A country singer, an experimental music festival and a chamber music company are some of the artists and organisations to benefit from more than $1.3 million in the latest round of funding from the Australia Council for the Arts.

Australia Council Director Music Paul Mason said the grants would help musicians create new work, perform live and tour nationally and internationally.

“We received applications from all over Australia in a diverse range of genres, including chamber music, rock bands, jazz and Baroque opera, and the standard was extremely high.
“The recent increased funding to the Australia Council has allowed us to fund more artists in all of these categories, which is great news for Australian music.”

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