2011 Music Managers Award Winners

Press Release:

2011 MUSIC MANAGER AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Last night NZ Music Manager Awards held at Aucklands Backbeat Bar was an evening of celebration to reward the dedication and hard-work of NZ’s best Music Managers. Their tireless efforts, industry knowledge and exceptional management over the past year deserves recognition so without further ado, here they are.

The NZ Music Managers Forum would like to congratulate the following 2011 Music Manager Award winners:

NZ Manager of the Year: Paul McKessar/Campbell Smith – CRS Management (Brooke Fraser, The Naked And Famous, Collapsing Cities, Lydia Cole, Dimmer)

Upcoming Manager of the Year: Scott Grafton (Batucada Sound Machine, The Phil Edwards Band)

Regional Manager of the Year – North Island: Teresa Patterson (Six60, I Am Giant, Iva Lamkum, Scribe)

Regional Manager of the Year – South Island: Tim Couch (Knives At Noon)

Self Managed Artist of the Year: Flip Grater

International Achievement: Paul McKessar/Campbell Smith – CRS Management (Brooke Fraser, The Naked And Famous, Collapsing Cities, Lydia Cole, Dimmer)

Industry Champion: IMNZ – Independent Music New Zealand

The judging panel was made up of 20 judges from within the Music Industry, including organisations such as Apra, PPNZ, NZ on Air and The Music Commission. The evening was MC’d by Dave Gibson from Elemeno P and awards presented by Dave Dobbyn, Dei Hamo, Young Sid,Tami Neilson, Francis Kora, Richard Setford, and Teresa Patterson.

Congratulations to all the winners!