Global Music Awards: November 2017 Honorees
Gold Medal Winner
John Daversa
Wobbly Dance Flower - Album
Composer - United States
Gold Medal Winner - Best of Show
The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho
Between the Sky & Prairie
World Music - Grammy® Winner
Inner Mongolia/China/United States
Gold Medal Winner
Pance Pony
American Millennial - Singer/Songwriter
United States
Gold Medal Winner
Frank Gabriel Campos
Frank Gabriel Campos: Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Album - Solo Performance - United States
Gold Medal Winner
Xia Xia Zhang
Romantic Violin Sonatas
Emerging Artist - China/United States
Gold Medal Winner
Amanda Abizaid
Walking In Twos - Female Vocalist
United States
Gold Medal Winner
Stephanie Bruning
The Indian Character Piece
Album - United States
Gold Medal Winner
Steven Chesne
Sapient: A Cantata of Peace
Album - Composer - United States
Gold Medal Winner
Karlton Hester
Trans-Cultural Musicism - Album
Experimental Jazz - United States
Gold Medal - Best in Show
Silver Medal Winners - Outstanding Achievement
Alan Williams, Toxic Puzzle: Hunt for the Hidden Killer, original score/soundtrack for film and television
Alejandro Román (Spain), Epojé, Op. 50, contemporary classical and composition/composer
Alejandro Vivas Puig (Spain), The Chess Player, original score/soundtrack film and television
Anaamaly, Urban Metta, Vol. 2, ambient new age and listener impact
Anaya Kunt (Brazil), Laman Song, new age and composition/composer
Audrey Ochoa (Canada), Audrey Ochoa, jazz and instrumental/instrumentalist
Bickram Ghosh, Maya - Bickram Ghosh’s Dedication to Ravi Shankar, composition/composer (Ravi Shankar) and listener impact
Błażej Jankowiak (Poland), Jano Polska Wersja - Teoretycznie feat. Waco prod. Yankes, music video
Brian Ford (Australia), ScatterBrained, Latin jazz and female vocalist (Renae Suttie)
Brian Wilbur Grundstrom, Children of Zeus, composition/composer and symphonic orchestra and chorus LINK
Burak Besir, Passion, instrumental solo performance and album
Clement Reid, Adventure for String Orchestra, contemporary classical
Cristiana Pegoraro (Italy), Gioacchino Rossini Overtures - Piano Transcriptions, instrumental/instrumentalist and album
Danae Vlasse, Trilogies, classical piano solo, composition/composer and album LINK
Daniel Chagnon (Germany), exit A head – VOID, rock and album
David Renaud (Canada), Encore, jazz
Dawn Avery & Larry Mitchell, Crane on Earth, in Sky: A Journey, world music theatre and album LINK
Debe Gunn, Mi Cantinita - My Little Cantina, Latin/Mexican
Dulce Joya (Germany), Reality of Dreams, instrumental/instrumentalist and album LINK
DuoKeira (Italy), Barber Souveniors, piano duo (Sabrina De Carlo and Michela Chiara Borghese)
Gabriel Kaczmarek (Poland), Snow Queen Balle, classical ballet music and composition/composer
Gabriele Saro (Italy), Sunsets 2, classical/new age crossover and album
Grace Garland, I'll Cry Later, female vocalist
Grigory Smirnov, Dowson Songs • Chaconne, composition/composer and album
Hector Del Curto - Stowe Tango Music Festival, Live at the 2016 Stowe Tango Music Festival, album, live performances
Hyunjung Rachel Chung, My Cherished Garden: Piano Works by American Women Composers, classical and album
Jeremy Tisser, Raw Data, game music and composer/composition
Julian Friedrich (Germany), 01, music video and lyrics/songwriter
Kathryn Shipley, Shine Your Love, country gospel and emerging artist
Kris Berg, Perspectives, large ensemble jazz and composition/composer
Louis Colaiannia, By the Sea Jazz Version, jazz
Lutalo Olutosin, Meet Me at The Crossroads, jazz and album
Manel Gil-Inglada (Spain), Deshabitados, original score
Marina Rebeka (Latvia), Marina Rebeka sings Amor Fatale, female vocalist (operatic soprano)
Matthew Nelson, Meditations and Tributes: Works for Solo Clarinet, instrumentalist (clarinet), emerging artist and album LINK
Mystic Journey, Kingdom of Mountains, new age and instrumental/instrumentalist (ensemble: Suzanne Teng, Gilbert Levy, Dann Torres & Jon Ossman) LINK
