The
American Prize is pleased to announce a grand list of 2017-18
SEMI-FINALIST composers of instrumental chamber music, in both professional and student 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
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All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of
their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active
until complete results in the contest are announced officially.
Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below,
please email:
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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.
The American Prize in Composition—Instrumental Chamber Music (professional division), 2017-18
Mark Ackerley Oakland CA
"For Viola" for solo viola
Aaron Alter Carlsbad CA
Introspective Blues #1, Homage to Josquin
David Avshalomov Santa Monica CA
Trotzky's Train
Bruce Babcock Pasadena CA
Imagined/Remembered
Jay C. Batzner Mt. Pleasant MI
Two Slow Movements
Bjorn Berkhout Forest Hills NY
Séance
Steven R. Bernstein West Hills CA
"Suite 16" for 2 violins
Michael Boyd Wilkins Township PA
I Wouldn't Eat the Strawberries
Meredith Brammeier San Luis Obispo CA
Sonata for Horn and Piano
Harry Bulow West Lafayette IN
Sonata for Piano
Gustavo Casenave Astoria NY
Sol Negro
Rodrigo Bussad Cesar Chicago IL
Vermilion; Khaos
Timothy P. Chatwood Carson City NV
Midnight- The Second Noon
Brian Ciach Mountain View CA
Fourth Sonata for piano
Shawn Crouch Miami Beach FL
Lew Beach
Ethan Cypress Oneonta NY
Fickle Tone Zones
Joel Scott Davis Hoover AL
String Quartet No.1: Vespers
Dante De Silva Tarzana CA
WAKE THE DEAD
Cyril Deaconoff Oakland CA
Joys of Lights and Reflection
Nancy Bloomer Deussen Mountain View CA
Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, The Pegasus Suite
Paul Elwood Greeley CO
Emissions Transparent
David Faleris Annapolis MD
A Martyred Village
Gregory Fritze Daytona Beach Shores FL
Uluru; Prelude and Dance
Robert Gans Falmouth ME
A DISTANT SHORE: A Musical Narrative for Piano in 5 Episodes
Ralf Yusuf Gawlick Newton MA
Imagined Memories
Milton Granger Nutley NJ
Sextet for piano and windquintet
Milton Granger Nutley NJ
Trio for piano, violin, cello in 3 movements, 1. Aubade. 2.Gigue. 3. Chanson
Jocelyn Hagen Plymouth MN
Test Pilot Suite
Douglas Hedwig Chattanooga TN
"A Certain Slant of Light"
Harlan Hodges Glendale CA
Six Poems ; Three American Etudes
Ching-chu Hu Newark OH
The Swash of Water and Red
Andrea La Rose Praha 6 Czech Republic
what presents itself (2017)
Daniel McCarthy Akron OH
Towers of Power: Chamber Symphony No. 4
Mel Mobley Monroe LA
Tributaries
Rebecca Oswald Beaverton OR
"My Blue Ocean, Your Eyes","To Solace My Heart","The Gentle Rain of Your Pure Love","The
Whisper of the Meaning","A Complete Life in Our Hands"
David R. Peoples Buford GA
Sonata "Riding Crepuscular Rays"
Bryan Anthony Percoco Newark OH
Summation-Vectors
Jakub Polaczyk Astoria NY
Tamburion
Clement Reid Lakewood WA
Robeson Overture, Theater Piece #1
Phil Salathe Potsdam NY
Three Street Pieces
Yitzhak Santis 1996000 Israel
Elation
David P. Sartor Hermitage TN
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Peter Scartabello Wickford RI
Threshold for 5 Bb clarinets
Richard Silverman Brooklyn NY
String Quartet #7 "Elegy"
Tony Solitro Philadelphia PA
Shadow Confrontations
Greg A. Steinke Depoe Bay OR
From Songs of the Fire Circles
Ann Stimson Weston MA
Caracas for solo piano
Jorge Variego Knoxville TN
Crippled tango
William F. Vollinger Woodcliff Lake NJ
Dreams Before You Awake
C.G. Walden Chatsworth GA
Goethe's Revenge; Lenten Hope; Resurrection Dances; Fugeata
Charles Zoll Tempe AZ
I REMEMBER SUMMER
The American Prize in Composition—Instrumental Chamber Music (student division), 2017-18
M.O. Abbott Urbana IL
Ascension Tube
Olga Amelkina-Vera Plano TX
Submerged Worlds
Tom Bar Boston MA
Thus the Past Buries its Dreams, The Prophetic Bird's Prophecy, The Pied Pier of Hamelin's Song, And I Will Be the Last One Laughing
Jacob Beranek Oconomowoc WI
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Shelby Rawlings Blalock Charlottesville VA
Agitato, Precarious, Fuse
Tyler Bouque Troy MI
Persian Dance, On the Blue Line, Samba de las Olimpadus
James Budinich Northport NY
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Zachary Gulaboff Davis Salem OR
Sonata for two pianos
Jonathan Embry Fulton NY
Passacaglia in F Minor, Op. 4, Solo Organ
Neal Endicott Laingsburg MI
"Against the Dying of the Light"
Kyle Franklin Boston MA
V Tableau
Joseph R. Gessler Hendersonville NC
Angels After Midnight
Paul Hwang Palisades Park NJ
In Nomine a 4; Music for Percussion; Short and Bittersweet
Dana Kaufman Miami FL
Peaporutus (Concussion)
Christopher Lowry Antioch TN
"Suite for Violin and Piano, Opus 5"
John Nydam Wellesley MA
Expanse
Zachary Ploeger Pipestone MN
Concert Piece
Heather Pryse Charlottesville VA
Opaque Figures
Victor Shlyakhtenko Los Angeles CA
Animated Ominosity
Kyle Simpson Washington PA
Beijing Impressions
Brandon Thibodeau Holt MO
Kaleidoscope
Chelsea Williamson Norman OK
Silhouettes
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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
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division of The American Prize national non-profit competitions in the
performing arts. Here's the link:
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will be announcing finalists in my division soon. You can learn
more about this prestigious national competition here:
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Please feel free to modify or expand this announcement to suit your needs.
Congratulations to all semi-finalists.