The
American Prize is pleased to announce an extensive list of 2016
SEMI-FINALIST composers of chamber music, in both divisions. Congratulations!
As the contests unfold, finalists, runners-up and winners will be selected from this list. To
know the exact date when finalists will be
announced, please like our
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#AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
We
invite semi-finalists to make the most of their selection by announcing
it on their facebook page, tweeting the news, and including a link to
this announcement on their website or blog. A sample announcement may be
found at the end of the post.
Please make us aware of any misprints in the listings below by emailing:
theamericanprize@gmail.com
The American Prize in Composition—Chamber Music (professional division)
Adrienne Albert Los Angeles CA
War Stories
John Allemeier Huntersville NC
The Devil's Turn
Aaron Alter Carlsbad CA
Homage to Josquin
William Ashworth Medford OR
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, The Dove in Love with the Moon, Meadowlands
David Avshalomov Santa Monica CA
Sonata
Leonard V. Ball, Jr. Wintersville GA
The World Turns Softly
Samuel Beebe Philadelphia PA
Rocking Chair Child
Jennifer Bellor Henderson NV
Reste (Stay)
Ofer Ben-Amots Colorado Springs CO
The Odessa Trio
Jeffrey Bernstein La Canada/Flintridge CA
Quintet No. 2
John G. Bilotta Concord CA
The Song of the Hermit Thrush
Robert J. Bradshaw Gloucester MA
Sonata No.6 "One-way Ticket"
Sy Brandon Cottonwood AZ
Shenanigans, Variations, Badinerie, Three Moods
Douglas Buchanan Cockeysville MD
Scots and Waters
Matthew Burtner Charlottesville VA
The Ceiling Floats Away
Oliver Caplan Medford MA
Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night, Fanfare for the Importance of Imagination, My Elephant Cloud
Daniel M. Cavanagh Arlington TX
Waves
Thomas Childs Traverse City MI
tritonicity, Critical Mass, chachi ka, Roulette
Allen Cohen New Providence NJ
Duo-Partita, Sculpture Garden Suite
Ethan Cypress Oneonta NY
Toy Suite
Joel Scott Davis Hoover AL
Songs of Liberty
Dante De Silva Tarzana CA
A Year of Strife
Cyril Deaconoff Oakland CA
Winter Dream
Justin N. Dello Joio New York NY
Due Per Due; The March of Folly
Nicholas DeMaison Troy NY
from perfect nowhere
Wallace DePue Sr. Bowling Green OH
Sonata Lycanthrope
Daniel Elder Nashville TN
The Ties Eternal
Paul Elwood Greeley CO
Plutonic Winds
Gregory Fritze Daytona Beach Shores FL
Petite Suite
Kenneth Froelich Fresno CA
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
Jack Gallagher Wooster
OH EXOTIC DANCES
Amos Gillespie Chicago IL
The Spanish Speakers
Edgar Girtain Riverdale NJ
TRIO
William P. Gorton Decatur IL
Epiphany, Light My Light, Thirst
John C. Griffin Portage MI
Pidgin Piano
Ellen Ruth Harrison Cincinnati OH
All One Can Imagine
Ching-chu Hu Newark OH
Dragonfly
Shawn Hundley Port Orange FL
Duoesque for Clarinet and Piano
Derek Keller Carmichael CA
Mixtures~Crossfades~Foci
Mark Lackey Birmingham AL
PARTICLES
Andrea LaRose Praha 6 Czech Republic
Zwiefache: jenny, the dirndl queen of ghana
Andrew List Boston MA
String Quarter No.5 "Time Cycles"
Lansing D. McLoskey Miami FL
Rite
Timothy Lee Miller Mahwah NJ
224 slices of pi, The Appalachian
Michael Murray Springfield MO
Neutral Tones
Ian Ng New York NY
Think Twice-Three Little Musical Games
David R. Peoples Buford GA
Cactus Blooms
Mark Petering Kenosha WI
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (string quartet)
Jakub Polaczyk Astoria NY
String Quartet
Sun Mi Ro Orlando FL
Three Invocations
Emilio Solla Brooklyn NY
Cowuersas (Al Lado Del Agua),
Llegara, Llegara, Llegara
Greg A. Steinke Depoe Bay OR
Lifschey Cards II, Expressions
Brandon Stewart Ridgefield WA
Facades, Spectra, Six Vignettes
Kotoka Suzuki Chicago IL
In Praise of Shadows
Waddy Thompson New York NY
Seasons of New York
Daniel Tressel Lansing MI
Trio Rustico
William Vollinger Woodcliff Lake NJ
Stalin and the Little Girl (an icon), Faes, Feces and Categorization
Kirsten Volness Providence RI
Tree of Life, Complacency Will Kill You, Alone Together
P. Kellach Waddle Austin TX
A Vonnegut Quintet
Judith Lang Zaimont Maricopa AZ
ZONES
The American Prize in Composition—Chamber Music (student division)
Navid Bargrizan Gainesville FL
10 Aphorisms, Tuning Exercise Nr. 1
Danielle Bees Yucca Valley CA
Stars
Jean-Patrick Besingrand Pittsburgh PA
Instants ephemeres, Meandres
Dan Caputo Los Angeles CA
out of nothing
Yihan Chen Planifield IN
Spirits-River: a piano sonata
Daniel J. Choi Centreville VA
iota
Peter Neil Dayton III Terrace Park OH
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Botticellian Trees, Sol Negro
Daniel Despins Wilmington DE
Medusa
Garrett Michael George La Mirada CA
The Song Goes On
Daniel Godsil Monmouth IL
Rust, Reinforced
Phillip Golub Pacific Palisades CA
Turn
Ian Evans Guthrie Fort Worth TX
Journey Through Cascadia
Joshua Hey Philadelphia PA
Demapping
Dana Kaufman Miami FL
Halcyon Disquiet
Sangwon Lee Champaign IL
String Quartet No. 1
Joungmin Lee Columbus OH
String Quartet
Christopher Lowry Antioch TN
A Cypress Prelude, Overture to a New Day,
The American Dream-An Anthem
Aaron Mencher Johns Creek GA
Fast-Forward
Marlene Miller
West Grove PA
Animus
Jonathan Newmark Burke VA
Piano Quintet
Eun-Chul Oh Bloomington IN
The Night Sky
Zachary Ploeger Pipestone MN
Miniatures, Trio
Lara Poe Chestnut Hill MA
Divergence
Hilary Purrington New Haven CT
A Sound Soul in a Sound Body
Julia Riew St.Louis MO
The Executioners Dream
Justin Rito Grand Rapids MI
reaching/failing
Andrew M. Smith Manorville NY
Angel Oak
Phong Tran Woodstock GA
Torsion
Qianqian Yu Gainesville FL
Steps
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We invite semi-finalists to make the most of their selection by
announcing it on social media, and including a
link to this announcement on
their website or blog.
Here is a sample announcement:
"Great
News! I've just been selected as a semi-finalist in the
(blank)
division of The American Prize national non-profit competitions in the
performing arts. Here's the link:
(copy link here). The American Prize
will be announcing finalists in my division in several weeks. You can learn
more about this prestigious national competition here:
www.theamericanprize.org or follow the news on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Prize-celebrating-American-excellence-in-the-arts/214320622728 or Twitter:
https://twitter.com/americanprize "
Please feel free to modify or expand this announcement to suit your needs.
Congratulations to all semi-finalists.
