Nominated as Australian jazz ensemble of the year (2007 & 2006), it is undeniable that the Mothership Orchestra is the most consolidated assemblage of highly respected young imrpovising talent in Australia, The Mothership's 18 memebers include 10 National Jazz Award Finalists (including 3 winners), 4 Freedman fellows (2 winners), an Australian JAzz Artist of the Year, a James Morrison Scholarship winner, a finalist in the International Thelonius Monk Competition and a finalist at the Hoolieart International Jazz Competition (Belgium).