The American Prize is pleased to announce FINALIST conductors and ensembles, 2012, in the High School Orchestra
and Youth Orchestra divisions. Please scroll down for additional finalist conductors and
ensembles in choral and orchestral music, wind band, opera and musical theater. More
announcements to follow. Congratulations!
Do let us know of any misprints or if you have questions. theamericanprz@aol.com or theamericanprize@gmail.com
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The American Prize in Orchestral Performance, 2012—Youth Orchestra Division
Dubuque Youth Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Thomas Taylor Dickey, conductor, Dubuque, IA—Sullivan, Wagner, Mascagni, Vaughan Williams, more
YPO Philharmonic String Orchestra & Soloist Ensemble, Alyze Dreiling, conductor, San Diego, CA—Golijov, Respighi, Biber, more
Vivace of the Stringendo Orchestra School, Jonathan Handman & Emily Schaad, directors, Poughkeepsie, NY—Suk, Mozart, more
Germantown Performing Arts Center Youth Symphony Orchestra, Pu-Qi Jiang, conductor, Germantown, TN—Dvorak: New World Symphony, more
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Alfred Wachs, music director, Orange, CA—Franck: Symphony in D minor, Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony, more
Houston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Michael Webster, conductor, Houston, TX—Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
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The American Prize in Orchestral Performance, 2012—High School Division
Midway Philharmonic, Beau Benson, conductor, Waco, TX—Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, more
Arlington HS Philharmonia, Jonathan Handman, conductor, LaGrangeville, NY—Barber, Respighi, more
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The American Prize in Conducting—Orchestra Division, 2012—Youth/High School
Beau Benson—Midway Philharmonic, Waco, TX—Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven
James Feddeck—Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Cleveland, OH—Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Jon Handman—Arlington High School Philharmonia/Vivace of the Stringendo Orchestra School, Poughkeepsie, NY—Mozart: Divertimento, Barber: Adagio
Christopher T.F. Hanson—S.M.A.R.T. Orchestra, San Marcos, TX—Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Anderson, Copland, more
Nathaniel Meyer—Belmont Festival Orchestra, Belmont, MA—Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Michael Webster—Houston Youth Symphony, Houston, TX—Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
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