Neil Stipp, Sonata for Clarinet and Organ, neo-classical/classical contemporary and composition/composer LINK
Omar Acosta (Spain), Choreto, trio (Omar Acosta Trio) and album (Latitud)
Pino Cariati (Italy), Canto Brigante, singer/songwriter
Pint & A Half, Boomtown Ghosts, Americana album, lyrics/songwriter and duo (Duke and Tami Sheppard) LINK
Rachel LaFond (New Zealand), Wandering Soul, album and emerging artist
Robert McCormick, Kid Stuff: Soli for Piano with Percussion Orchestra, composition/composer, album and innovation in sound
Rodney Waschka, Au Revoir, Svetozar, composition/composer and creativity/originality
Romu Agulló (Spain), Flores de Mariola, instrumental/instrumentalist
Russell Haight, Destination, jazz
Seunghee Lee, Solace, classical, instrumental/instrumentalist and album
Shane Burke, Dig Silver, folk
Stephanie Chou, Asymptote, emerging artist and female vocalist LINK
Sukanya Shankar, Ghanashyam: A Broken Branch, world music and composition/composer
Yin Zheng and Bin Huang, Complete Recording of Mozart Sonatas for Piano and Violin, duo (Yin Zheng, piano and Bing Huang, violin) and album
Bronze Medal Winners - Finalists
Amr Al-hariri, Silent Love Stories – I, soundtrack film and television
Angelica Joni, Exhale, dance & electronic music
Annette Laborte – Spirit Soul And Friends, Kirtan Peace Vibrations, music video; and Om Hari Om, world music LINK LINK
Armando Bernabeu Lorenzo (Spain), La Llamada - The Call, habanera music and composition/composer
Art Tawanghar, Buddha Lounge, new age
Ava Ordman, It's About Time: Music for Trombone by Women Composers, instrumental/instrumentalist
Bernadeta Urbonaite (United Kingdom), Everglow, composition/composer LINK
Bob James (Canada), Dance with Me, easy listening/country and lyrics/songwriter
Cathal Feeney (Ireland), It's Over, lyrics/songwriter
Craig Raymo, December Rain, male vocalist
Daniel Raijman, Holiday Hostage, composition/composer
Danny Vash, Hard Life, rock
Emine Sari (Turkey), On My Own, adult contemporary and lyrics/songwriter
Erick Blu, Took the Words, pop song
George Kilbinger, Happy Day, pop
Holly Blazina (Canada), Transcendencia (Buleria), world music and instrumental/instrumentalist
House of Disaster (Italy), Eternal Darkness, composition/composer
Jes R. Fernandez-Alvarez Falcon (The Netherlands), Shut Up, I´m on a Roll!, music video
John Kenin (Russian Federation), Can't Wait to Love You, pop
Kris Russell, Down in Brazil, female vocalist and world music (bossa nova)
Kristen Hope Justice, Calling of The Divine, album (contemporary Christian) LINK
Kristhyan Benitez, Kristhyan Benitez – Miniatures, instrumental/instrumentalist
Laura Ainsworth, New Vintage, retro/easy listening and female vocalist
Leni Thio (Indonesia), 33 Bronze, pop and creativity/originality
Mary R. Katzke, In a Nanosecond, viewer impact LINK
Matt Dusk (Canada), Old School Yule!, holiday music
Matthew Mayer, Ardor, new age and album
Mehrzad Khajeh Amiri (Iran), The Night Storyteller, new age/ambient and composition composer
Michael Vercelli, Birifor Bori: Bori Music of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, world music
Mikael Manley, Highway 105, smooth jazz
Natasha Dematra (Indonesia), Earth (Bumiku), song
Rachel Meguerdijian, In Circle, music video
Rob Morton, Just One More Day With You, music video
Songwriting Shane, No Fear, world beat
Sophie Webber, Escape, music video LINK
Sora Dietzinger and Jessica Riemer (Germany), Repertoire: Johannes Brahms, Francis Poulenc and Sergei Rachmaninov, piano duo (Jessica Riemer and Sora Dietzinger)
Thomas Parisch, Ocean over the Time - 时光沧海, game music and composition/composer
Timothy Juillet, The Selah Psalms, Pt. 1, classical/pop opera
Tom Mullen, Not in Love, power pop LINK
Vanessa Delaine (Australia), Wild & Free, country blues and female vocalist
Veronica Pompeo (Italy), A Provincial Painter Moods, female vocalist
Yang Liu, Song of Nostalgia, classical and instrumental/instrumentialist LINK
Zoe Pelloux, No Rush, music video
Honorable Mentions