COMPOSERS:
We
are relaxing requirements in all the composition contests, to make it
easier to apply, including accepting PDFs in place of sending hard
copies of scores. Details on the website soon. www.theamericanprize.org
The
American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts,
David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce
FINALIST composers of choral music for
2019-20 in three divisions: major choral works (professional), shorter choral works (professional), and student choral works. Congratulations!
To
know the exact date when winners and runners-up will be
announced, please "like" our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
"The
American Prize never designates a set number of finalists in any
category or division: the quality of the candidates themselves directly
influences that outcome. We also try hard not to be about "winners" and
"losers," but always seek to encourage excellence, creativity and
imagination. That is one reason we post the following statement with
every finalist listing."—DK
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests
are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award
Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any
contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a
number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize
a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or
outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at
the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any
time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of
their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active
until the end of the contest year.
Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below,
please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We
invite 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. A sample announcement may be
found at the end of the post.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Major Choral Works (professional division), 2020
Aaron Alter
Carlsbad CA
Lo Lanu Ha-Shem (a setting of Psalm 115)
Julian David Bryson
Jacksonville FL
The Field
Allan Laino
Mt. Rainier MD
Gloria
John Muehleisen
Mukilteo WA
But Who Shall Return Us Our Children: A Kipling Passion
Robert G. Patterson
Memphis TN
Requiem
Timothy C. Takach
Big Lake MN
Helios
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Shorter Choral Works (professional division), 2020
Nathaniel Adams
Brooklyn NY
Lux Brumalis
Bruce Babcock Pasadena CA
Be Still
Andrew Bruhn
Belvidere IL
I Sing the Birth
Michael Bussewitz-Quarm
Sound Beach NY
Only Time to Love: Gaaggee Zaag'aa
Oliver Caplan
Medford MA
We Exist
Mark Dal Porto
Portales NM
From Spring Days to Winter
Jessica French
Kent WA
Love Came Down at Christmas
Gerald Gurss
St. Paul MN
Chris & Gabe
Kevin Hartnett
Glendale CA
De profundis
Brian Holmes
San Jose CA
selected works
Andrew Jacobson
Seattle WA
La Mort Des Amants; What Melodious Sounds
Allan Laino
Mt. Rainier MD
The New Colossus
Christopher Lowry
Antioch TN
Arrows and Songs—Suite on Poems of H.W. Longfellow
Stacey Philipps
Portland OR
Sudden Light
Kyle Randall
San Francisco CA
To Autumn
Clement Reid
Lakewood WA
Sonnet
Denice Rippentrop
Scottsdale AZ
Take Wings And Soar
Donald Skirvin
Seattle WA
Stars forever, while we sleep: Fontainebleau, Arcturus in autumn; Dusky Gold
Mari Esabel Valverde Fort Worth TX
Border Lines
William Vollinger
Woodcliff Lake NJ
We Are Not Robins
Nicholas Weininger
San Francisco CA
As Kingfishers catch fire
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Choral (student division), 2020
Chung Hon Michael Cheng
Sugar Land TX
Veritas: Through the Centuries
Nicolas Chuaqui
Rochester NY
Pater, si non potest
Hans Bridger Heruth
Liberty MO
Pie Jesu
Christian Jesse
Dallas TX
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis
Elisa K. Johnson
Seattle WA
As I Journey Through My Life
***
We encourage 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 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Finalists: COMPOSERS (music for orchestra: all divisions), 2019-20
COMPOSERS:
We are relaxing requirements in all the composition contests, to make it easier to apply, including accepting PDFs in place of sending hard copies of scores. Details on the website soon. www.theamericanprize.org
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Lazaar Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce 2019-20 FINALIST composers in the professional ORCHESTRA division. Congratulations!
