Maggie Collins

Maggie Collins was the music industry’s representative at Queensland’s 40 Under 40 Awards, presented at Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves.

Collins, executive director of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM), and Challenor, co-founder of Sound Story, step into the committee.

Bigsound is taking shape as an in-person pow-wow, with a loaded daytime program and a nighttime showcase lineup with more than 180 acts.

Artist managers will now be recognised for their achievements with the AAM Awards, the first in what organisers hope will be an annual event.

The former triple j presenter and longtime artist manager previously spent seven years on the AAM board.

Maggie Collins is the new Executive Director of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM), TIO can exclusively reveal.

TIO caught up with artist managers Correne Wilkie, Maggie Collins and Cath Haridy for a close-in look at Gimme Shelter.

Submissions to showcase open today!

Announced today by APRA AMCOS, Collins collects a cash prize of $10,000, double the sum from previous years.

This year the cash prize from APRA AMCOS doubled.