# APRA Music Awards of 2011

The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2011 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of related awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Art Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards of 2011 was the 29th annual ceremony by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) to award outstanding achievements in contemporary songwriting, composing and publishing. The ceremony was held on 21 June 2011 at CarriageWorks in Sydney, Australia. The Art Music Awards were introduced in 2011 to replace the Classical Music Awards (last held in 2009) and were distributed on 3 May. They are sponsored by APRA and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) to "recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music". The Screen Music Awards were issued on 14 November by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) at the City Recital Hall, Sydney which "acknowledges excellence and innovation in the genre of screen composition".
On 26 May nominations for the APRA Music Awards were announced on multiple news sources, with John Butler Trio being the most nominated artist. This ceremony was hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor. Also featured in the ceremony were cover versions of nominated works. A total of 12 awards were presented. Paul Kelly was honoured with the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. Angus and Julia Stone tied with Jet for the most awards won that evening, the former winning both the Songwriter of the Year and the Song of the Year awards and the latter winning Most Played Australian Work and Rock Work of the Year for their song "Seventeen".

## APRA Music Awards
### Blues & Roots Work of the Year

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "10:10" – Beautiful Girls | Matt McHugh | — | Nominated |
| "Close to You" – John Butler Trio | John Butler | Family Music | Won |
| "Don't Wait" – Beautiful Girls | Matt McHugh | — | Nominated |
| "One Way Road" – John Butler Trio | John Butler | Family Music | Nominated |
| "Walking" – Ash Grunwald | Ash Grunwald | Mushroom Music | Nominated |

### Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "Plans" – Birds of Tokyo – Birds of Tokyo | Anthony Jackson, Ian Kenny, Adam Spark, Adam Weston | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| Dark Storm – The Jezabels | Nikolas Kaloper, Samuel Lockwood, Hayley McGlone, Heather Shannon | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| InnerSpeaker – Tame Impala | Kevin Parker | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia | Nominated |
| "Letter" – Get Out While You Can – Dan Sultan | Dan Sultan, Scott Wilson | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| I Believe You Liar – Washington | Megan Washington | J Albert & Son | Won |

### Country Work of the Year

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "Can't Change a Thing" – Catherine Britt | Catherine Britt, Melanie Horsnell | EMI Music Publishing Australia, Perfect Pitch Publishing | Nominated |
| "Hell Yeah" – McAlister Kemp | Drew McAlister, Troy Kemp | ABC Music Publishing administered by Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Little Bird" – Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | Mushroom Music | Won |
| "Planet Country" – Lee Kernaghan | Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Matthew Scullion, Garth Porter | Orient Pacific Music, Universal Music Publishing, Piney Range Publishing, Perfect Pitch Publishing | Nominated |
| "Wrapped Up Good" – The McClymonts | Brooke McClymont, Mollie McClymont, Samantha McClymont, Nathan Chapman | EMI Music Publishing Australia, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia | Nominated |

### Dance Work of the Year

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "Chemical Rush" – Brian McFadden | Brian McFadden, Antonio Egizii, David Musumeci, James Maas | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia, EMI Music Publishing Australia | Nominated |
| "Free Fallin" – Zoe Badwi | Amy Pearson, Cameron Denny, Paul Zala | EMI Music Publishing Australia, PeppermintBlue Publishing administered by Warner Chappell Music Australia | Won |
| "Hello" – The Potbelleez | Ilan Kidron, Jonathan Murphy, David Greene, Justin Shave, Marisa Lock | MCDJ Music/Universal Music Publishing | Nominated |
| "Magic Fountain" – Art vs. Science | James Finn, Daniel McNamee, Daniel Williams | Kobalt Music Publishing Australia | Nominated |
| "Sometimes" – Miami Horror | Benjamin Plant, Daniel Whitechurch, Joshua Heptinstall | — | Nominated |

