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2003 Pearl Awards Finalists
The 2003 PEARL Awards will be presented in a gala awards show on Friday, June
20 at Cottonwood High School in
Salt Lake City, beginning at 7 p.m. The gala will be hosted by Scott Christopher.
Scheduled to appear are Tal Bachman, Coach Ron McBride, Maren Ord, Kirby Heyborne
(The R.M.), Heather Beers (Charly), Sen Orrin Hatch, Kenneth Cope, Eclipse,
Fiddlesticks, Jericho Road, and many, many more.
This
annual awards program presented by the Faith Centered Music Association
recognizes excellence in faith-centered music. Now in its
sixth year, the PEARL Awards is growing and expanding to reach
the widest audience ever. The event will be broadcast on
KTVX, ABC4 on Sunday, July 13. The finest artists, performers,
songwriters and musicians will all be gathered under one roof
for an evening of exciting performances, special guest appearances
and outstanding awards.
Finalists
for this year’s awards include:
SACRED RECORDING
Hear My Praise
(Album: Hear My Praise)
Artist:
Kenneth Cope
Songwriter: Kenneth
Cope
Producer: Kenneth
Cope & Tyler Castleton
If
You Could Hie to Kolob (Album: He Leadeth Me)
Artist: David Tinney
Arranger: Greg Hansen
Producer: Greg Hansen
Were
You There (Album: I Believe This Is Jesus)
Artist: Men of BYU
singers with Men of concert Choir & Men’s Chorus
Arranger: Robert Scholz
Producers: Sandefur
Schmidt & Ronald Staheli
INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING
Adam Ondi-Ahman
(Album: The Cat and the Fiddle)
Artist: Fiddlesticks
Arranger: Fiddlesticks
Producer: Katie Davis
Hard
Times Come Again No More (Album: Think Twice)
Artist: Eclipse
Arranger: Patrick
Rose
Producer: Eclipse
One
Good Woman (Album: The Ocean In Me)
Artist: Cherie Call
Songwriter: Cherie
Call
Producer: Tyler Castleton
CONTEMPORARY RECORDING
A Heartbeat
Away (Album: Charly-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Jenny Jordan
Frogley
Songwriters: Aaron
Merrill and Cherie Call
Producer: Aaron Merrill
A
New Day (Album: True North)
Artist: Jericho Road
Songwriters: Tyler
Castleton and Jenny Frogley
Producers: Tyler Castleton
and Jenny Frogley
Because
of You (Album: The Power Within)
Artist: Jenny Jordan
Frogley
Songwriters: Masa
Fukuda and Jeannine Lasky
Producer: Greg Hansen
Sarajevo
(Album: Innovators II: Keepers of the Flame)
Artists: Kurt Bestor
and Sam Cardon
Songwriters: Kurt
Bestor and Sam Cardon
Producers: Kurt Bestor
and Sam Cardon
Will
You Row With Me? (Album: Keeping Sheep)
Artists: Jenny Jordan
Frogley and John McVey
Songwriter: Lynne
Perry Christofferson
Producer: Greg Hansen
SACRED/CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
Jesus Once
of Humble Birth (Album: Twenty-five Beloved Hymns of Christ)
Artist: Michael Dowdle
Arranger: Michael
Dowdle
Producer: Michael
Dowdle
O
Divine Redeemer (Album: Tableaux de Provence)
Artist: Ray Smith
Arranger: Ray Smith
Producer: Ron Simpson
There
Is a Green Hill Far Away (Album: Twenty-five Beloved Hymns of
Christ)
Artist: Michael Dowdle
Arranger: Michael
Dowdle
Producer: Michael
Dowdle
INSPIRATIONAL INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
Book of Mormon
Stories (Album: Music for a Sunday Afternoon Vol. 4)
Artist: Clive Romney
Arranger: Clive Romney
Producer: Clive Romney
Sweet
Hour of Prayer (Album: Daily Devotions I)
Artist: Paul Cardall
Arranger: Paul Cardall
Producer: Paul Cardall
CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
Moki Canyon
Lullaby (Album: Piano Portraits)
Artist: Michael Hicks
Songwriter: Michael
Hicks
Producer: Michael
Hicks
See
Spot Run (Album: The Cat and the Fiddle)
Artist: Fiddlesticks
Songwriters: Katie
and Elizabeth Davis
Producer: Katie Davis
Through
the Trees (Album: Piano Portraits)
Artist: David Tolk
Songwriter: David
Tolk
Producer David Tolk
HOLIDAY RECORDING
Christmastime
(Album: Christmastime)
Artist: Hilary Weeks
Songwriter: Hilary
Weeks
Producers: Tyler Castleton
and Kenny Hodges
It’s
About a Boy (Album: I Can See My Breath—A Timpanogos Christmas)
Artist: Jeff Hinton
Songwriters: Jeff
Hinton and Quint Randle
Producers: Jeff Hinton
and Quint Randle
SACRED ALBUM
All Things
Bright & Beautiful
Artist: Marta Johns
Producer: Jay Richards
Then
Sings My Soul
Artist: George Dyer
Producer: Staci Peters
We’ll
Sing and We’ll Shout Vol. 2
Artist/Creator: Barlow
Bradford & Mack Wiburg
Producers: Barlow
Bradford, Mack Wilburg and Tyler Castleton
INSPIRATIONAL ALBUM
He Leadeth
Me
Artist: David Tinney
Producer: Greg Hansen
Hear
My Praise
Artist: Kenneth Cope
Producer: Kenneth
Cope and Tyler Castleton
Seminary’s
Greatest Songs
Artists: Various
Producer: Greg
Hansen
CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Acoustacism
Artist: Kalai
Producer: Sam Cardon and
Kalai
Ryan
Shupe & the Rubberband Live!