"What a privilege to encounter the orchestral music of so many composers whose combination of talent, technical skill and inspiration has brought such joy in the listening. Many semi-finalists have been advanced, working in many different aesthetics. As I have often stated about The American Prize composer contests, style does not matter—the working out of ideas does. From the most conservative idiom to the most advanced, our world has room for all sorts of music of quality. The finest from the 2019-20 contest for works for orchestra are highlighted below."—DK
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 Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Orchestra (professional division), 2020
Lee Actor
Monte Sereno CA
Symphony No. 2
Jean Ahn
Orinda CA
Woven Silk
Bruce Babcock
Pasadena CA
Event Horizon
John Baboukis
New Cairo Egypt
A Symphony for Cairo
Robert J. Bradshaw
Gloucester MA
Echoes in the Deep: meditation on the depth of our impact on the Earth's oceans
Sabrina Clarke
Philadelphia PA
Still ist's im Wald
Tina Claussen
Springfield MO
Shimmer
Mark Dal Porto
Portales NM
Mystic Mountain
Ken Davies
Gautier MS
Strings Ablaze
Brent Edstrom
Spokane WA
Prairie Songs: Remembering Antonia
Penka Kouneva
Tujunga CA
BETRAYAL OF TECHNOLOGY
Hye Kyung Lee
Granville OH
Climbing Tomorrow
Lawrence R. Mumford
Laguna Niguel CA
The Sunset Wind
Alla Pavlova
Huntington NY
Symphony No. 2, For the New Millennium
Leanna Primiani
Santa Monica CA
1001
Lucas Richman
Bangor ME
Symphony: This Will Be Our Reply
Miguel A. Roig-Francoli
Cincinnati OH
Sinfonia, "De Profundis"
Maxim Samarov
Harvey LA
Ars moriendi
Joseph Sowa
Watertown MA
Glimmer, Glisten, Glow
Lauren Spavelko
Pickerington OH
Kéyah
Aaron Spotts
Tallahassee FL
Life for Life
Larry Tuttle
Van Nuys CA
Thousand Mile Suite
Kellach Waddle
Austin TX
The Chemical Composition of Tears
Tyler Goodrich White
Lincoln NE
A Brand-New Summer
Kevin Wilt
Boynton Beach FL
Song of the Phoenix
Tianguang (Stephen) Yang
Mighty Han
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Orchestra (student division), 2020
Nicholas Bentz
Los Angeles CA
A Cosmos in Stone, Respawning
Dinah Bianchi
Belleville MI
Anaphora
Cory Brodack
Saint Peters MO
Nodus Tollens
Nicolas Chuaqui
Rochester NY
Aurora
Zachary Gulaboff Davis
Salem OR
Tailwind
Moni Guo
Los Angeles CA
Night Ghost
Jeffry Langford
Katy TX
Ricercar Ner
Luis Enrique McDougal
McAllen TX
Puisque je suis fumeux
Wai Leung William So
Kennedy Town Hong Kong
Blue Fire
Patrick Andrew Thompson
Jersey City NJ
Through a Glass, Darkly
Evan Jay Williams
Baltimore MD
"That Which We Cannot Live Without"
Miranda Yu
Palo Alto CA
Reflections of A Sixteen Year Old Girl
***
We encourage 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 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
Monday, March 16, 2020
Finalists: COMPOSERS (vocal chamber music), 2019-20
COMPOSERS:
We are relaxing requirements in all the composition contests, to make it easier to apply, including accepting PDFs in place of sending hard copies of scores. Details on the website soon. www.theamericanprize.org
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David (Volosin) Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce FINALIST composers of vocal chamber music for 2019-20 in both student and professional divisions. Congratulations! To know the exact date when winners and runners-up will be announced, please "like" our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
Applications for the 2020-21 season of The American Prize contests (our tenth year) are now available on our website: www.theamericanprize.org
NATIONAL FINALISTS The American Prize in Composition—Vocal Chamber Music (professional division), 2019-20
Ralf Yusuf Gawlick
Newton MA
Herzliche Grüsse Bruno~Briefe aus Stalingrad
Ehood Gershuni
Boston MA
The Spring and The Fall
Brian Mark
Brooklyn NY
First they Came
Timothy Lee Miller
Mahwah NJ
The House With Nobody In It
William Vollinger
Woodcliff Lake NJ
The Child in the Hole
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Vocal Chamber Music (student division), 2019-20
Theophilus Chandler
Hillsborough NC
Two Taylor Songs
Nicolas Chuaqui
Rochester NY
Apocalyptic Visions
Patrick Connor Dittamo
Manhattan KS
Dysentery; Suicide in the Trenches; Cometh the Night
Ian Evans Guthrie
Tallahassee FL
Where Dreams Come True; Spring; Call to Come; Storm: Nightfall
Martin Hebel
Hamden CT
Dulce et Decorum Est
Hans Bridger Heruth
Liberty MO
How do I love thee?
