Always full of surprises and the unexpected, the 21st Annual Parnelli Awards held on Friday April 14 started out with a big one: Outgoing NAMM CEO/President Joe Lamond was initiated in the Parnelli Hall of Fame. Also getting their due: Roy Lamb (Lifetime Achievement Award), Keny Whitright (Visionary Award), Marty Garcia (Audio Innovator) and more than two dozen others.
The Last Rockstars, a Japanese supergroup, played sold-out dates in Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles. We speak with Lighting Designer Peter Morse about his rocking design that showcased the band in the best light, and with Video Director Kevin Garcia about capturing and livestreaming the Hollywood Palladium show globally, including to 100 movie theaters in Japan.
A remembrance of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld, 65. Editor Emeritus of PLSN magazine and a noted Lighting Designer and Writer, Nook died on the morning of Dec. 14, 2022. Though he had beaten pancreatic cancer this past year and was cancer-free, complications from that fight resulted in liver failure. He was a legend for his wit and kindness and his loss is felt by family, friends, colleagues, and the industry as a whole.
Debi Moen caught up this month with Seth Jackson and Nathan Alves (Walker Hayes), Peter Morse (Shiners), AJ Pen and Jeff Farrow (Josh Groban), Donald Weeks (Yes) and more.
Production/Lighting Designers LeRoy Bennett, Roland Greil, Peter Morse, and Charles B “Cosmo” Wilson were recently invited to join the LIT Lighting Design Awards judge’s board for the upcoming 2022 awards.
The 20th Annual Parnelli Awards were held Friday, June 3 during the 2022 NAMM show, with both events taking a big, if asterisked, step toward pre-pandemic normalcy. On the “normal” side, there were plenty of attendees at both events, and everyone there relished the chance to meet up again, face to face, after being kept apart for way too long.Read More »The 20th Annual Parnelli Awards: A Brief Recap
Here’s an archived 1,000 Words With column featuring Designer Rob Koenig
20th Annual Parnelli Visionary Honoree
For this year’s 20th Annual Parnelli Awards, on Friday, June 3, the Parnelli Visionary Award will be presented to Designer Peter Morse. This Parnelli Visionary has received quite a few other awards and nominations during his illustrious career: He was named the Parnelli Lighting Designer of the Year in 2004 and won four Cable Ace Awards; two LDI Awards; a Performance Magazine Award; was nominated for an Emmy in 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001; and won the Emmy in 1997 for Bette Midler’s Diva, Las Vegas HBO Special. Morse will now add the Parnelli Visionary Award for his extraordinary career lighting some of the biggest musical artists of our time and influencing scores of designers who came after him. Here’s a look at his lighting design career.Read More »Peter Morse | Parnelli Visionary Award Honoree
Reservations are now open for the 20th annual Parnelli Awards, set to take place once again at the Hilton Anaheim Hotel in Anaheim, CA during NAMM’s annual convention. The June 3 event, which begins with the Cocktail Party at 6 p.m. and the Dinner & Awards Ceremony following at 7 p.m., will return to the hotel’s Pacific Ballroom.
With Peter Morse – Emmy Award Winning Lighting Designer