### International Work of the Year

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "California Gurls" – Katy Perry | Calvin Broadus, Katheryn Hudson, Martin Sandberg, Lukasz Gottwald, Bonnie McKee, Benjamin Levin, Brian Wilson, Michael Love | EMI Music Publishing Australia, Kobalt Music Publishing Australia, Warner Chappell Music Australia, Mushroom Music, J Albert & Son | Nominated |
| "Fireflies" – Owl City | Adam Young | Universal/MCA Music Publishing | Nominated |
| "Hey, Soul Sister" – Train | Patrick Monahan, Amund Bjørklund, Espen Lind | EMI Music Publishing Australia | Won |
| "O.M.G" – Usher | Will Adams | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Whataya Want from Me" – Adam Lambert | Alecia Moore, Martin Sandberg, Johan Schuster | EMI Music Publishing Australia, Kobalt Music Publishing Australia | Nominated |

### Most Played Australian Work

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "Burn Your Name" – Powderfinger | Jonathan Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton | Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia | Nominated |
| "Close to You" – John Butler Trio | John Butler | Family Music | Nominated |
| "One Way Road" – John Butler Trio | John Butler | Family Music | Nominated |
| "Plans" – Birds of Tokyo | Anthony Jackson, Ian Kenny, Adam Spark, Adam Weston | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Seventeen" – Jet | Chris Cester, Nick Cester, Cameron Muncey | Mushroom Music | Won |

### Rock Work of the Year

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "Baby I'm Getting Better – Gyroscope | Daniel Sanders, Robert Nassif, Brad Campbell, Zoran Trivic | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Burn Your Name" – Powderfinger | Jonathan Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton | Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia | Nominated |
| "Lying" – Amy Meredith | Joel Chapman, Robert Conley, Christian Lo Russo | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia | Nominated |
| "Plans" – Birds of Tokyo | Anthony Jackson, Ian Kenny, Adam Spark, Adam Weston | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Seventeen" – Jet | Chris Cester, Nick Cester, Cameron Muncey | Mushroom Music | Won |

### Song of the Year

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "Big Jet Plane" – Angus and Julia Stone | Angus Stone, Julia Stone | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia | Won |
| "Clap Your Hands" – Sia | Samuel Dixon, Sia Furler | Mushroom Music, EMI Music Publishing Australia | Nominated |
| "Little Bird" – Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Plans" – Birds of Tokyo | Anthony Jackson, Ian Kenny, Adam Spark, Adam Weston | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Revolution" – John Butler Trio | John Butler | Family Music | Nominated |

### Urban Work of the Year

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "Addicted" – Bliss N Eso | Noam Dishon, Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Down By the River" – Bliss N Eso | Noam Dishon, Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley | Mushroom Music | Nominated |
| "Light You Burned" – Hilltop Hoods | Barry Francis, Matthew Lambert, Daniel Smith, Daniel Rankine | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia | Nominated |
| "Rapunzel" – Drapht | Paul Ridge, Daniel Rankine, Larry Siler | — | Nominated |
| "Who's That Girl" – Guy Sebastian featuring Eve | Guy Sebastian, Eve Jeffers | Universal Music Publishing, Universal/MCA Music Publishing | Won |

### Most Played Australia Work Overseas

| Title and/or artist | Writer(s) | Publisher(s) | Result |
| "Highway to Hell" – AC/DC | Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Ronald Scott | J Albert & Son | Won |

### Songwriter of the Year

* Angus and Julia Stone

### Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music

* Paul Kelly

## Art Music Awards
### Work of the Year – Instrumental

| Title | Composer | Performer | Result |
| Fractured Again | Damien Ricketson | Ensemble Offspring | Nominated |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Paul Stanhope | Pavel Haas Quartet | Won |

