Announcing the 2017 SOCAN Foundation Awards Recipients
SOCAN Foundation Awards for Emerging Audio-Visual Composers (Sponsored by RBC)
1st Place Winners
Joe Coupal
True and The Rainbow Kingdom
Ontario
Best Original Theme
(opening or closing)
Benjamin Goldman
Pearl Harbor: The Accused
Quebec
Best Original Score — Non-Fiction
Josh Cruddas
10000 Miles
Ontario
Best Original Score — Fiction
Greg Mulyk
Sophia
Alberta
Best Original Score — Animated
2nd Place Winners
Vincent Turcotte
Hakim Chajar – Inspiration Chef
Quebec
Best Original Theme
(opening or closing)
Lora Bidner
The Voices of Rape Victims
Ontario
Best Original Score — Non-Fiction
Matthew Van Driel
Project: CNY
Ontario
Best Original Score — Fiction
Evan MacDonald
Wrapped
Quebec
Best Original Score — Animated
3rd Place Winners
Spencer Creaghan
Nobody Famous
Ontario
Best Original Theme
(opening or closing)
Spencer Creaghan
Gül
Ontario
Best Original Score — Fiction
Vincent L. Pratte
The First Dance
USA
Best Original Score — Animated
SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Canadian Songwriters (Sponsored by SiriusXM)

Award Recipients
Ava Wild
White Toothed Bastard
Saskatchewan
Hannah Bussiere
Star Stuff
Ontario
Madeline Jay Lough
Foggy
British Columbia
Nicolas Gémus
Bunker de tes bras
Quebec
Phöenix Lazare
Just Exist
British Columbia
SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers
1st Prize Winners
Thomas Nicholson
About
New Brunswick
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Awards
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The John Weinzweig Grand Prize
August Murphy-King
Aanenson Reflections
Ontario
The Godfrey Ridout Awards
(tie)
Maria Atallah
Hymn to Inana
Ontario
The Godfrey Ridout Awards
(tie)
Thomas Ciszak
l(a
British Columbia
The Hugh Le Caine Awards
David Storen
Nameless Voices
British Columbia
The Pierre Mercure Awards
Thomas Nicholson
MOTTE
New Brunswick
The Serge Garant Awards
2nd Prize Winners
David Storen
In Passing
British Columbia
The Godfrey Ridout Awards
Adam Pietrykowski
Garbage In/Garbage Out
Quebec
The Hugh Le Caine Awards
Joel Balzun
Louise
Alberta
The Pierre Mercure Awards
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang
Birds, Reincarnate
Ontario
The Serge Garant Awards
Dominique Lafortune
Re-Tailles
Quebec
The Sir Ernest MacMillan
3rd Prize Winners
Joel Balzun
Home Songs
Alberta
The Godfrey Ridout Awards
Léa Boudreau
Dementia
Quebec
The Hugh Le Caine Awards
Emilie Girard-Charest
S’offrir
Quebec
The Pierre Mercure Awards
William Kuo
flieht wie ein Schatten for 12 instruments
British Columbia
The Serge Garant Awards
Riho Esko Maimets
Oremus
Harjumaa (Tallinn)
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Awards
Young Composer Award Winners
Isaac Page
A Mari Usque Ad Mare
Ontario
The Godfrey Ridout Awards
Jason Mile
Southern Wind
Ontario
The Hugh Le Caine Awards
Liam Ritz
Sonata for Solo Marimba
Ontario
The Pierre Mercure Awards
Kohen Hammond
Serious Distance
Ontario
The Serge Garant Awards
Patrick Armstrong
Convergence for String Orchestra
Ontario
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Awards