Source: Country Music Bulletin

Published: 2 November 2011

entries called for golden fiddle awards

Entries are now open for the 2012 Golden Fiddle Awards.

The Awards are designed for players of country, classical, folk, rock, jazz, punk, Celtic, bluegrass and alternate violin, and is reputed to be the first awards system embracing all musical styles, and focuses on nurturing, supporting and rewarding the wealth of violin playing, performance and composing talent in Australia and New Zealand.

Winners are announced annually at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January.

Categories are Best fiddler (as a soloist), Best band, group, ensemble, club or orchestra featuring a fiddler, Best CD by a fiddler as soloist, Best CD by a band, group, ensemble, orchestra or club featuring a fiddler, Best Fiddle Composition, Best Fiddle Teacher in 2011, Lifetime Achievement Award (for excellence as a fiddler, a band or a contributor to the furthering of fiddle playing and/or teaching within Australia and New Zealand -supporting documentation required) and the Youth Achievement Award (that honours young and emerging fiddle players, as soloists or featuring in a band).

Full details, including entry form, can be found at the Awards website www.goldenfiddleawards.org.au.