Alan Williams, Moving Art: Underwater, original score/soundtrack film and television

Alla Milchetein, Musical Journeys Through the Jewish Diaspora, classical music and album

Alva Nelson, Soul Eyes, album and instrumentalist

Andree-Ann Deschenes, Milhaud & Ginastera, classical, instrumentalist and new release

Angelina Gadeliya and Solomiya Ivakhiv, Ukraine – Journey to Freedom: A Century of Classical Music for Violin and Piano, duo, emerging artists and album LINK LINK

Anita Ward, Another Bad Mistake, disco

Ayhan Sahin, L.A. Nights, adult contemporary

Carl Borden, Echoes of Bliss, new age and production/producer

Carlo Filipe (United Kingdom), The Legend of John Grey, jazz

Carol Leone, Change of Keys: One Piano, Three Keyboards, classical and solo instrumental performance

Chak Carlitos, Conjunro para Despertar Las Piedras- A Spell to Awaken the Stones, album; and Te Canto un Cuento, children's music

Chai-lun Yueh, Anthology of Chuan-Sheng Lu, male vocalist

Charles Unger, Mr. 2 AM, contemporary jazz, band and album

Charles-Henri Avelange, Commandment of Valor, orchestral composition and listener impact

Cheryl Fisher (Canada), Quietly There, female vocalist

Christina Gaudet, Wild Things, female vocalist

Christopher Powell, Five Pieces for Viola, composition/composer

Dan Costa (Brazil), Suite Três Rios (Three Rivers Suite), jazz LINK

Dawn Karima, The Desire of Nations, tribal pop

Dennis Sy, Shine On, alternative

Eileen Sherman, One More Batch of Cookies, lyrics/songwriter (Lyrics by Eileen Bluestone Sherman, Music by Gail C. Bluestone)

Eli Bennett (Canada), Breakthrough, jazz

Ensemble for These Times, Surviving: Women's Words, classical chamber ensemble and album LINK

Eugene Magalif, Colibri, composition/composer, album and new release

George Hatzis, Mt Olympus the Creation, original score/soundtrack film & television

Giona Ostinelli, Darling, original score

Grant Maloy Smith, You Don't Have to Love Me Back, Americana, lyrics/songwriter and male vocalist

Gregory Alosio, Liar - Dwight Yoakam - Music Video, music video

Gurujas Khalsa - White Sun, White Sun II, new age and band

Jiiniikwe Bedell, My Heart Drum, dance music

Jim Ottaway (Australia), Southern Cross, space ambient/new age LINK

John C. Slade, I Sing Walt Whitman, album and spoken words over music

Jose Chafer (Spain), Textures, album and instrumentalist

Julia Pajot (France), Symphony N2, composition/composer and innovation in sound; and 2009 Compositions (COMA), composition/composer and creativity/originality

Katie Hardman (Australia), Snowflake, holiday song and lyrics/songwriter

Lena Natalia, Rendezvous in Paris, modern classical piano

Marco Valerio Antonini, Adelie and the Obelisk - Arctic Landscape, composition/composer and game music soundtrack; and For You, ambient music

Maria Canyigueral and Lana Trotovsek (United Kingdom), Granados/Finzi/Franck/Skerjanc, audio engineer and sound editing/mixing

Maria Sebastian, Be, singer/songwriter LINK

Meg Pfeiffer (Germany), Sunshine, American pop/country and album

Na Der (Kingdom of Bahrain), Seascapes, album (down-tempo, ambient world fusion) LINK

Nic Nassuet, How The Gods Kill, gothic folk and male vocalist

Nick Dukas, Wrap You Up for Christmas, holiday music, vocal duo (Nick Dukas & Jennifer Morrison) and lyrics/songwriting

Pablo Zapata (Spain), Servalabari, jazz

Peter Sterling, Thru the Valley and Over the Hills, new age

Russ Hewitt, Presidio, instrumental; and Cielo Nocturno, album

Samer Fanek, Wishful Thinking, album and creativity/originality

Sharif Awan (Pakistan), Indus Raag 2 - Karachi Concerts, world music and production/producer

Sophia Agranovich, Schubert: Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer", Chopin: 4 Ballades, classical piano solo and listener impact

Suzanne Grzanna, The Cat's Meow, female vocalist; and Latin Nights, jazz

Sultans of String (Canada), Ho Jamalo, world music/beats LINK

Svetlana Koseniv, I Wish You Love, original song and lyrics/melody LINK

Tim Morrish and Jessica Jones (United Kingdom), The Reunion Suite, soundtrack film and television

Todd Mosby, Spirit Dancer, contemporary instrumental and emerging artist

Vito Leonardo Tritto (Italy), Spira Mirabilis, album, composition/composer and emerging artist

Vodevil Vargas (Spain), Santa Cruz, Andalusian roots symphonic rock fusion and creativity/originality LINK

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