Jazz Awards 2010
August 12th 2010 05:17
Jazz Awards 2010 - recognising a new generation of talent
The achievements of South Australia's top jazz students and graduates from the Adelaide University’s Elder Conservatorium of Music will next week be recognised at the Jazz Awards 2010.
More than $5,000 in awards will be presented to eight of the state’s most outstanding musicians from the Conservatorium’s Jazz Studies program. Awards will be presented to the top performing students in the disciplines of piano, drums, bass, guitar, saxophone and voice.
Jazz bassist Alana Dawes and drummer Joel Prime are joint winners of the $2,000 InterContinental Award for the Most Outstanding Honours Jazz Student. Andrew Crago – a talented saxophone player – will be presented with the $1,000 Adelaide City Council Award for the Most Outstanding Undergraduate Jazz Student.
Five individual undergraduate awards will also be presented to:
Anna Butterss - Top Jazz Bass ($500 Keith Langley Award)
Alex Wignall - Top Jazz Piano ($500 Tommy Norman Scholarship)
Sam Arthurson - Top Jazz Guitar ($500 Mitzi’s Prize)
Stephen Neville - Top Jazz Drums ($500 Billy Hyde Award)
Annabel Weston - Top Jazz Voice ($500 dB Magazine Award)
Hosted at the InterContinental Adelaide, this entertaining evening of music will include special guest performer Michelle Nicolle, one of Australia’s most celebrated jazz vocalists.
“I am so happy that the young jazz players of the Elder Conservatorium are celebrated with these awards,” Michelle says. “Although I now make my home in Melbourne, I am very proud of my Adelaide-jazz upbringing and am grateful for the solid foundation the course provided. It’s great to see yet another generation of strong, skilful musicians prepare for the crazy world of life as a creative jazz muso.”
A graduate of the Conservatorium’s jazz program, Michelle is the winner of three Australian Entertainment MO Awards, a National Jazz Award and she has been an A.R.I.A. Finalist three times. Together with the Michelle Nicolle Quartet, she has toured extensively throughout Australia and internationally, including a performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands in 2005.
A South Australian institution since 1997, the Jazz Awards are presented by the Helpmann Academy and the Elder Conservatorium. In 2010, the Awards are supported by the InterContinental Adelaide, Adelaide City Council, dB Magazine, Billy Hyde Music, the Tommy Norman Scholarship, Keith Langley and Mitzi Craig.
The achievements of South Australia's top jazz students and graduates from the Adelaide University’s Elder Conservatorium of Music will next week be recognised at the Jazz Awards 2010.
More than $5,000 in awards will be presented to eight of the state’s most outstanding musicians from the Conservatorium’s Jazz Studies program. Awards will be presented to the top performing students in the disciplines of piano, drums, bass, guitar, saxophone and voice.
Jazz bassist Alana Dawes and drummer Joel Prime are joint winners of the $2,000 InterContinental Award for the Most Outstanding Honours Jazz Student. Andrew Crago – a talented saxophone player – will be presented with the $1,000 Adelaide City Council Award for the Most Outstanding Undergraduate Jazz Student.
Five individual undergraduate awards will also be presented to:
Anna Butterss - Top Jazz Bass ($500 Keith Langley Award)
Alex Wignall - Top Jazz Piano ($500 Tommy Norman Scholarship)
Sam Arthurson - Top Jazz Guitar ($500 Mitzi’s Prize)
Stephen Neville - Top Jazz Drums ($500 Billy Hyde Award)
Annabel Weston - Top Jazz Voice ($500 dB Magazine Award)
Hosted at the InterContinental Adelaide, this entertaining evening of music will include special guest performer Michelle Nicolle, one of Australia’s most celebrated jazz vocalists.
“I am so happy that the young jazz players of the Elder Conservatorium are celebrated with these awards,” Michelle says. “Although I now make my home in Melbourne, I am very proud of my Adelaide-jazz upbringing and am grateful for the solid foundation the course provided. It’s great to see yet another generation of strong, skilful musicians prepare for the crazy world of life as a creative jazz muso.”
A graduate of the Conservatorium’s jazz program, Michelle is the winner of three Australian Entertainment MO Awards, a National Jazz Award and she has been an A.R.I.A. Finalist three times. Together with the Michelle Nicolle Quartet, she has toured extensively throughout Australia and internationally, including a performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands in 2005.
A South Australian institution since 1997, the Jazz Awards are presented by the Helpmann Academy and the Elder Conservatorium. In 2010, the Awards are supported by the InterContinental Adelaide, Adelaide City Council, dB Magazine, Billy Hyde Music, the Tommy Norman Scholarship, Keith Langley and Mitzi Craig.
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