WINNERS – AUSACA: PLAY A Cappella Recording Awards

Congratulations to all the 2015 WINNERS, Runners-Up and Nominees of the
AUSACA: PLAY A Cappella Recording Awards

(Nominees are listed alphabetically)

BEST ALBUM
WINNER – Harambee – In Your Head
RUNNER-UP – Blue Notion – Blue Notion

Nominees
Festival Statesmen Chorus – Festival Statesmen
Harambee – Haram Pum Pum Pum
Nothin’ Sus – Little Old Here

BEST POP SONG
WINNER – Switch – As Long As You Love Me
RUNNER-UP – Harambee – Crossfire

Nominees 
Blue Notion – Good Enough
Blue Notion – I Want You Back 
Harambee – White Noise
Jazel – Sass

BEST JAZZ SONG
WINNER – Nothin’ Sus – On A Cloud
RUNNER-UP – Nothin’ Sus – Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar

Nominees
Blue Notion – Misty
Coco’s Lunch – In My Room
Coco’s Lunch – Other Plans

BEST FOLK SONG
WINNER – Festival Statesmen Chorus – Loch Lomond
RUNNER-UP – Nothin’ Sus – Groovy Shoes

Nominees
Cloudstreet – The Waking Hour
Limited Edition – Down In The River
Limited Edition – Irish Blessing

BEST CHORAL SONG
WINNER – Festival Statesmen Chorus – Lux Aurumque
RUNNER-UP – Blue Notion – Butterfly

Nominees
Blue Notion – Gota
Festival Statesmen Chorus – Now The Powers of Heaven
Nothin’ Sus – A Fickle World

BEST SONG COMPOSED OR ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY (OPB) AN AUS/NZ
WINNER – Coco’s Lunch – Other Plans by Lisa Young
RUNNER-UP – Harambee – White Noise by The Living End

Nominees
Blue Notion (featuring Ginger And Tonic) – Beloved by Wendy Matthews
Coco’s Lunch – Palani Princess by Jacqueline Gawler
Harambee – Crossfire by John Flanagan
Jazel – Sass by Alex Van den Broek, Charity Soo Choon, Kate Missingham, Maddie Rossetto.

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
WINNER – Harambee – John Flanagan for Crossfire
RUNNER-UP – Jazel – Alex Van den Broek, Charity Soo Choon, Kate Missingham, Maddie Rossetto for Sass

Nominees
Coco’s Lunch – Lisa Young for Shifting Time
Coco’s Lunch – Lisa Young for Other Plans
Coco’s Lunch – Sue Johnson for Sister My Sister

BEST NON-SCHOLASTIC ARRANGEMENT
WINNER – Harambee – Jane Patterson for Crossfire
RUNNER-UP – Harambee – Jane Patterson for Deck The Halls

Nominees
Cloudstreet – Nicole Murray and John Thompson for The Waking Hour
Soulfood a cappella – Melissa Kenny for Big Yellow Taxi
Soulfood a cappella – Melissa Kenny for Have A Good Time
Soulfood a cappella – Elisha Keen for Silent Night

BEST SCHOLASTIC ARRANGEMENT
WINNER – Switch – Luke Stevenson for As Long As You Love Me
RUNNER-UP – Nothin’ Sus – Andrew Barley for Billie Jean

Nominees
Blue Notion – Shelley Dunlop for Banjo Kazooie
Blue Notion – Luke Stevenson for Good Enough
Blue Notion – Andrew Bird for Misty

BEST VOCAL PERCUSSIONIST
WINNER – Switch – Lindsay Ondracek – As Long As You Love Me
RUNNER-UP – Harambee – Daniel Ong – Paparazzi

Nominees
Harambee – Andrew Ryan – Britney Spears Medley
Harambee – Daniel Ong – Ride Like The Wind
Soulfood a cappella – Otmar Messner – Go Tell It On The Mountain

BEST FEMALE SOLO
WINNER – Switch – Olivia Chindamo – As Long As You Love Me
RUNNER-UP – Soulfood a cappella – Elisha Keen – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Nominees
Coco’s Lunch – Jacqueline Gawler – Palani Princess
Harambee – Jane Patterson -Zombie
Nothin’ Sus – Alana Doughty – On A Cloud
Soulfood a cappella – Elisha Keen – All I Do

BEST MALE SOLO
WINNER – Harambee – John Flanagan – Crossfire
RUNNER-UP – Soulfood a cappella – Rob Penaflor – All I Want For Christmas

Nominees
Blue Notion – Luke Stevenson – I Want You Back
Festival Statesmen Chorus – Matthew Lykos – Loch Lomond
Harambee – Shane Pritchard – Ride Like The Wind
Harambee – Peter Ryan – White Noise

Winners were announced live on Friday 11 September at GET VOCAL Festival’s ACA Gala! #ausaca