The Country Music Association of Australia Announces 2024 CMAA Achiever Awards Recipients!
The Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 CMAA Achiever Awards.
The CMAA Achiever Awards fall into two general categories. The Legacy Awards bring to attention key personalities from our history who have been long standing supporters and achievers. The Contemporary Awards focus on personalities who have made significant contributions to our industry in the last 12 months. The awards cover songwriting, artists, media, creative industries, musicians and more, and were chosen by the current CMAA Board, with an aim to create an inclusive and overall recognition of the contributions of key historic and contemporary figures within our community.
The recipients for the recognitions for this year are –
Historic Achiever 2024 - John Nutting
Legacy Artist 2024 - Bill Chambers
Legacy Songwriter 2024 - Graeme Connors
Legacy Musician 2024 - Lawrie Minson
Legacy Industry 2024 - Barbara Morison
Contemporary Achiever 2024 - Cheryl Brown
Media Achiever 2024 - Sophie Hamley
Young Achiever 2024 - Piper Butcher
Musician of the Year 2024 - Damian Cafarella
Songwriter of the Year 2024 - Allan Caswell
Creative Industries 2024 – MSquared Productions
These acknowledgements will be presented at the inaugural presentation evening to be held on Saturday, 23 November, at JMC Academy in Sydney. The event will feature the award presentations, with performances spread throughout the evening.
In addition to the awards night, the CMAA is also holding an Industry Symposium, comprising of a series of moderated panels and Q&A’s with some of our industry’s most experienced creators and professionals, to be held in a separate session in the afternoon of 23 November, at the same venue.
* Full event including both the Industry Symposium followed by the CMAA Achiever Awards presentation will be $80 for CMAA Members or $140 for the general public.
* Tickets for each individual event (ie the Industry Symposium and the CMAA Achiever Awards presentation) will be $50 each for CMAA Members or $80 each for general public.
Please note that CMAA tickets are offered to current members only. Both events will be catered, including finger food and limited drinks on arrival (additional drinks available for purchase).
For further information and/or to book an interview with the CMAA representative (Michael Carpenter), please contact:
Nardia Drayton
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