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(Toronto, ON) Most would never think of making this
combination work, but with the artistic acumen of Canadians
Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon and Guy Few, trumpet, it just won
them the 2009 Just Plain Folks Best Classical
Orchestral Album for their recording BACCHANALE with the
Toronto Chamber Orchestra. The JPF Awards are the largest
international music awards in the world and included hundreds of
musicians from 165 countries. The ceremonies held in Nashville,
Tennessee on August 28 and 29, 2009, celebrated 95 genres of
music, including Nadina and Guy’s first recording with full
string orchestra, BACCHANALE.
An exciting milestone in these artists’ careers, bassoonist
Nadina Mackie Jackson said "that the recognition and award
for her CD was exhilarating given the high level of competition
but the biggest thrill of all was to perform at the Wild Horse
Saloon in the company of incredibly talented musicians from
other walks of our profession. It was both humbling and
inspiring to meet and hear so many extraordinarily dedicated and
enthusiastic musicians."
Over the awards weekend there were over 100 performances, from
Classical to Metal to Native American. In the spirit of the Just
Plain Folks celebration, Nadina pulled on her boots and
performed BASSANGO, one of the title tracks from BACCHANALE, at
the Awards Concert held in the grand Wild Horse Saloon in
Nashville on August 29, 2009. The sole classical performer
featured at the awards concert, organizers said that this was
the first time that a solo bassoonist has ever performed at the
Wild Horse Saloon.
BACCHANALE passed through 5 rounds of screening and an 18 month
jury process by the Just Plain Folk’s panel of 10,000 judges to
emerge the first place winner in the Classical Orchestral
category. One third of one percent of all entries made it past
the initial nomination phase. BACCHANALE is the first CD ever to
present two double concertos for trumpet and bassoon along with
solo works for each instrument, including music by Hindemith,
Mathieu Lussier, Persichetti and Shostakovitch. With this
recording, Canadian composer Mathieu Lussier also won third
place in the Best Classical Contemporary Song for his
composition ‘Bassango’ for bassoon and string orchestra (Track
10).
Just Plain Folks has a membership of 50,000 independent
musicians from around the globe. The judging criteria are based
on music and performance that moves the listener. In total,
42,000 recordings spanning 95 genres were submitted for
consideration to the 2009 awards. These CDs represent
independent musicians of all ages, musical styles and
nationality.
The production of BACCHANALE was generously supported by a Sound
Recording Loan and a Marketing and Promotion Grant from FACTOR
(The Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Recording).
As they say in Nashville – ‘That’s great. Keep ‘em coming.
Spread the word.’ For Nadina and Guy, let’s spread the
music!
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