MIA Awards 2011 – shortlists revealed

The shortlists for a number of the 2011 MIA Awards, including the Printed Music Awards, is now available from the Awards website.

The shortlists have been drawn together by a group of printed music retailers and voted for by a wider group. The winners will be revealed at the 2011 MIA Awards ceremony at London's prestigious Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel on Wednesday 30 November 2011.

Early bird tickets are available until Friday 28 October. To book tickets, go to http://www.miamusicawards.com/awards/buytickets The Awards have become a major celebration for the whole industry, honouring the best selling and most innovative products and retail initiatives in the UK whilst also celebrating the top individuals and organisations within the musical instrument industry.

The MPA administers the nominations and voting for the five awards that celebrate excellence in printed music publishing and retailing including Printed Music Retailer of the Year, sponsored by the MPA Catalogue of Printed Music.

Last Year’s Winners were:

Best Classical Publication Award
The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols
Alan Bullard
Oxford University Press

Best Education Publication Award
Joining the Dots (Book 1)
Alan Bullard
ABRSM

Best Pop Publication Award
Glee The Music (Volume 1)
Music Sales Ltd.

Printed Music Publisher of the Year Award
ABRSM

Printed Music Retailer of the Year Award (sponsored by the MPA Catalogue of Printed Music)
Mike Pearson
Forsyth Brothers Ltd