### Work of the Year – Jazz

| Title | Composer | Performer | Result |
| Ashes to Ashes | Johannes Luebbers | Johannes Luebbers Dectet | Won |
| That Which Is Not Fleeting | Sean Foran | Misinterprotato and Topology | Nominated |
| The Gathering | Stuart Hunter | Stuart Hunter (piano), Simon Barker (drums), Cameron Undy (bass), Matthew Keegan (sax), Julien Wilson (sax), James Greening (tromebone/pocket trumpet) | Nominated |

### Work of the Year – Orchestral

| Title | Composer | Performer | Result |
| A Dream of Drowning | Andrew Ford / Tim Winton | West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Teddy Tahu Rhodes (soloist), Paul Daniel (conductor) | Nominated |
| Chronicles | James Ledger | West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel (conductor) | Won |
| Golden Kitsch | Elena Kats-Chernin | Sydney Youth Orchestra, Claire Edwardes (soloist) | Nominated |
| Lightfall (for Horn and Orchestra) | Christopher Gordon | Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Robert Johnson (soloist), Richard Gill | Nominated |

### Work of the Year – Vocal or Choral

| Title | Composer / librettist | Performer | Result |
| Beach Burial | Andrew Schultz / Kenneth Slessor | Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Orchestra, Brett Weymark (conductor) | Nominated |
| Deserts of Exile | Paul Stanhope / Jabra Ibrahim Jabra | Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor) | Won |
| Iphighenia in Exile | Helen Gifford / Richard Meredith | Aphids, Chamber Made Opera, Speak Percussion | Nominated |

### Performance of the Year

| Title | Composer / librettist | Performer | Result |
| Refractions | Anthony Pateras | Clocked Out and Speak Percussion | Nominated |
| From the Hungry Waiting Country | Elliott Gyger / Vincent Buckley, William Hart-Smith, Gwen Harwood, A.D. Hope, Mark O'Connor, Elizabeth Riddell, Randolph Stow | Halcyon | Nominated |
| The Origin Cycle | Elliott Gyger, Kate Neal, Barry Conyngham, Rosalind Page, Elena Kats-Chernin, Nicholas Vines, Paul Stanhope, Dan Walker | Jane Sheldon (soprano), Ensemble Offspring, Roland Peelman (conductor) | Won |
| Kalkadunga Man | William Barton, Ross Edwards, Sarah Hopkins, Rosalind Page, Dan Walker | The Song Company, William Barton (soloist) | Nominated |

### Award for Excellence by an Organisation or an Individual

| Organisation / individual | Work | Result |
| Clocked Out | 2009–2010 Annual Programs | Won |
| Jane Sheldon, Peter Godfrey-Smith | The Origin Cycle Project | Nominated |
| Southern Cross Soloists | 2009–2010 Annual Programs | Nominated |
| Way Out West | Developing Australian jazz music, touring nationally and internationally, innovative new work. | Nominated |

### Award for Excellence in Music Education

| Organisation / individual | Work | Result |
| Cat Hope | Contribution to Music Education in Western Australia | Nominated |
| Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre | Composer-in-Focus 2010 with Ross Edwards | Won |
| Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic | Commissioning Hide and Squeak by Damian Barbeler and the 2010 Kids Proms concerts | Nominated |
| The Australian Voices | Young Composers' School | Nominated |

### Award for Excellence in a Regional Area

| Organisation / individual | Work | Result |
| Arts in the Valley | 2009 Festival in Kangaroo Valley, NSW | Nominated |
| Four Winds Festival | 2010 Festival in Bermagui, NSW | Nominated |
| Hunter Singers | Commissioning and performing Australian Choral Music, NSW | Nominated |
| Tura New Music | 2009–2010 Regional Program, WA. | Won |

### Award for Excellence in Experimental Music

| Organisation / individual | Work | Result |
| Cat Hope | Decibel's 2009–2010 Annual Programs | Won |
| Damien Ricketson, Ensemble Offspring, Elaine Miles, Andrew Wholley, Paul Gough – Pimmon, Bob Scott, Matthew Marshall | Fractured Again Project | Nominated |
| Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey | Constellation and Epi-thet Project | Nominated |

