2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards

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2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
Awarded forExcellence in New Zealand songwriting
DateSeptember 29, 2016 (2016-09-29)
Location Vector Arena, Auckland
Country New Zealand
Presented by APRA New Zealand-Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society
Website apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards/
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The 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Thursday 29 September 2016 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. [1] [2]

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Silver Scroll award

The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 1 September. [3]

The music director for 2016 was musician and 2007 Silver Scroll nominee Sean James Donnelly. As well as overseeing all music performances, he was arranged for the five Silver Scroll finalists to be covered in a unique style by different artists. [4]

Songwriter(s)SongActCovering artist [5]
Lydia Cole"Dream"Lydia ColeNadia Reid with Sam Taylor
Samuel Scott, Lukasz Buda, Conrad Wedde, William Ricketts, Thomas Callwood, Christopher O’Connor"Give Up Your Dreams" The Phoenix Foundation Oystercatcher
Thomas Oliver"If I Move To Mars"Thomas OliverYoko Zuna
Emily Littler, Billie Rogers, Alex Brown, Christopher Farnham"Pedestrian Support League" Street Chant Courtney Hate
Tami Neilson, Jay Neilson"The First Man" Tami Neilson Jocee Tuck

Long list

In July 2016 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that will make up the year's short list. Three-time Silver Scroll winner Dave Dobbyn is among the 20 songwriters. [1]

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the Silver Scroll awards ceremony in September. [6]

Other awards

Six other awards will be presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), [7] SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition), [8] and APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award. [9] The award for the most performed New Zealand song in New Zealand and overseas was dropped in 2016.

AwardNominees
APRA Maioha Award
  • Rob Ruha "Kariri" (Rob Ruha feat. Tiki Taane)
  • Thomas Rawiri, Mokoia Huata - "Mana Whenua" (IHI)
  • Kirsten Te Rito, James Illingworth, Joseph Te Rito – "Tamaiti Ngaro" (Kirsten Te Rito)
SOUNZ Contemporary Award
  • Kenneth Young - "Piano Trio"
  • Salina Fisher - "Rainphase"
  • Chris Cree Brown - "Viola Concerto"
APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award
  • Samuel Scott, Lukasz Buda, Conrad Wedde - Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • Mahuia Bridgeman-Cooper, Tama Waipara - Mahana (The Patriarch)
  • Tom McLeod - The Art of Recovery
APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award
  • Karl Steven - 800 Words
  • Age Pryor - Jiwi’s Machines
  • Tami Neilson, Jay Neilson - The Brokenwood Mysteries

APRA song awards

Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented six genre awards in 2016. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, [10] the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards, [11] the APRA Best Māori Songwriter will be presented at the Waiata Maori Music Awards [12] and the APRA Children's Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year will be presented live on What Now . [13] For the first time in 2016, the award for Best Jazz Composition was awarded, presented at the National Jazz Festival. [14]

AwardSongwriter(s)ActSong
APRA Best Pacific SongOpetaia Foa’i Te Vaka "Papua I Sisifo"
APRA Best Country Music Song Mel Parsons Mel Parsons"Alberta Sun"
APRA Best Jazz CompositionCallum AllardiceCallum Allardice"Sons of Thunder"
APRA Best Māori SongwriterRob Ruha——
APRA Children's Song of the YearLucy Hiku & Jenny PayneItty Bitty Beats"Pō Mārie"
What Now Children's Video of the YearRainbow RosalindRainbow Rosalind"Aotearoa, Home of Our Hearts"

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  6. ↑ "Moana Maniapoto to be inducted into NZ Music Hall of Fame". Newshub. Mediaworks. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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  9. ↑ "SCREEN AWARDS". APRA-AMCOS NZ. APRA-AMCOS NZ. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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