Patrick Holcomb
Ocean View DE
Superbloom
Mark Bolan Konigsmark
Newton MA
In to the Light, The Betrayal
Patrick Andrew Thompson
Jersey City NJ
Night, Sleep, and the Stars
Daniel Whitworth
Highland Park IL
Not Our Kids: A Fox News Operetta
***
We encourage 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 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
We are relaxing requirements in all the composition contests, to make it easier to apply, including accepting PDFs in place of sending hard copies of scores. Details on the website soon. www.theamericanprize.org
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David (Volosin) Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce FINALIST composers of vocal chamber music for 2019-20 in both student and professional divisions. Congratulations! To know the exact date when winners and runners-up will be announced, please "like" our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
Applications for the 2020-21 season of The American Prize contests (our tenth year) are now available on our website: www.theamericanprize.org
NATIONAL FINALISTS The American Prize in Composition—Vocal Chamber Music (professional division), 2019-20
Ralf Yusuf Gawlick
Newton MA
Herzliche Grüsse Bruno~Briefe aus Stalingrad
Ehood Gershuni
Boston MA
The Spring and The Fall
Brian Mark
Brooklyn NY
First they Came
Timothy Lee Miller
Mahwah NJ
The House With Nobody In It
William Vollinger
Woodcliff Lake NJ
The Child in the Hole
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Vocal Chamber Music (student division), 2019-20
Theophilus Chandler
Hillsborough NC
Two Taylor Songs
Nicolas Chuaqui
Rochester NY
Apocalyptic Visions
Patrick Connor Dittamo
Manhattan KS
Dysentery; Suicide in the Trenches; Cometh the Night
Ian Evans Guthrie
Tallahassee FL
Where Dreams Come True; Spring; Call to Come; Storm: Nightfall
Martin Hebel
Hamden CT
Dulce et Decorum Est
Hans Bridger Heruth
Liberty MO
How do I love thee?
Patrick Holcomb
Ocean View DE
Superbloom
Mark Bolan Konigsmark
Newton MA
In to the Light, The Betrayal
Patrick Andrew Thompson
Jersey City NJ
Night, Sleep, and the Stars
Daniel Whitworth
Highland Park IL
Not Our Kids: A Fox News Operetta
***
We encourage 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 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Finalists: COMPOSERS (band/wind ensemble), 2019-20
COMPOSERS:
We are relaxing requirements in all the composition contests, to make it easier to apply, including accepting PDFs in place of sending hard copies of scores. Details on the website soon. www.theamericanprize.org
("Many semi-finalists have been advanced. Terrific variety: concerti, marches, responses to national events, evocations of other times, and places, pieces for educational concerts. A really fine contest. Bravo to all the finalists!"—DK)
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce 2019-20 FINALIST composers of works for band / wind ensemble in 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 announced, please like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Band / Wind Ensemble (professional division), 2019-20
Adrienne Albert
Los Angeles CA
COURAGE for Winds
David Avshalomov
Santa Monica CA
"Nigun Prophecy," Lifeboat Variations
Howard J. Buss
Lakeland FL
Vibrant Horizons
Ashley Floyd
Athens GA
Glitch
Gregory Fritze
Daytona Beach FL
The Four Seasons
Cooper Minnis
St. Louis MO
The Darkest Hour
Shawn E. Okpebholo
Wheaton IL
This is Africa