## Screen Music Awards
### Feature Film Score of the Year

| Title | Composer | Result |
| Mad Bastards | Alex Lloyd, Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram | Nominated |
| Snowtown | Jed Kurzel | Won |
| Legend of the Guardians | David Hirschfelder | Nominated |
| The Way Back | Burkhard Dallwitz | Nominated |

### Best Music for an Advertisement

| Title | Composer | Result |
| Cascade – "The Feel" | Blair Joscelyne | Nominated |
| Pure Blonde – "Pardon" | Ramesh Sathiah, Gerard Fitzgerald | Nominated |
| SBS – "Films 2" | Michael Yezerski | Nominated |
| VW Passat – "Change Rooms" | Elliott Wheeler | Won |

### Best Music for Children's Television

| Title | Composer | Result |
| Giggle & Hoot: Christmas Special | Sean Peter | Nominated |
| Gravity | Henrique Dib | Nominated |
| K-9 – Series 1: Episode 26: "Eclipse of the Korven" | Christopher Elves | Won |
| My Place – Season 2: Episode 1 – "Henry 1878" | Roger Mason | Nominated |

### Best Music for a Documentary

| Title | Composer | Result |
| Cane Toads: The Conquest | Martin Armiger | Nominated |
| Jandamarra's War | Ash Gibson Greig, Petris Torres | Nominated |
| Lachlan Macquarie: Father of Australia | Matteo Zingales | Won |
| The Silent Epidemic | Christopher Elves | Nominated |

### Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie

| Title | Composer | Result |
| Cloudstreet | Bryony Marks | Nominated |
| East West 101 – Series 3: Episode 1 – "The Hero's Standard" | Guy Gross | Nominated |
| Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo | Stephen Rae | Nominated |
| Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here | Burkhard Dallwitz | Won |

### Best Music for a Short Film

| Title | Composer | Result |
| Collision | Mike Darren | Nominated |
| Polo's Robot | Dale Cornelius | Nominated |
| The Maker | Paul Halley | Nominated |
| The Missing Key | Kathryn Brownhill, Miles Nicholas, Jonathan Nix | Won |

### Best Music for a Television Series or Serial

| Series or Serial | Episode title | Composer | Result |
| Rake | — | Michael Lira, David McCormack, Antony Partos | Won |
| Rush | "Series 3: Episode16" | Stephen Rae | Nominated |
| Tangle | "Season 2: Lost and Found" | Bryony Marks | Nominated |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Series 3 | Ash Gibson Greig | Nominated |

### Best Original Song Composed for the Screen

| Song title | Work | Composer | Result |
| "Dream On" | The Missing Key | Miles Nicholas | Won |
| "Negotiate" | Yes We Canberra! | Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor | Nominated |
| "Sweet Dreams: Sky Boat" | Giggle & Hoot | Cain Horton, Paul Kingston | Nominated |
| "Won't Look Back" | Mad Bastards | Brendan Fletcher, Alex Lloyd, Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram | Nominated |

### Best Soundtrack Album

| Title | Composer | Result |
| Mad Bastards | Alex Lloyd, Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram | Nominated |
| Red Hill | Dmitri Golovko | Nominated |
| Road Train: Road Kill Soundtrack | Rafael May | Won |
| The Lost Thing | Michael Yezerski | Nominated |

### Best Television Theme

| Title | Composer | Result |
| Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight | Kit Warhurst | Nominated |
| AFP | David Chapman | Nominated |
| Message Stick | Cliff Bradley | Nominated |
| Scariacs | Haydn Walker | Won |

### Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia

| Composer | Result |
| Adam Gock, Dinesh Wicks | Won |
| Jay Stewart | Nominated |
| Neil Sutherland | Nominated |
| Brenton White | Nominated |

### Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas

| Composer | Result |
| Ricky Edwards | Nominated |
| Ric Formosa | Nominated |
| David Hirschfelder | Nominated |
| Neil Sutherland | Won |