Best Classical Music Performance

All Russian
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Music Director
Nov 10 & 11, 2006
Roussel Hall, Loyola University

Mahler Symphony No.5
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Baton Rouge Symphony
Timothy Muffet, Conductor
April 14, 2006 First Baptist Church

Prieto Conducts Strauss
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Music Director
Feb 17 & 19, 2005
Orpheum Theatre

Best Chamber Music Performance

Musica de Camera
Blue Roof Medieval Blues
Co-directors: Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr. and Thais St. Julien
February 15, 2006
Music at Midday Series, Rodgers Memorial Chapel, Tulane University

New Orleans Chamber Trio
November 1, 2006
Roussel Hall, Loyola University
Patti Adams, Cathy Anderson, RIchard Woehrle

String Quartet Concert for Habitat for Humanity Musicians Village
June 29, 2006
Temple Sinai Sanctuary
Valerie Poullette, Amy Thiaville, Allen Nisbet, Daniel Avshalomov

Best Performance of New Classical Music (Contemporary - written in the past 25 yrs)

Apres Moi, le Deluge (World Premier) Mozart: a 250 year celebration,
Symphony Chorus of New Orleans Steven Edwards, Conductor
Trinity Artists Series

Festival of Living Composers
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
October 27, 2006
Convention Center Theater

Best Opera Production

The Barber of Seville
Conductor - Robert Lyall Stage Director - David Morelock
March 23 and 25, 2006 at McAlister Auditorium, Tulane University

The Marriage of Figaro
Conductor - Robert Lyall Stage Director - Laura Alley
October 6 & 7, 2006 at McAlister Auditorium, Tulane University

Siegfried
Conductor - Robert Lyall Stage Director - Dejan Miladinovic
March 9 and 12, 2005 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts

Creative Achievement In Opera

ROBERT LYALL
A Night for New Orleans with Placido Domingo
March 4, 2006 at the New Orleans Arena

Best Choral Arts Presentation

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Chorus of New Orleans
Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor First Baptist Church

Mozart’s 250th Birthday June
Jefferson Performing Arts Society Chorale
Artistic Director, Louise Labreyere

Metaire Ridge Presbyterian Church
Mozart Requieum Symphony Chorus of NOLA Holy Name Church Loyola Universtiy

2007 DANCE AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Best Classical Ballet Production

Time to Dance
Delta Festival Ballet
Roussel Hall, Loyola University
April, 2006

Fleeting Moments of Beauty
New Orleans Ballet Theatre
Roussel Hall, Loyola University
June, 2006

The Nutcracker
Jefferson Ballet Theatre
December, 2006

Gaite Parissienne
Komenka Ethnic Dance Ensemble
The New Orleans Dance Academy May, 2006

Best Modern Dance Production

Orpheus
Tsunami Dance Company
(Voltz/Healan/Allen)
Contemporary Arts Center

Blues for Lower 9
Gabrielle Pickard
A Confederacy of Dances 8

Tenacious
Anne Burr
A Confederacy of Dances 8

New Orleans Historical Moments
Gayle Parmelee
Loyola Ballet Spring Concert

Best Ethnic Dance Presentation

Ocean of Light
Happensdance (New Orleans)
August, 2006

Komenka Ethnic Fallapalooza
Komenka Ethnic Dance & Music Ensemble
September, 2006

Betty Karam
DramaRama
Contemporary Arts Center
May, 2006

KakiLambe
Kumbuka Drum & Dance Collective
Lula Elzy's Dancing with Friends CAC
July, 2006

Best Choreography (new work)

John Rodi & Daniel Gianfala
Bolero

Eddie Villalta
Love Letters for 3 Sisters
A Confederacy of Dances 8

Kettye Voltz
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
Tsunami's Orpheus

Mary Esther Tucker
Time in Motion
Loyola Ballet Spring Concert

Special Achievement in Dance - One River Mississippi – New Orleans

Barbara Hayley & Monique Moss, Choreographers

Marylee Hardenbergh, National Artistic Director

2007
Nominees | Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 2007

History | Past Winners

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