University Prizes
In 2014, the ANZCA Board of Directors took steps to expand our organisation’s encouragement of developing musicians through the establishment of music prizes in conjunction with prominent tertiary institutions.
While the development and expansion of this programme continues, ANZCA is proud to be involved currently with the following music prizes.
The ANZCA Music Prize is offered for Best Composition by a Bachelor of Music student at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music at Monash University. This prize, which is adjudicated by members of the University’s faculty, consists of a cash prize and promotion of the winning composition through inclusion in the relevant ANZCA syllabus.
2024 Winner: Su Min Lee
Congratulations to Su Min Lee (pictured), who has been awarded the 2024 ANZCA Music Prize at Monash University. A third-year composition student, Su Min is a composer, pianist, harpist, improviser and dancer.
After graduating as School of the Arts, Singapore’s 2021 Prime Minister’s Valedictorian, Su Min moved to Australia for university, and since has won the 2024 Allan Zavod Performers’ Award and the 2022 Composition and Music Technology Prize. She has composed extensively for various dance projects, including composing remotely for dACADEMY Singapore’s annual dance production, BREATH (2022–2024), and co-directing and co-composing Chrysalis (2024), a new Contemporary dance work by Monash Uni Student Theatre.
Su Min’s piano work Fly High, Butterfly has been published by ANZCA, and is listed in the 2025–27 Pianoforte Syllabus. Click below to listen to this piece, or click here to purchase a printed or PDF score from our online store.
