tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-619710243135999821.comments2012-04-02T11:30:15.117+10:00Music Spot - Browns Plainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17114677174637852475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-619710243135999821.post-18802399567351930382012-04-02T11:30:15.117+10:002012-04-02T11:30:15.117+10:00Sorry guys, SOLD OUT!!Robyn from The Music Spothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565681965905339129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-619710243135999821.post-43729888856040343582010-04-01T10:32:35.109+10:002010-04-01T10:32:35.109+10:00This could be an Item for your blog, ; <br /><br />Premier and Minister for the Arts<br />The Honourable Anna Bligh<br />01/04/2010 <br />MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP INSPIRED BY THE LATE BILLY THORPE <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh today announced the opening of the $10,000 Billy Thorpe Scholarship for 2010 to assist an emerging Queensland-based musician.<br /><br />&quot;This scholarship, created in 2007 to honour the late Billy Thorpe, will provide a Queensland musician with career guidance, a recording opportunity and a cash prize,&quot; the Premier said.<br /><br />&quot;Billy Thorpe spent his formative years in Queensland and made a significant contribution to the music industry over five decades of performing, writing and producing.&quot;<br /><br />Ms Bligh said Queensland&#39;s industry peak body Q Music was on board to deliver this year&#39;s scholarship.<br /><br />&quot;Q Music is coordinating the Billy Thorpe scholarship which will be awarded at the annual Q Song Awards in August.<br /><br />&quot;Q Song is a search for the state&#39;s top songwriters in categories such as rock, pop, jazz, blues and roots, folk/ballad, world, punk, Indigenous, hip-hop, alternative and many more with a prize pool of $35,000.<br /><br />&quot;With past Q Song winners including Kate Miller-Heidke, The Grates, Kev Carmody and the John Steel Singers, the Billy Thorpe Scholarship winner will be in good company.<br /><br />&quot;Our government provides major support to Queensland&#39;s contemporary music scene through this scholarship, the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship and through events such as the annual Big Sound conference in Brisbane which hosts top industry executives from around the world,&quot; Ms Bligh said.<br /><br />Applicants to the Billy Thorpe scholarship must submit an application form, CV, letters of support and a sample of their work. Applications close on 13 May. <br /><br />For information and applications go to www.qmusic.com.au or phone 07 3257 0013.Vincenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-619710243135999821.post-70232455395610887882009-05-28T11:18:24.467+10:002009-05-28T11:18:24.467+10:00What other make would be a reasonable comparison? They're new to me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com