We are thrilled to announce the recipients of AMPAL’s 2025 Round 2 Music Australia International Conference Contribution (MAICC) – Music Publishers program!
This game-changing initiative is designed to empower Australian music publishers by providing critical financial support to attend major international music conferences, helping them build global networks, expand market knowledge and maximise opportunities for their songwriters.
Through MAICC funding, these incredible publishers will be representing Australian talent on the world stage, attending industry-defining conferences across the USA, Spain, India, the Netherlands, Singapore and Finland.
Congratulations to AMPAL’s 2025 Round 2 MAICC recipients!
📌 Fergus Jenkins – Dew Process Publishing – LA Sync Summit, USA
📌 Rachel Kelly – Unified Music Group – A2IM Indie Week, USA
📌 Mathew Tanner – Concord Music Publishing – All About Music, India
📌 Charlton Hill – Uncanny Valley – Americana Fest, USA
📌 Alvin Pandey – Gaan Baksho Music – All That Matters, Singapore
📌 Art Phillips – 101 Music Publishing – Production Music Association Conference, USA
📌 Linda Bosidis – Mushroom Music Publishing – IMPF Conference, Spain
📌 Matthew Donlevy – Cooking Vinyl Publishing – IMPF Conference, Spain
📌 Karen Hamilton – 120 Publishing – ADE, Netherlands
📌 Tess Nicolaou – peermusic – ADE, Netherlands
📌 Adam Dunning – Sunset Club – WOMEX (Worldwide Music Expo), Finland
📌 Briese Abbott – Kobalt Music Publishing – Music Tectonics, USA
Charlton Hill (Uncanny Valley), one of our newest AMPAL members and a first-time MAICC recipient, shared:
“Just a note to say that we are delighted to hear news of our successful MAICC grant application! The timing could not be better for this support, and our plans for Nashville are already in full swing… thank you again for your support in helping us as a publisher to keep building a stronger international pipeline for our current and emerging songwriters.”
We can’t wait to see the impact these publishers will make on the global stage!
For more information about MAICC funding and future rounds, visit https://www.ampal.com.au/maicc-2025 or contact maicc@ampal.com.au.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia.
