Global Music Awards: September 2016 Honorees
Gold Medal Winner
Rosemary Siemens
Plum Coulee, My Home - Album
Bluegrass/Country - Canada
Gold Medal Winner - Best of Show
Antonio Juan-Marcos
Nocturno Eléctrico - Composition
University California Berkeley - United States
Gold Medal Winner
Carlos Morgan
Sweet As You Are - R&B/Pop
Male Vocalist - United States
Gold Medal Winner
Joungmin Lee
Vexatious - Contemporary Classical
United States
Gold Medal Winner
Anthony Branker
Beauty Within - Eclectic Jazz & Album
Princeton University - United States
Gold Medal Winner
Herrick
Cottonfields - Album & Band
Country/Americana - United States
Gold Medal Winner
Socrates Garcia
Back Home - Latin Jazz Big Band
United States
Gold Medal Winner
Maria Canyigueral & Lana Trotovsek
Granados/Finzi/Franck/Skerjanc
Classical Violin & Piano - United Kingdom
Gold Medal Winner
Juan García-Herreros
The Blue Road - World Jazz & Album
Colombia & Austria
Gold Medal - Best in Show
Silver Medal Winners - Outstanding Achievement
Alan Williams, Moving Art: Underwater, original score/soundtrack film and television
Alla Milchetein, Musical Journeys Through the Jewish Diaspora, classical music and album
Alva Nelson, Soul Eyes, album and instrumentalist
Andree-Ann Deschenes, Milhaud & Ginastera, classical, instrumentalist and new release
Angelina Gadeliya and Solomiya Ivakhiv, Ukraine – Journey to Freedom: A Century of Classical Music for Violin and Piano, duo, emerging artists and album LINK LINK
Anita Ward, Another Bad Mistake, disco
Ayhan Sahin, L.A. Nights, adult contemporary
Carl Borden, Echoes of Bliss, new age and production/producer
Carlo Filipe (United Kingdom), The Legend of John Grey, jazz
Carol Leone, Change of Keys: One Piano, Three Keyboards, classical and solo instrumental performance
Chak Carlitos, Conjunro para Despertar Las Piedras- A Spell to Awaken the Stones, album; and Te Canto un Cuento, children's music
Chai-lun Yueh, Anthology of Chuan-Sheng Lu, male vocalist
Charles Unger, Mr. 2 AM, contemporary jazz, band and album
Charles-Henri Avelange, Commandment of Valor, orchestral composition and listener impact
Cheryl Fisher (Canada), Quietly There, female vocalist
Christina Gaudet, Wild Things, female vocalist
Christopher Powell, Five Pieces for Viola, composition/composer
Dan Costa (Brazil), Suite Três Rios (Three Rivers Suite), jazz LINK
Dawn Karima, The Desire of Nations, tribal pop
Dennis Sy, Shine On, alternative
Eileen Sherman, One More Batch of Cookies, lyrics/songwriter (Lyrics by Eileen Bluestone Sherman, Music by Gail C. Bluestone)
Eli Bennett (Canada), Breakthrough, jazz
Ensemble for These Times, Surviving: Women's Words, classical chamber ensemble and album LINK
Eugene Magalif, Colibri, composition/composer, album and new release
George Hatzis, Mt Olympus the Creation, original score/soundtrack film & television
Giona Ostinelli, Darling, original score
Grant Maloy Smith, You Don't Have to Love Me Back, Americana, lyrics/songwriter and male vocalist
Gregory Alosio, Liar - Dwight Yoakam - Music Video, music video
Gurujas Khalsa - White Sun, White Sun II, new age and band
Jiiniikwe Bedell, My Heart Drum, dance music
Jim Ottaway (Australia), Southern Cross, space ambient/new age LINK
John C. Slade, I Sing Walt Whitman, album and spoken words over music
Jose Chafer (Spain), Textures, album and instrumentalist
Julia Pajot (France), Symphony N2, composition/composer and innovation in sound; and 2009 Compositions (COMA), composition/composer and creativity/originality
Katie Hardman (Australia), Snowflake, holiday song and lyrics/songwriter
Lena Natalia, Rendezvous in Paris, modern classical piano
Marco Valerio Antonini, Adelie and the Obelisk - Arctic Landscape, composition/composer and game music soundtrack; and For You, ambient music
