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November, 2006 - The two-cd set 'Aaron Rosand in Norway', available from VAI Music, has been given top honors as Best Classical Concerto Album in the 2006 JPF Music Awards. We understand that there were 25,500+ albums and 350,000+ songs entered for the awards in 2006, and that they announced nominees in 81 album and 67 song categories from over 70. The Just Plain Folks Music Awards are entirely volunteer run but are already the largest and most diverse music awards of any kind in the world. The awards show is scheduled for Saturday, November 4th 2006, in Santa Ana, CA. (Near Disneyland). In their nomination notification letter they wrote:
"We couldn't be more proud of and impressed with this year's slate of nominees. . . JPF is a 40,000+ member grassroots music organization for artists, songwriters and industry professionals, focused on networking, education, support and the inspiration of our community peers. We're completely free and 100% volunteer run. We started in 1998 with 60 members and have grown to become one of the largest music organizations in the world. We welcome all genres of music, all levels of experience and if you scroll through the categories you'll see we leave practically no stone unturned. Our primary directive to all judges in every round is "Does It Move You?" All music is blind screened and judged solely on it's own merit. Every song and album is listened to throughout each of the 6 rounds it went through to get nominated (Yes, that's a LOT of screening!). The folks nominated this year obviously moved a lot of people! Congrats to all of you again.
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