{"id":2424693,"date":"2026-05-20T12:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2424693"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:25:10","slug":"sia-troye-sivan-throw-support-behind-new-australian-awards-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sia-troye-sivan-throw-support-behind-new-australian-awards-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Sia, Troye Sivan Throw Support Behind New Australian Awards Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tSYDNEY, Australia \u2014 Young Australian music creators and their teachers have a new award to pursue. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tEstablished by experienced music industry executive Milly Petriella<\/strong>, the NUMAs (Next Up Music Awards) are a youth-led celebration of emerging talent in schools supported by student internships, and are designed to strengthen the pathways connecting young creators and the contemporary music industry.<\/p>\n

\n\tHomegrown artists Sia<\/a> and Troye Sivan<\/a> will support the initiative as the first wave of industry patrons, with Mahalia Barnes announced as artistic director alongside DOBBY as First Nations artistic director, and Ruby Rodgers<\/strong> and Myka Champion<\/strong> appointed as the first youth patrons, with a remit to helping shape the program and reflect how music is created and shared today. Others will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe NUMAs will have its own presentation, too. The inaugural event is slated for Jan. 28, 2027 at venue partner Carriageworks in Sydney.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to reps, the NUMAs are a response to declining access to music education and growing concern for the future creative workforce and recognizes school-aged recording artists, producers, and songwriters. Moving ahead, the initiative provides a national stage through awards, live performance, mentorship, and paid youth roles behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe spotlight will also shine on educators, with a music teacher of the year awards presented by Music Australia across both primary and secondary categories, recognizing the important role teachers play in guiding the next generation of artists and industry.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd on the way is a paid\u00a0Youth Intern Program, recognizing young recording artists, producers and songwriters.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cNUMAs is not just an awards program,\u201d comments Petriella. \u201cAt a time when so much of our young people\u2019s lives are shaped online, we want this to be a real-world space for creativity, connection and live expression. Through paid internships, mentorship and hands-on involvement in the event, we\u2019re helping young people build skills, confidence and community, whether they see their future on stage, in the studio or behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNUMAs founder Petriella was lauded in the Australia Day 2024 Honours List\u00a0with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for \u201cservice to music and the performing arts.\u201d That service included a 27-year stint as director, member relations and partnerships at APRA AMCOS, from 1995 to 2022, where she earned a reputation for moving mountains for the PRO\u2019s members.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the years, Petriella founded <\/a>the Vanda and Young Global Songwriting Competition, which has raised over A$2.5 million for Nordoff-Robbins since its launch in 2009; served as creative producer of the APRA Music Awards; championed the SongHubs program; administered the society\u2019s Ambassador program; the Professional Development Awards; the Women In Music Mentorship program; the Vanda and Young Global Songwriting Competition; and grew its Los Angeles, London and Nashville as director, Global Music Export Offices.<\/p>\n

\n\tOpen nationally to students aged 6\u201318 and their music teachers, nominations and intern applications will open in June 2026 via nextupmusicawards.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe NUMAs are backed by the federal government\u2019s Revive Live program, with partners including The Song Room, Carriageworks, and Music Australia, and others yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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