Maria Canyigueral and Lana Trotovsek (United Kingdom), Granados/Finzi/Franck/Skerjanc, audio engineer and sound editing/mixing
Maria Sebastian, Be, singer/songwriter LINK
Meg Pfeiffer (Germany), Sunshine, American pop/country and album
Na Der (Kingdom of Bahrain), Seascapes, album (down-tempo, ambient world fusion) LINK
Nic Nassuet, How The Gods Kill, gothic folk and male vocalist
Nick Dukas, Wrap You Up for Christmas, holiday music, vocal duo (Nick Dukas & Jennifer Morrison) and lyrics/songwriting
Pablo Zapata (Spain), Servalabari, jazz
Peter Sterling, Thru the Valley and Over the Hills, new age
Russ Hewitt, Presidio, instrumental; and Cielo Nocturno, album
Samer Fanek, Wishful Thinking, album and creativity/originality
Sharif Awan (Pakistan), Indus Raag 2 - Karachi Concerts, world music and production/producer
Sophia Agranovich, Schubert: Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer", Chopin: 4 Ballades, classical piano solo and listener impact
Suzanne Grzanna, The Cat's Meow, female vocalist; and Latin Nights, jazz
Sultans of String (Canada), Ho Jamalo, world music/beats LINK
Svetlana Koseniv, I Wish You Love, original song and lyrics/melody LINK
Tim Morrish and Jessica Jones (United Kingdom), The Reunion Suite, soundtrack film and television
Todd Mosby, Spirit Dancer, contemporary instrumental and emerging artist
Vito Leonardo Tritto (Italy), Spira Mirabilis, album, composition/composer and emerging artist
Vodevil Vargas (Spain), Santa Cruz, Andalusian roots symphonic rock fusion and creativity/originality LINK
Bronze Medal Winners - Finalists
Chai-lun Yueh, Anthology of Chuan-Sheng Lu, album
Cheryle Correa, I Keep Holding On, country and lyrics/songwriter
Christina Palmer, No Faith in Humanity, music video
Concetta Seila Mammoccio (Italy), Cziffra-Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from Gayane, instrumental performance solo
Danilo Pastore (Italy), Benjamin, soundtrack LINK LINK
Davide Caprelli (Italy), The Prestige, soundtrack
Dawn Maracle, I Remember Christmas (and the bright red bulb), holiday music
Deuandra Brown, Emojis, R&B/pop/hip-hop
Diana Rumjahn, Into the Light, original score/soundtrack movie & television
Erick Loi (Italy), The Game, music video
Fernando Peña (Spain), Rompeolas, world music
Francesca Musti (Italy), Francesca Musti Composer, contemporary classical
Jill Thomas (United Kingdom), Deal with the Devil, singer/songwriter
Kasia Cieslar & Adriana Krawcewicz (United Kingdom), Destiny, music video
Kasson Crooker, The Charmed, music video and song
Lily Lambert, Moving On, singer/songwriter
Louis Larouche (Canada), Ocean Breeze, easy listening soft jazz
Massimiliano Lombardo, Sandra's Theme, film music and original score
Mia Moravis, Shakespeare and Me, lyrics/songwriter and originality/creativity
Natalie Jean, Red Room, pop
Nate McCray, Go with the Flow, jazz
Nicolas Techer, The Roots of Men, original score/soundtrack film & television
Paul Messina, Going Back to Where I've Never Been, jazz and composition/composer
Ranen Sarma (United Kingdom), Shraddhanjali, Assamese folk songs
Roxana Vilk (United Kingdom), We've Got Wings, music video
Sami Chohfi, Blue Helix - Aliens Official Music Video, music video
Sebastian Modarelli, I'll Meet You Again, composition LINK
Shahed Mohseni Zonoozi, Unrecognized Country, world music
Sky McCullough, Less Love - Horse Race (ft. Kali Ra), music video
Sophie Keats (Canada), Let There Be Peace on Earth, classical crossover
Stephen Bullen, Full Measures, original score/soundtrack film & television
Txema Cabria (Spain), Ansiedad – Anxiety, new age/ambient
Vito Ottolino (Italy), Distanze, classical/jazz
Willi Dakota, Montana Sky, country/folk and emerging artist
Honorable Mentions