Andrew David Perkins
Fenton MI
Until the Night Collapses
Walter Saul
Fresno CA
Concerto for Flute and Symphonic Band
Larry Tuttle
Van Nuys CA
Big World, Utopia Rising
Tyler Goodrich White
Lincoln NE
Caldera
Michael Glenn Williams
Marina Del Rey CA
Let Freedom Ring
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Band / Wind Ensemble (student division), 2019-20
Zach Gulaboff Davis
Salem OR
Reverie
Martin Hebel
Hamden CT
Tides Within
Jorge Machain
Henderson NV
Bite the Bullet
Teddy Mason
East Providence RI
Sea of Clouds
Zachary Ploeger
Pipestone MN
Symphony No.1
Matt Ridge
Bloomington IN
Flirting with Disaster
Chee Weng Yim
Lamoni IA
Meditation No.1
***
We encourage 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 National 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
We are relaxing requirements in all the composition contests, to make it easier to apply, including accepting PDFs in place of sending hard copies of scores. Details on the website soon. www.theamericanprize.org
("Many semi-finalists have been advanced. Terrific variety: concerti, marches, responses to national events, evocations of other times, and places, pieces for educational concerts. A really fine contest. Bravo to all the finalists!"—DK)
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce 2019-20 FINALIST composers of works for band / wind ensemble in 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 announced, please like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Band / Wind Ensemble (professional division), 2019-20
Adrienne Albert
Los Angeles CA
COURAGE for Winds
David Avshalomov
Santa Monica CA
"Nigun Prophecy," Lifeboat Variations
Howard J. Buss
Lakeland FL
Vibrant Horizons
Ashley Floyd
Athens GA
Glitch
Gregory Fritze
Daytona Beach FL
The Four Seasons
Cooper Minnis
St. Louis MO
The Darkest Hour
Shawn E. Okpebholo
Wheaton IL
This is Africa
Andrew David Perkins
Fenton MI
Until the Night Collapses
Walter Saul
Fresno CA
Concerto for Flute and Symphonic Band
Larry Tuttle
Van Nuys CA
Big World, Utopia Rising
Tyler Goodrich White
Lincoln NE
Caldera
Michael Glenn Williams
Marina Del Rey CA
Let Freedom Ring
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Band / Wind Ensemble (student division), 2019-20
Zach Gulaboff Davis
Salem OR
Reverie
Martin Hebel
Hamden CT
Tides Within
Jorge Machain
Henderson NV
Bite the Bullet
Teddy Mason
East Providence RI
Sea of Clouds
Zachary Ploeger
Pipestone MN
Symphony No.1
Matt Ridge
Bloomington IN
Flirting with Disaster
Chee Weng Yim
Lamoni IA
Meditation No.1
***
We encourage 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 National 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
Monday, March 9, 2020
Finalists: COMPOSERS (opera/theater/film/dance division), 2019-20
COMPOSERS:
We are relaxing requirements in all the composition contests, to make it easier to apply, including accepting PDFs in place of sending hard copies of scores. Details on the website soon. www.theamericanprize.org
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Lazaar Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce 2019-20 FINALIST composers in the OPERA/THEATER/FILM/DANCE division. 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 Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—OPERA/THEATER/FILM/DANCE, professional division, 2019-20
Richard Chiarappa
West Hartford CT
Lincoln and Booth: The Concert Musical
Roger Cichy
Scituate RI
Survivors of Malmedy: December 1944
Wallace De Pue, Sr.
