender equality in the music industry.”
Australian Women in Music Awards 2024 Finalists
1. ARIA Executive Leader Game Changer Award: Chris Erskine, Paula Girvan, Sean Warner
2. Opera Australia Impact Award: Andrée Greenwell, Linda Thompson, Jessica O’Donoghue
3. Lifetime Achievement Award: Kasey Chambers, Deborah Conway, Tana Douglas
4. Tina Arena Special Impact Award: Shweta Krishnamurthy (aka Xylo Aria), Rebecca Price, Emma Watkins
5. Humanitarian Award: Liz Archer, Gemma Farrell, Jodie Kell
6. Diversity in Music Award: Morwenna Collett, Toni Janke, Sandra Morales
7. Excellence in Classical Music Award: Miriam Gordon-Stewart, Sonya Lifschitz, Karin Schaupp
8. Women in Heavy Music Award: Mikaila Delgado, Moni Lashes, Tiana Speter
9. Creative Leadership Award: Phoebe Bennett, Kat McGuffie, Chelsea Wilson
10. Artistic Excellence Award: Kasey Chambers, Mo’Ju, Katie Noonan
11. Studio Production Award: Charlotte Adelle, Rebecca Price, Becki Whitton
12. Live Creative Production Award: Janelle Colquhoun, Sharni Honor, Anusha Matthews
13. Live Production Touring Award: Tana Douglas, Jenny Hong, Katy Richards
14. Music Leadership Award: Susan Cotchin, Kerry Kennell, Kat McGuffie
15. Songwriter Award: Shannon Busch (WILSN), Alice Ivy, Mo’Ju
16. Emerging Artist Award: Mathilde Anne, Ruby Archer, Cassidy Paris
17. Music Photographer Award: Izzie Austin, Lucinda Goodwin, Brittany Long
18. Filmmaker Award: Izzie Austin, Jess Milne, Tori Styles
19. Music Journalist Award: Mawunyo Gbogbo, Tait McGregor, Ellie Robinson
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