Global Music Awards: October 2011 Honorees
Silver Medal Winners - Outstanding Achievement
Robert Stephen Rothkopf, a student at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, receives the GMA Award of Excellence for his original song If Only and our Award of Merit for vocal performance of his song. Rothkopf is a member of Sure Thing, an Indy-native trio which specializes in acoustic rock with charisma. The band, comprised entirely of music students trained at Indiana University, has a unique sound which blends pop and rock with other stylistic undertones including jazz and hip hop.
Bronze Medal Winners - Finalists
The GMA Award of Merit goes to Shawn Clement of Clemistry Music for his score to the IMAX sci-fi animated film, Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey. The score was performed with an 80-piece ensemble of the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. Clement who is a graduate of Berklee College of MusicÂin Boston recently had his music premiered at The Kennedy Center in DC during A Tribute to the Wounded Warriors.
Grammy nominated singer Jana Mashonee receives the GMA Award of Merit for her vocal performance of her song, A Change Is Gonna Come. She refers to herself as an "urban Indian" and has seamlessly blended her life as a hip, young musician with her roots as an American Indian. Despite her fast-paced career, Jana has still found time to give back by establishing her non-profit organization, Jana's Kids.
Mick Fitzgerald of Dublin, Ireland, receives GMA Award of Merit for his children's recording, The Enchanted Lake; Irish Legends, Stories and Harp Music, and as vocalist. The stories on this album were chosen and edited by Gabriele Haefs and features Nadia Birkenstock on harp. Recently Fitzgerald published his solo CD, Streetwise, and is working with Haefs on a book with stories about Irish music.
Honorable Mentions