AGSC Annual General Meeting 2025
All members of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM):
Time: 11am local time (AEST, Brisbane QLD), 12pm AEDT (Sydney, Melbourne)
Date: Tuesday 28 October 2024
Place: APRA Boardroom, Level 1, 850 Ann St, Fortitude Valley, QLD Australia
For those able to attend in person, please join us for drinks and nibbles afterwards.
Members not able to attend in person are able to join virtually via Zoom. Otherwise, a member may appoint another member as proxy. Please see left column for the proxy form.
We are also calling for Board Director Nominations for three positions. These positions will be elected at the AGM. Directors must be current AGSC members. Please see left column for the board director nomination form.
Please email agsc@agsc.org.au if you have any questions.
AGSC 2025 Board Director Nominees
FOUR (4) full AGSC members have submitted nominations for a director position. There are THREE (3) director positions vacant.
Full AGSC members are required to submit a voting form indicating their preferences by Sunday 26 October by 12pm AEDT. The form can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/CF8Qjf92SfjuFqWq8
Please see below information for each nominee (in alphabetical order).
Amanda Brown is a screen composer, musician and song writer. She has been creating music for the screen since graduating from AFTRS in 2000 and has been a working musician since the age of 17. Her screen work includes series Deadloch and RFDS and feature films Babyteeth and Brazen Hussies.
Amanda has 9 years experience as a writer director on the APRA board and is currently the sole writer director on the AMCOS board. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was a founding member of the AGSC Gender Equity committee.
If elected, Amanda hopes to continue the significant work of her predecessors on the AGSC board and advocate for composers at all career stages. Like music itself, her approach is collaborative, collegiate and consultative.
Cornel Wilczek is an award-winning Australian composer whose work spans film, television, and international feature releases. With recent global box-office success and collaborations with major studios such as A24, Neon, Netflix, HBO and Paramount, he brings a deep understanding of where Australian screen music sits within the global industry.
As one of Australia’s most active screen composers, Cornel is passionate about strengthening professional and mental-health support for working composers, improving awareness around sustainable budgets and schedules, and fostering a more connected creative community. He hopes to bring his experience and perspective from both the Australian and international landscapes to help shape a stronger, fairer future for all members of the AGSC.
I am HsinMin Chou, an award-winning composer, pianist, and AI music researcher, currently based in Sydney. As the Founder and CEO of HSINMIN GLOBAL MUSIC PRODUCTION CORPORATION, I have been leading initiatives at the intersection of music, film, and cutting-edge technology. My work spans internationally—from academic research in AI-driven film scoring to professional recognition as a finalist at the InterContinental Music Awards and an invited judge for the 2025 APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards.
I am pursuing a PhD in AI Music Research (dual pathway between NTHU Taiwan and UTS Sydney) and am developing EchoFilm AI, a pioneering SaaS platform for automatic cinematic scoring. Alongside, I created the FilmScore12 dataset, the first of its kind for multimodal film-music generation, which has significant implications for both research and industry.
I am deeply committed to the growth of the Australian screen composition community, bringing a strong blend of artistic excellence, academic rigor, and entrepreneurial vision. I believe my background in global collaboration, technological innovation, and music industry leadership can contribute fresh perspectives to AGSC’s mission of supporting and advocating for screen composers. My goal as a board director is to strengthen opportunities for members in research, industry partnerships, international exposure, and to ensure that Australian screen music continues to thrive in an evolving creative and technological landscape.
Jazz D’Arcy is an AACTA and ARIA award-winning composer, songwriter, and vocalist whose work has reached audiences around the world.
She is a key composer for the BBC/Disney+ series Bluey, now the most-watched TV show in the United States (2024), with over 35 billion minutes streamed. Jazz has been instrumental to its cultural success since its inception in 2018. Her contributions include scores for beloved episodes such as Rain, Dragon, Copycat, and The Sign.
Her work features on Bluey’s chart-topping albums (The Bluey Album, Dance Mode, Rug Island), where she composed and produced fan favourites like Rain (Instrumental), Rain (Boldly in the Pretend), and Copycat. She also performed on standout tracks including I Know a Place, the vocal version of Rain, and the Bluey Theme Tune (Vocal Version).
Jazz was the featured artist in Bluey’s first official music video and contributed music to Bluey’s Big Play, a live stage show that has toured internationally and was nominated for an Olivier Award.
Her broader screen work includes composing for This Little Love of Mine, which trended globally on Netflix, and Romance on the Menu (Hearts Down Under), which became Hallmark Channel’s most-watched release on debut. Other credits include acclaimed series such Zip and the Tiny Spouts, The Family Law (SBS), and the Academy Award-accredited short Je Suis Un Crayon (I am a Pencil).
Jazz is passionate about supporting and advocating for Australian screen composers. She would like to join the AGSC board to help strengthen pathways for emerging talent, foster greater visibility of Australian work internationally, and contribute to a more inclusive, sustainable future for the screen music community.