2019 Western Canadian Music Award Artistic Nominees Announced!
Posted August 07, 2019 by
Congratulations to all the following VMA 145 Members on their 2019 Western Canadian Music Awards Artistic Nominations!
BreakOut Artist of the Year
Dan Mangan
Children’s Artist of the Year
Raffi (Raffi Cavoukian)
The Oot n’ Oots (Ari, Ezra, Gabriel, Matthew, Ruth Cipes)
Classical Artist / Ensemble of the Year (Presented by Canadian Music Centre [CMC])
Turning Point Ensemble
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Classical Composer of the Year
Owen Underhill
Electronic / Dance Artist of the Year
Dirty Radio (Farshad Edalat, Anthony Dolhai)
I M U R (Michael Jensen, Jennifer MacCormack)
Instrumental Artist of the Year
Five Alarm Funk (Oliver Gibson, Jay Smith, Tayo Branston, Tom Towers, Eli Bennett, Kent Wallace, Timothy Parent, Brent Mah)
Gordon Grdina's The Marrow (Gordon Grdina)
Jazz Artist of the Year
BC Double Quartet
Hard Rubber Orchestra
Jodi Proznick
Metal / Hard Music Artist of the Year
Neck of the Woods (Dave Carr, Travis Hein, Ron Holloway, Jeremy Gilmartin, Jeff Radomsky)
Pop Artist of the Year
Sarah MacDougall
Producer of the Year
Steve Bays
Rap / Hip Hop Artist of the Year
Merkules (Cole Stevenson)
Recording of the Year
Dan Mangan
Sarah MacDougall
Rock Artist of the Year (Presented by Stingray Music)
Dan Mangan
Said The Whale (Tyler Bancroft, Ben Worcester, Jaycelyn Brown, Lincoln Woo)
Songwriter(s) of the Year (Presented by The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada [SOCAN])
Dan Mangan, Cold In The Summer
Jill Barber and Ryan Guldemond, Girl's Gotta Do
Spiritual Artist of the Year
Chelsea Amber
Video Director of the Year
Johnny Jansen - Said The Whale, UnAmerican – BC
World Artist of the Year
Portiia (Dave & Kirby Barber)
TANGA (Malcolm Aiken, Matt Reid, Jay Esplana, Sangito Bigelow)
Learn more at https://breakoutwest.ca/awards/music-awards.