The following people have been awarded in the Australia Day 2011 Honours List. Congratulations to all of them for their contribution to musical life in Australia. They include educators, musicians from a range of genres, arts administrators and leaders, local heroes, composers, and most fit into more than one of those categories!
Perhaps there are no “young musicians” in the Honours list since the Australia Day Honours primarily recognises long-term contributions to the community but most (if not all) have made an important contribution to the lives of young musicians.
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One of the AYMC’s newest members, Asher Christophers, is championing the Green Music movement in Australia. The Australian Green Music Coalition is looking for interested people to get involved.