the Year || Don Banks Music Award The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia. It was founded by the Australia Council in honour of Don Banks, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board. |- | 1997 | Richard Meale | Don Banks Music Award | |- References Bibliography "Richard Meale – Abandoning Tonality" [radio transcript]. 2008. In Talking to Kinky and Karlheinz – 170 musicians get vocal on The Music Show ed. Anni Heino, 263–268. Sydney: ABC Books. . External links Canberra School of Music Citation for an Honorary Degree Richard Meale biography at the Australian Music Centre 'Voss' was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011. 1932 births 2009 deaths APRA Award winners Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni 20th-century classical composers Australian opera composers Members of the Order of Australia Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire Australian male classical composers 20th-century Australian musicians 20th-century Australian male musicians