Honored

JACK EVANS of the rock, jazz, and R&B group Reverend Zen with a 2007 ASCAP Plus Award due to three Best Song Nominations in the 2007 Los Angeles Music Awards, two Finalist Awards in the 2007 Unisong International Song Contest, five Runner-Up Awards and Finalist Awards in the 2005 and 2006 VH1 Song of the Year Contest.

CLIFF HILLIS as winner of Chili Restaurant's Rockstar for a Day jingle contest, and named Spark Magazine's Best Singer/Songwriter and Out & About Magazine's Best Male Songwriter for 2007.

JUSTIN DELLO JOIO with the Classical Recording Foundation Award on October 30 th at Carnegie Hall. Also, his one act chamber opera, The Blue Mountain, world premiered in Oslo, Norway's Ultima Contemporary Music Festival.

LIONEL JONES' newly released jazz album, Papa Jones,nominated as Best Gospel Instrumental CD of the Year for the 2008 Stellar Awards.

ROSE MOORE nominated Best New Artist 2007 by New Music Weekly.

TIM MOYER selected as Inland Empire Music Award's Best Pop Rock artist of 2007.

STEVEN and AMANDA POTACZEK of worship group 1000 Generations awarded Song of the Year for "How Big Small Can Be." The award was presented by ASCAP VP Dan Keen at the Gospel Music Association's 2007 conference. Their song "Fascinated" is a finalist in this year's John Lennon Songwriting Competition.

AUGUSTA READ THOMAS for her appointment as composer for the 2008 Master Artists-In-Residence Program February 18 through March 19 at the Atlantic Center for the Arts.

CODY WESTHEIMER was nominated for a Film and TV Music Award for his work on Canadian show Chris and John to the Rescue! Also, his short film WAVES an elegy premiered in October at the Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival. He is currently working on an exciting documentary called UltraMarathon Man, which follows runner Dean Karnacez through 50 states as he attempts to run 50 marathons in 50 days.

ERIC WHITACRE'S "Paradise Lost: Shadows & Wings" received 10 nominations for the prestigious LA Theatre Ovation Awards in November.