Results for "Award / Grant"

Erin Bode Wins "Best Jazz Artist" in Riverfront Times' 2009 Music Awards

June 17, 2009

Yoko Ono Wins Lifetime Achievement Award at "Mojo" Magazine Awards

June 17, 2009

June 6 - Yoko Ono receives Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale June 14 - Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND with special guests Ornette Coleman, Antony Hegarty & Mark Ronson. DON'T STOP ME! gives a taste of the YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND 15-song album BETWEEN MY ...

Jazz Vocalist and Songwriter PJ Parker's "Not Beneath the Tree" Awarded Honorable Mention in International Songwriting Competition

June 12, 2009

Somerset, New Jersey - Jazz vocalist and songwriter PJ Parker has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the 12th Annual Unisong International Songwriting Contest for her composition, “Not Beneath the Tree.” The song was one of 11 in the “seasonal” category so honored among submissions from songwriters from around the world. Songs in the competition are ...

San Diego Jazz Station Gets National Award

June 10, 2009

KSDS JAZZ 88' MARK DEBOSKEY NAMED REGIONAL JAZZ EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR; STATION GETS NATIONAL AWARD San Diego, CA Mark Deboskey, KSDS-FM/Jazz88 station manager, has been named regional “Jazz Educator of the Year," by the California Association of Music Education (CMEA)/Southern Border Section; the station he leads earned a national “My Source Community Impact Award for ...

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Set for Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 P.M.

June 8, 2009

The Jazz Journalists Association's 13th Annual Jazz Awards Honoring excellence in music-making, presentation, production, jazz journalism and “A Team" activism and advocacy Nominations released, Winners to be Announced at Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th St., New York City Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 p.m. In a year notable ...

2009 Tony Awards

June 8, 2009

BEST PLAY “Dividing the Estate" “God of Carnage" (Winner) “reasons to be pretty" “33 Variations" BEST MUSICAL “Billy Elliot, the Musical" (Winner) “Next to Normal" “Rock of Ages" “Shrek the Musical" BEST BOOK OF MUSICAL “Billy Elliot, The ...

A Big Night for Broadway, and Especially for Billy

June 8, 2009

Broadway productions with roots in the London theater dominated the 63rd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, with Billy Elliot winning best musical and nine other awards and God of Carnage picking up honors for best play, best director and best actress. While several categories were unusually competitive this year because of the large number of strong ...

Kidd Jordan to Receive 2009 Asante Legend Award

May 31, 2009

Edward Kidd Jordan has been announced as a recipient of the 2009 Asante Awards in the area of Music Education; The Year of the Legends.The 2009 Asante Awards and Festival will held at the Mahaila Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana in the famed Louis Armstrong Park/Congo Square on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. ...

ASCAP Serenades Smokey

May 25, 2009

Crooner to be honored at annual kudos Smokey Robinson will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers at its 22nd annual kudos gala at the BevHilton on June 26. Robinson, who will be feted with the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award, received the org's Founders Award in 1988. ASCAP will also ...

Cannes 2009 Palme d'Or Goes to Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon'

May 24, 2009

Other top prizes are dominated by the French, including the grand prize, awarded to Jacques Audiard's A Prophet. The U.S.-made Inglourious Basterds manages an acting prize for Christoph Waltz. Reporting from Cannes, France -- It felt like “friends and family" night at the Festival de Cannes when the world's most prestigious film event handed out its ...