Cheryl Hodge nominated for 2010 HMMA Awards

Selkirk College Contemporary Music and Technology Instructor, Cheryl Hodge, has been nominated for the 2010 Hollywood Music and Media Awards (HMMA) for Best Jazz Song-Indigo.

Selkirk College Contemporary Music and Technology instructor, Cheryl Hodge, has been nominated for the 2010 Hollywood Music and Media Awards (HMMA) for Best Jazz Song—Indigo.

She will be heading to Hollywood, California, to participate in the awards ceremony that takes place on Thursday, November 18, 2010, at the world famous Kodak Theater Complex.

This is Hodge’s first major award nomination.

“I’m very excited!” said Hodge. “Up until now, this has only been a dream! I can’t believe it is actually coming true!”

The HMMA prides itself on honouring the music of both mainstream and independent artists around the world for their compositions and recordings. The awards recognize all forms of media, including: film, TV, video games, commercial advertisements, movie trailers and music videos. Cheryl Hodge has played with some of the finest jazz musicians in the U.S. and Canada. Her band, The Cheryl Hodge Group, is now in the top 15 on the Canadian Jazz Charts according to Reverb Nation’s website. Her recent CD (2009), also entitled Indigo, has garnered several hits on jazz radio stations across North America.

Interested individuals can hear the song Indigo and become a fan of The Cheryl Hodge Group.