Elfenworks Releases & Clients Receive JPF Music Awards
• elfenworks release Aaron Rosand in Norway 2-CD Set - Best Classical Concerto Album
• elfenworks release Jeremy Cohen Venuti Tribute DVD - Best Live Performance Video - Third Place
• elfenworks client Quartet San Francisco Debut CD - Best Instrumental Album - Second place
The elfenworks-produced two-cd set 'Aaron Rosand in Norway', available from VAI Music, has been selected as a Best Classical Concerto Album in the 2006 JPF Music Awards. Additionally, elfenworks client Jeremy Cohen won Best Live Performance Video - Third Place for the elfenworks release Jeremy Cohen & Friends Celebrate Joe Venuti, 100 Years. In further good news, elfenworks client Quartet San Francisco garnered Best Instrumental Album - Second place for their self-titled CD.
About the JPF Music Awards
We understand that there were 25,500+ albums and 350,000+ songs entered for the awards this year and that they announced nominees in 81 album and 67 song categories from over 70. The Just Plain Folks Music Awards are entirely volunteer run but are already the largest and most diverse music awards of any kind in the world. In their notification letter they write:
"We couldn't be more proud of and impressed with this year's slate of nominees. . . JPF is a 40,000+ member grassroots music organization for artists, songwriters and industry professionals, focused on networking, education, support and the inspiration of our community peers. We're completely free and 100% volunteer run. We started in 1998 with 60 members and have grown to become one of the largest music organizations in the world. We welcome all genres of music, all levels of experience and if you scroll through the categories you'll see we leave practically no stone unturned. Our primary directive to all judges in every round is "Does It Move You?" All music is blind screened and judged solely on it's own merit. Every song and album is listened to throughout each of the 6 rounds it went through to get nominated (Yes, that's a LOT of screening!). The folks nominated this year obviously moved a lot of people! Congrats to all of you again. "
The awards show is scheduled for Saturday, November 4, 2006 in Santa Ana, California (Near Disneyland). Industry professionals, musician peers, and fans are eligible to take part in judging.
About the 2-CD Set Aaron Rosand in Norway [cd details] [audioclips] [buy it]
"Every now and then a release comes along that reminds you what a superb violinist Aaron Rosand is,
and this is one of them. All these performances are so good that if you only had them and no other
recordings of the works,
you wouldn't be missing much. --American Record Guide
"One feels in the presence of a master... Rosand soars aloft with skin-tingling
emotional potency... highly recommended."
--The Strad
This two-cd set, featuring virtuoso violinist (and long-time elfenworks client) Aaron Rosand and distributed by VAI Music, is now available through retail outlets, worldwide and at online vendors including Amazon.com. Recorded during Rosand's tours of Norway with orchestral and piano accompaniment, this 2 CD set features Lalo's Symphonie espagnole, Saint-Saëns' Havanaise and Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso as well as Klaus Egge's Violin Concerto, and Christian Sinding's Suite in A Minor. Also included are Tchaikovsky's Sérénade Mélancholique; Sibelius's Humoresque, Op. 87, Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen and Ole Bull's Saeterjentens Sondag.
