2002 Pearl Awards a Smashing Success
Largest and Farthest Reaching Program to Date
Enoch Train
The stage at Cottonwood High School auditorium was transformed on Friday night as the 2002 Pearl Awards was presented in a gala ceremony. The event was taped in front of a live audience and will be broadcast on KJZZ-TV in Salt Lake City on June 30.
The Pearl Awards was also broadcast live over KZION Internet Radio, reaching all 50 states and 24 countries around the world. KZION reported listeners tuning into the program from as far away as Croatia.
Featuring top-notch performances from favorites like Jericho Road, Enoch Train, Julie de Azevedo and Cherie Call, the show boasted outstanding production values and the most diverse group of nominees to date.
Hollywood film scorer Kevin Kiner, who won two Pearls for his work on the soundtrack to The Other Side of Heaven, said, “I’ve been to all three of the top awards programs–the Grammys, the Emmys and the Oscars–and the Pearl Awards have been no less impressive.”
Hosting for the second year, KJZZ Movie Guy Scott Christopher kept things lively with his relaxed banter and great audience rapport. His on-stage interaction with presenter Julie Stoffer (of MTV’s The Real World) proved to be one of the evening’s highlights.
Other highlights included Cherie Call’s four acceptance speeches at the winner’s podium. In the Songwriter of the Year category, she was nominated along with Tyler Castleton and Julie de Azevedo, both of whom Call has named as having had great influence on her own songwriting. Call also took home the Pearl Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year and Contemporary Album of the Year.
Cherie Call
Folk ensemble Enoch Train made a clean sweep, winning four of four nominations, including Group of the Year and Performing Artist of the Year. Other winners included David Tinney (Male Vocalist of the Year), Tyler Castleton (Producer of the Year) and Jericho Road (New Artist of the Year).
Dan Truman of the award-winning country band Diamond Rio presented the Legacy Award to Newell Daley for his impressive and far-reaching body of work in the LDS music community.
Presenters included Senator Orrin Hatch, BYU starting quarterback Bret Engemann, News 4 Utah Anchor Ruth Todd, Grant Nielsen and Amanda Dickson from KSL News Radio 1160, Colors, Shane Jackman, Kenneth Cope and Ryan Shupe.
A complete list of winners follows:
2002 PEARL AWARDS WINNERS
SACRED RECORDING:
Mountain of the Lord (Album: Women of Destiny)
Artist: Jenny Jordan Frogley
Producer: Tyler Castleton & Staci Peters
Songwriter: Doug Walker
INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING:
He Gives Flowers to Everyone (Album: He Gives Flowers to Everyone)
Artist: Cherie Call
Producer: Tyler Castleton
Songwriter: Cherie Call
CONTEMPORARY RECORDING:
I Can’t Count the Stars (Album: Hello Sky)
Artist: Julie de Azevedo
Producer: John Hancock & Jeff Simpson
Songwriter: Julie de Azevedo
SACRED/INSPIRATIONAL INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING:
The Other Side of Heaven Suite (Album: The Other Side of Heaven)
Artist: Kevin Kiner
Producer: Mark Evans
Songwriter: Kevin Kiner
CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING:
Babylon/Paddy Clyde (Album: Set Sail)
Artist: Enoch Train
Producer: Clive Romney & Enoch Train
Arranger: Tom Hewitson
HOLIDAY RECORDING:
Good Tidings (Album: Power In His Touch)
Artist: Jenny Jordan Frogley, Ernest Enoch, Millennium Choir
Producer: Collette Call & Vince Frates
Songwriter: Collette Call
SACRED ALBUM:
God Be With You ?Hymns of Comfort, Hope & Peace
Artist: Various
Producer: Greg Hansen & Michael Dowdle
INSPIRATIONAL ALBUM:
Songs of the Soul
Artist: Brigham Young University Singers/Ron Staheli, Conductor
Producer: Ron Staheli
CONTEMPORARY ALBUM:
He Gives Flowers to Everyone
Artist: Cherie Call
Producer: Tyler Castleton
SACRED/INSPIRATIONAL INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM:
American Tapestry
Artist: Jenny Oaks Baker and Jenny Richards
CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM:
Set Sail
Artist: Enoch Train
Producer: Clive Romney & Enoch Train
THEMED OR CONCEPT ALBUM:
Women of Destiny
Artist: Various
Producer: Tyler Castleton & Staci Peters
MUSICAL PRESENTATION OR SOUNDTRACK:
The Other Side of Heaven
Artist: Kevin Kiner
Producer: Mark Evans
COMPILATION ALBUM:
Light Up the Land
Record Label: R3Media
MALE RECORDING ARTIST:
David Tinney
FEMALE RECORDING ARTIST:
Cherie Call
INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING ARTIST:
Sam Cardon
GROUP RECORDING ARTIST:
Enoch Train
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Jericho Road
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:
Tyler Castleton
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:
Cherie Call
PERFORMING ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Enoch Train
ORCHESTRATOR/ARRANGER OF THE YEAR:
Greg Hansen
STUDIO MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR:
Daron Bradford
STUDIO VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Jenny Jordan Frogley
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR:
Barry Gibbons
BEST ALBUM DESIGN:
Light Up the Land (Fluid Studio, Foil Graphics & Tom Hewitson)
RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR:
Shadow Mountain
RETAIL MANAGER THE YEAR:
Kay Curtiss (This is the Place, Kensington, Maryland)
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