Aaron has been nominated for TWO Jerry Goldsmith Awards for his Music in Film.
WINNER! APRA PDA AWARD
I'm VERY excited and VERY honoured to announce that I've been selected as the WINNER of the 2015 APRA AMCOS Professional Development Award for Film and Television!!! Chosen from over 1,200 talented Australian composers and songwriters, each prize is worth over $15,000. Congrats to all the other recipients in the other categories! FULL DETAILS...
APRA PDA NOMINATION
Aaron is very honoured to have just been nominated as an APRA 2015 Film and Television Professional Development Awards Finalist. Held every two years, the APRA PDAs create serious opportunities for emerging songwriters and composers. PRESS RELEASE
OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT
I'm very excited to share that a fun new musical I wrote with Danny K Bernstein, "ON YOUR MARK!" will make it's (and my!) Off-Broadway debut on Jan. 18th, 2016!! It was selected by Theatre Now New York and will be competing in the SoundBites Festival.
APRA SCREEN MUSIC NOMINATION
I'm very honoured to received my first high profile nomination for Best Score! The APRA awards are the most prestigious awards in Australian Film & TV Music, and to be nominated alongside familiar names of my musical heroes and mentors who are nominated as well.
2015 BAFTA Nomination
A Mighty Nice Man was one of eight films nominated for the 2015 BAFTA Best Student Film Award. The winner will be announced at an event held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on June 25th, 2015.
WINNER BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Another one?! Aaron just won BEST ORIGINAL SCORE for director Victor Wei Lu's animation "Run Crabs Run" at the Asians on Film Festival. This is his second Best Original Score award for 2015.
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2015 PREMIERE
"A Mighty Nice Man" has been selected to premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival in NYC. This black and white short features music composed and orchestrated by Aaron Kenny, and was produced with the assistance of the ASCAP/Columbia University Film Scoring Workshop.
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK WINNER
Aaron has just received BEST ORIGINAL SCORE at the Tisch48 Film Awards last night! Congratulations on director Brian Blum and the whole cast and crew for also winning Best Ensemble and Audience Choice Award for the short film Musical "Hand Model: The Musical".
"CRUSHED" SCORE FEATURETTE VIDEO RELEASED
A behind-the-scenes featurette, which includes an interview with Aaron discussing the process, was just released. See the video HERE
SCL and Dramatist Guild Songwriter-Bookwriter Exchange
Aaron was selected and invited to present at the inaugural SCL NY Songwriter/Bookwriter Exchange in collaboration with the Dramatists Guild.
CRUSHED Score feature on News Broadcast
WKBN 27 Youngstown OH news covered today's recording session of the CRUSHED score with The Youngstown Scoring Stage - check out the segment including an interview with composer Aaron Kenny
CRUSHED - Film Scoring Sessions
Aaron has just completed the multi-session recordings with the Youngstown Scoring Stage, in Ohio for the Australian Feature Film CRUSHED. Click to see photos from the session!
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop
After competitive auditions, Aaron has been selected as a composer to the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in NYC.
AACTA NOMINATION
Welcome to Iron Knob has been nominated for BEST SHORT FILM at the AACTA Awards! (i.e The Australian equivalent of The Oscars/The Academy Awards!) Read more...
ITVFEST SELECTION (THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION AND FILM FESTIVAL)
WISECRACKERZ TV Pilot has been selected for the Independent Television and Film Festival in Vermont this September!
ASCAP FEATURE
Aaron has been featured as a participant of the 2014 ASCAP Colombia University Film Scoring Workshop on the ascap.com homepage, with an article and pictures from the recent recording session. Click to see here.
A MIGHTY NICE MAN AWARDS
Congratulations to A MIGHTY NICE MAN cast and crew last night at the Columbia University Film Festival Awards here in NYC! The film won the following awards...
ASCAP/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FILM SCORING WORKSHOP (NYC)
Aaron has been selected as the top 30 composer as part of the 2014 ASCAP/Columbia University Film Scoring Workshop (NYC)...
DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND AWARD
Aaron has been awarded a 2013-14 Dame Joan Sutherland Award from the American Australian Association...