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Awards
Each year, Spellbound awards thereminists for great performances produced in the previous calendar year. This special program is aired on either the last Sunday of the year or the first Sunday of the new year, and honors thereminists in several categories. Below are the certificates given to each of the recipients.
2007
* indicates last year's winner in category, not eligible to win this year
| Ambient |
Winner:
Continuum, "Whichway"
Nominees:
Rupert Chappelle, "Twilight Zone"
Shawn Mlekush & Victoria Lundy, "Black Tarn"
Monsignor SpaceMoore, "Five Arms"
Alexander Thomas, "Cranchiid"
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| Avantgarde |
Winner:
Kevin Kissinger, "Three Legged Race"
Nominees:
Beat Frequency, "Butterflies of Vertigo "
Charles Draper , "Melody", by Schillinger
Hal McGee, "Beat Frequency"
* Alexi Ouspenskaya (Kip Rosser), "Spelunkvietplunkt for theremin and toothbrush"
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| Classical |
Winner:
Peter Pringle, "Beautiful Dreamer", by Foster
Nominees:
Carolina Eyck & Charles Draper , "O Quam Tristis", by Pergolesi
Thomas Grillo, "Prelude, from Op. 23 No. 6", by Rachmaninoff
Sayoko Takaki, "Traumerei", by Schumann
* Masami Takeuchi, "Ave Maria", by Caccini
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| Electronic |
Winner:
Kip Rosser, "Effluvia Blues"
Nominees:
Rupert Chappelle & Art Harrison, "What I Think"
ElectroMungo & Barkona Rova, "Palindrome"
* Kevin Sinnott, "The Tale of the Busy Bee"
Welcome, "EvilTech"
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| Jazz |
Winner:
Project: Pimento, "Quiet Village"
Nominees:
Eliot Fintushel, "Surabaya Johnny"
Lluis Gomez Quartet, "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
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| Neo-Classical |
Winner:
Carolina Eyck, "CIANI, concerto for theremin and orchestra"
Nominees:
Blake Jones, "Under Halloween Leaves"
* Kevin Kissinger, "The Sad Little Ghost"
Carvin Knowles, "Lotus Ambient No. 7"
Kip Rosser w/ Howard Moscovitz, "88 Evening Devotionals" |
| Rock |
Winner:
ZenTherStick, "Behind Every Tree in the Haunted Forest"
Nominees:
Guiye Frayo, "Juguetes y Canciones"
Jen Hammaker, "Cinque"
* The Inactivists, "Esperanto Samba"
The Night Terrors, "Righteous"
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| Honourable Mention |
Phil Cirroco, recordings of restored Hammond Novachord
Randall Cousins, electronic and country theremin music
Randy George, neo-classical theremin music
John Hoge, classical theremin music and editorship of thereminworld.com
Lydia Kavina & Barbara Buchholz, Touch! Don't Touch! unable to be cleared for airplay
Philip Neidlinger, neo-classical theremin music
Clara Rockmore, Lost Theremin Album
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Latecomers Award
(2006 recordings cleared for airplay in 2007) |
Winner:
Celia Sheen, "Inexplicable", by Russell
Nominees:
Aileen, "Maids of Hades"
Edward Raymond, "Captain U"
David Simons, "Information"
Beatrix Ward-Fernandez w/ Charlie Collins, "Theremin and Waterphone"
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2006
Ambient / Avantgarde

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Winner:
Kip Rosser, "Four Mantras"
Also nominated:
Camarilla, "Nadir"
Ann Cantelow, "Night Rain"
Rupert Chappelle, "Last Conversation Piece"
Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel, "Improvisation #2 (Track 5)"
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Classical

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Winner:
Masami Takeuchi, "Vocalise", by Rachmaninoff
Also nominated:
Kevin Kissinger, "Ricercare" from The Musical Offering, by J. S. Bach
Peter Pringle, "Romance" theme from The Gadfly, by Shostakovich
Armen Ra, "Ashkar" (trad. Armenian)
Kip Rosser, "Funeraille", by Liszt
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Electronic

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Winner:
Kevin Sinnott, "A Burst of Colour"
Also nominated:
Black Saint, "Le Chat Noir"
Guiye Frayo, "Autumn Freaks"
Ninki V, "Flying With Our Eyes Closed" |
Neo-classical

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Winner:
Kevin Kissinger, "Meteor Mallets"
Also nominated:
Barbez, "The Portrait"
Ernesto Mendoza, "Flor de Azalea de Theremin"
Kip Rosser w/ Howard Moscovitz, "Divertimento"
Rob Schwimmer, "Waltz for Clara (new version)" |
Rock

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Winner:
The Inactivists, "Omnipotent Reprise"
Also nominated:
Barbez, "Song of the Moldau"
Here Comes a Big Black Cloud, "Scrilla"
ZenTherStick, "2325262729"
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2005
Avantgarde

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Winner:
Kip Rosser, "Applied Jump Theory"
Also nominated:
Big Hair, "Mouth"
Eliot Fintushel, "Two Loops"
The Man From Uranus, "Floating Dead Astronaut"
Kevin Sinnott, "The Funeral March" |
Classical / Jazz / Ethnic
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Winner:
Peter Pringle, "Auschwitz"
Also nominated:
Ann Cantelow, "Ganges"
Dorit Chrysler, "Tesla"
Eliot Fintushel, "Kol Nidre"
Howard Mossman, "Hatikva"
Kip Rosser, "Bailo"
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Rock / Electronic
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Winner:
ZenTherStick, "Saturday Matinee"
Also nominated:
Ape Has Killed Ape, "Captain Rehab"
Hypnotique, "The Witch's Tale"
The Inactivists, "Esperanto Samba (live)" |
| Honourable Mention |
Chris Accornero, "Skyliner Story"
Camarilla, "Estrangement, Part 2: Requital"
Charles Draper, "O Canada"
Guiye Frayo, "Sex in the House"
Kevin Kissinger, "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"
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