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MusiCounts honoured the 2011 Fred Sherratt Award recipients in a presentation at the Bell Media building in downtown Toronto. The 5-year partnership with CTVglobemedia, now Bell Media, gives the award to outstanding post-secondary graduates of Canadian music programs from the twelve partner colleges and universities. Special guests on hand for the ceremony were Fred Sherratt and Melanie Berry, President & CEO, CARAS/The JUNO Awards & MusiCounts. Each recipient was given a monetary award of $3500 as well as an all-expenses paid trip to Toronto (including transportation, meals and accommodations) to attend the reception and take in a behind the scenes tour of MuchMusic and Bell Media Radio.
This year’s recipients are:
Ellian Bell – Harris Institute, Toronto, ON
Eli Bennett – Humber College, Toronto, ON
Anthony Biafore – The Art Institute of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Hazel Burns – The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Michael J. Copley – Selkirk College, Nelson, BC
Samuel Gemme – Musitechnic, Montréal, QC
Cameron Hurd – Fanshawe College, London, ON
Jason Lewis – St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
Andrew Rasmussen – Capilano University, Vancouver, BC
Laura Swankey – Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB
Stephanie Taralson – Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
Jeramie White – Trebas Institute, Toronto, ON
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COVER ME CANADA is looking for Canada’s best music artists and bands! Starting on June 6th upload your version of 1 of 4 iconic Canadian songs at http://www.cbc.ca/covermecanada for a chance to win a $100,000 recording contract! Unsigned musicians and groups 12 years of age and up who are not signed to a recording contract can submit their video performances of one of the following Canadian classics: Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot), Run To You (Bryan Adams), Life is a Highway (Tom Cochrane) and Black Velvet (Alannah Myles). Selected finalists will compete live on television to win the hearts of the nation and the opportunity of a lifetime — a $100,000 cash prize and a recording contract for their first original single to be released by Universal Music Canada.
Make sure to check out their website for more info! http://www.cbc.ca/covermecanada
AUX Weekly by AUX puts the focus on Musicounts, Canada’s Music Education Charity associated with CARAS. This is a special segment that was filmed at the Ontario Science Centre during one of our Band Aid Celebrations. Listen to Fefe Dobson, Gary Slaight and many others speak about the importance of music education.
