Silver Scroll Finalists 2007
16th August 2007 - Press Release


(Opshop c/o muzic.net.nz)

The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)* is proud to announce the 5 finalists for New Zealand’s most prestigious songwriter award. (Congrats to Kerro and the boys from Opshop for making the final 5!).
Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy & Clinton Harris (Opshop) for Maybe
Ruban Neilson (The Mint Chicks) for Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
Sean Donnelly (SJD) for Beautiful Haze
Liam Finn for Second Chance
Brooke Fraser for Albertine

The award has been presented since 1965, historically; a panel of anonymous writers and industry experts has judged the Silver Scroll. This year, a significant change occurred in determining the winner. A panel of judges nominated by APRA convened the preliminary finalist list, and then the remaining process was handed over to APRA members who were able to log on, listen, read the lyrics and vote.

Anthony Healey, APRA’s Director of NZ Operations - “The feedback from our APRA members and wider music community has been overwhelmingly positive in response to this new way of judging. The results are in and we’re thrilled. We’ve got five spectacular songs that represent the true artistic diversity and wealth of talent that exists within our local song-writing community.”

The finalists’ works will be performed at the New Zealand music industry’s favourite night out, the APRA Silver Scroll Awards on Tuesday September 18 at the Auckland Town Hall. The winner of the Silver Scroll 2007 (as decided by APRA’s members) will be announced along with the following awards:

SOUNZ Contemporary Award - recognising creative excellence by a NZ classical composer. The finalists are:
Christopher Blake Anthem on the Kaipara
Eve de Castro-Robinson These Arms to Hold You
Ross Harris The Sleep Of Reason

The APRA Maioha Award – presented for the best Te Reo Maori song of the year.
The finalists are:
Andrea Tunks & Pierre Tohe Aio
Mika (with The Plastic Maori Band) Poti
Marian Mare Tenei Tamaiti

Healey points out “Many voices have spoken and the people selected to contend for this special award were chosen not by anonymous strangers, but by fellow song-writers.”

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*Established in 1926, APRA is a not for profit company that collects and distributes performing right royalties to composers, songwriters and music publishers in New Zealand. We directly represent over 47,000 New Zealand and Australian songwriter and publisher members. Through reciprocal agreements with similar organisations around the world, we represent over two million writers and publishers internationally. We also manage the reproduction rights business of our sister collecting society, the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). This involves collecting royalties from record companies, filmmakers, educational institutions and others who record or reproduce music in some form.

Abbie Rutledge
Communications & Events
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