Artists: Ryan Shupe & the
Rubberband
Producers: Ryan Shupe & the
Rubberband
Think
Twice
Artist: Eclipse
Producer: Eclipse
SACRED/INSPIRATIONAL INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Rachmaninov
Without Words
Artists: Massimilliano
Frani and Brian Stucki
Producers: Massimilliano
Frani and Ron Simpson
Tableaux
de Provence
Artist: Ray Smith
Producer: Ron Simpson
Twenty-five
Beloved Hymns of Christ
Artist: Michael Dowdle
Producer: Michael
Dowdle
CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Festival
Artist: This
Way That
Producer: Dan Truman & Ron
Saltmarsh
InnovatorsII:
Keepers of the Flame
Artists: Kurt Bestor
and Sam Cardon
Producers: Kurt Bestor
and Sam Cardon
The
Cat and the Fiddle
Artists: Fiddlesticks
Producer: Katie Davis
THEME OR CONCEPT ALBUM
I Belong to
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Artist/Creator: Clive
Romney
Producer: Clive Romney
I
Love America
Artists: Osmonds 2nd Generation
Creators: Janice Kapp
Perry & Orrin G. Hatch
Producer: Greg Hansen
Whatever It
Takes:Music to Inspire & Strengthen the Youth
Artists: Various
Producer: Tyler Castleton
MUSICAL PRESENTATION OR SOUNDTRACK ALBUM:
Charly – Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artists: Various
Producer: Aaron Merrill
Family:
A Joyful Proclamation
Artists: Steven Kapp
Perry and Marvin Payne
Producers: Steven Kapp
Perry and Marvin Payne
Parables
Artist/Creator:
Jenny Phillips
Producer: Jenny Phillips
and Tyler Castleton
COMPILATION ALBUM:
Piano Portraits
From HX Music
Sidewalk
Serenade
From Timpanogos Songwriter
Alliance Association (TSSA)
The
Army of Heleman
From Prime Recordings
MALE RECORDING ARTIST:
Kenneth Cope
George Dyer
Kalai
FEMALE RECORDING ARTIST:
Julie de Azevedo
Cherie Call
Hilary Weeks
INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING ARTIST:
Sam Cardon
Michael Dowdle
Ray Smith
GROUP RECORDING ARTIST:
Eclipse (Paul
Hansen, Patrick Rose, Shane Taylor, Daniel Kartchner, Kevin Jones,
Kirk Mecham)
Fiddlesticks (Elizabeth,
Katie & Mark Davis)
Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband
(Craig Miner, Bart Olson, Roger Archibald, Colin Botts, Jeremy Nielsen)
NEW RECORDING ARTIST:
Eclipse
Kalai
Stephanie
Smith
PRODUCER:
Sam Cardon
Tyler Castleton
Greg Hansen
SONGWRITER:
Cherie Call
David Tinney
Hilary Weeks
PERFORMING ARTIST:
Eclipse (Paul
Hansen, Patrick Rose, Shane Taylor, Daniel Kartchner, Kevin Jones,
Kirk Mecham)
Jericho Road (Abe Mills,
David Kimball, Bret Bryce, Justin Smith)
Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband
(Craig Miner, Bart Olson, Roger Archibald, Colin Botts, Jeremy Nielsen)
ARRANGER:
Michael Dowdle
Greg Hansen
David Zabriskie
STUDIO MUSICIAN:
Daron Bradford
Rich Dixon
Todd Sorensen
STUDIO VOCALIST:
Jessie Clark
Jenny
Jordan Frogley
Katherine Nelson
ENGINEER:
Barry Gibbons
Steve LeRud
Guy Randle
ALBUM DESIGN:
Family: A
Joyful Proclamation (Barry Hansen & John Perry)
I Can See My Breath—A
Timpanogos Christmas (Bill Carman)
Parables (Scott Eggers)
RADIO SHOW:
Joan Peterson
(from KOSY 106.5)
John Hesch (from KZION)
Wanda Lindstrom (from
KOSY 106.5)
RECORD LABEL:
Inspirational
Music Showcase/Sounds of Zion
Shadow
Mountain
Tantara Records
RETAIL MANAGER:
Annette
Dahl (from Jorgensen’s, Roy, UT)
Kumen
Skinner (from BYU Bookstore, Provo, UT)
Michelle
Fluckiger (from Cover to Cover, Roseville, CA)
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