Congratulations to all the 2015 NOMINEES for the AUSACA PLAY: A Cappella Recording Awards.

Nominees are listed in alphabetical order.

BEST ALBUM
Blue Notion – Blue Notion
Festival Statesmen Chorus – Festival Statesmen
Harambee – Haram Pum Pum Pum
Harambee – In Your Head
Nothin’ Sus – Little Old Here

BEST POP SONG
Blue Notion – Good Enough
Blue Notion – I Want You Back 
Harambee – Crossfire
Harambee – White Noise
Jazel – Sass
Switch – As Long As You Love Me

BEST JAZZ SONG
Blue Notion – Misty
Coco’s Lunch – In My Room
Coco’s Lunch – Other Plans
Nothin’ Sus – On A Cloud
Nothin’ Sus – Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar

BEST FOLK SONG
Cloudstreet – The Waking Hour
Festival Statesmen Chorus – Loch Lomond
Limited Edition – Down In The River
Limited Edition – Irish Blessing
Nothin’ Sus – Groovy Shoes

BEST CHORAL SONG
Blue Notion – Butterfly
Blue Notion – Gota
Festival Statesmen Chorus – Lux Aurumque
Festival Statesmen Chorus – Now The Powers of Heaven
Nothin’ Sus – A Fickle World

BEST SONG COMPOSED OR ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY (OPB) AN AUS/NZ
Blue Notion (featuring Ginger And Tonic) – Beloved by Wendy Matthews
Coco’s Lunch – Other Plans by Lisa Young.
Coco’s Lunch – Palani Princess by Jacqueline Gawler Music.
Harambee – Crossfire by John Flanagan
Harambee – White Noise by The Living End
Jazel – Sass by Alex Van den Broek, Charity Soo Choon, Kate Missingham, Maddie Rossetto.

BEST VOCAL PERCUSSIONIST
Harambee – Andrew Ryan – Britney Spears Medley
Harambee – Daniel Ong – Paparazzi
Harambee – Daniel Ong – Ride Like The Wind
Soulfood a cappella – Otmar Messner – Go Tell It On The Mountain
Switch – Lindsay Ondracek – As Long As You Love Me

BEST FEMALE SOLO
Coco’s Lunch – Jacqueline Gawler – Palani Princess
Harambee – Jane Pitter Patterson -Zombie
Nothin’ Sus – Alana Doughty – On A Cloud
Soulfood a cappella – Elisha Gnanasekeenaran (Keen) – All I Do
Soulfood a cappella – Elisha Keen – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Switch – Olivia Chindamo – As Long As You Love Me.

BEST MALE SOLO
Blue Notion – Luke Stevenson – I Want You Back
Festival Statesmen Chorus – Matthew Lykos – Loch Lomond
Harambee – John Flanagan – Crossfire
Harambee – Shane Pritchard – Ride Like The Wind
Harambee – Peter Ryan – White Noise
Soulfood a cappella – Rob Penaflor – All I Want For Christmas.

BEST NON-SCHOLASTIC ARRANGEMENT
Cloudstreet – Nicole Murray and John Thompson for The Waking Hour
Harambee – Jane Patterson for Crossfire
Harambee – Jane Patterson for Deck The Halls
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
Blue Notion – Shelley Dunlop for Banjo Kazooie
Blue Notion – Luke Stevenson for Good Enough
Blue Notion – Andrew Bird for Misty
Nothin’ Sus – Andrew Barley for Billie Jean
Switch – Luke Stevenson for As Long As You Love Me

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


Winners will be announced live on:
Friday 11 September, 6:30pm at GET VOCAL Festival’s ACA Gala!
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