APRS Awards – Quincy Jones, Mark Knopfler, Sir Paul McCartney, Hugh Padgham, Colin Sanders and Ken Scott are the 2010 recipients
The 4th annual APRS Sound Fellowship Lunch is to be held at the Roof Gardens, Kensington on Tuesday 16th November 2010. Tony Wadsworth, Chairman of the BPI, has been invited to give the ‘keynote’ address by way of proposing the special ‘Harewood Toast’.
The APRS’s annual celebration, hosted by Sir George and Lady Martin, sees the recognition of six new recipients of the APRS Sound Fellowship bestowed on individuals who made a ‘significant contribution to the art, science or business of sound recording.’
This year the association is recognising:
Quincy Jones – US multi-Grammy Award winning record producer, musical arranger, film composer, TV producer and trumpeter.
Mark Knopfler – British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, film score composer and owner of British Grove Studios.
Sir Paul McCartney – British musician, singer-songwriter, composer and creative studio innovator. He was also one of the Beatles.
Hugh Padgham – British record producer, engineer and developer of the ‘gated drum’ sound. (Our video with Hugh Padgham is here)
Colin Sanders CBE – Founder of Solid State Logic, one of the world’s leading developers of audio mixing consoles. Died in a helicopter accident in 1998.
Ken Scott - British record producer and recording engineer. Currently pioneering a new wave of music technology software. (Our videos with Ken Scott are here)
Tickets for the Lunch can be booked online by going to: www.aprs.co.uk or phone APRS Head Office – 01803 868600. Special discounts are available for APRS and other trade body members.