Bowling Green OH
Something Special
Paul Elwood
Marseille France
Lulu of the Plains
Eva Conley Kendrick
Millis MA
Misfortune
Zach Redler
Greenwich CT
The Falling and The Rising
Judith Lynn Stillman
Providence RI
Small Step, Giant Leap: A Lunar Fantasy
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—OPERA/THEATER/FILM/DANCE, student division, 2019-20
Nicolas Chuaqui
Rochester NY
The Forest of Dreams
Hans Bridger Heruth
Liberty MO
A Certain Madness
Calvin Hitchcock
Chesapeake VA
819: based on the Stanford Prison Experiment
Evan L. Snyder
Okemos MI
A Capacity for Evil
Raphael Lucas
Dix Hills NY
Confessions
***
We encourage 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 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
Friday, March 6, 2020
FINALISTS: composers (pops/light music), 2019-20
COMPOSERS:
We are relaxing requirements in all the composition contests, to make it easier to apply, including accepting PDFs in place of sending hard copies of scores. Details on the website soon. www.theamericanprize.org
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce 2019-20 FINALIST composers in the pops / light music division. Congratulations!
As the contests unfold, runners-up and winners will be selected from this list. To know the exact date when finalists will be announced, please like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Pops / Light Music, 2019-20
Jennifer Bellor
Las Vegas NV
High Resolution
M.L. Daniels
Round Rock TX
Mysterious Journey
Jonathan Graybill
Baltimore MD
Winter Celebration
Penka Kouneva
Tujunga CA
EART, from The Woman Astronaut
Heather Niemi Savage
Wood River Jct RI
Daughter of the Stars
***
We encourage 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 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
FINALISTS: women in art song & oratorio, 2019-20: The Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Awards
The
American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts,
David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce
NATIONAL FINALIST women in art song and oratorio for
2019-20 in all divisions, The FRIEDRICH and VIRGINIA SCHORR MEMORIAL
AWARD in VOICE. Congratulations! To know the exact date when winners and
runners-up will be
announced, please "like" our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
The American Prize in Vocal Performance—Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Award honors the memory of the greatest Wagnerian baritone of his age, Friedrich Schorr, who commanded the operatic stage between the world wars, and his wife, Virginia Schorr, who taught studio voice at the Manhattan School of Music and the Hartt School of Music for nearly fifty years.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—art song/oratorio, professional division (women), 2019-20
Ann Cravero
West Des Moines IA
Carley De Franco
Somerville MA
Michele Elizabeth Kennedy
Oakland CA
Evangelia Leontis
Jamaica VT
Thea Lobo
Sarasota FL
Jacquelyn Matava
San Antonio TX
Courtney Miller
Miami Beach FL
Amy Pfrimmer
Destrehan LA
Stella Dayrit Roden
Warrensburg MO
Penelope Shumate
Macomb IL
Christine Steyer
Oak Park IL
Susan Wheeler
Burke VA
Anne Wright
Greenville TX
Lauren Yokabaskas
Cape Elizabeth ME
Melissa Zgouridi
Salzburg Austria
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—art song/oratorio, college/university division (women), 2019-20
Chantal Braziel
Pittsburgh PA
Leah Brzyski
Branford CT
Alexandra Colaizzi
Hollywood FL
Clare Demer
Tucson AZ
Kathleen Kane
Tonawanda NY
Jillian Krempasky
Schnecksville PA
Olivia Prendergast
Penn Valley PA
Monica Ramich
Rochester NY
Loucine Topouzian
Evanston IL
Samantha Williams
Manhattan KS
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—art song/oratorio, high school division (women), 2019-20
Malaina Kapoor
Redwood City CA
Krystal Y. Mao
Fremont CA
Pauline Rogers
Fremont CA
Michelle Skylar
Sunny Isles FL
***
We encourage 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 national 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
The American Prize in Vocal Performance—Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Award honors the memory of the greatest Wagnerian baritone of his age, Friedrich Schorr, who commanded the operatic stage between the world wars, and his wife, Virginia Schorr, who taught studio voice at the Manhattan School of Music and the Hartt School of Music for nearly fifty years.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—art song/oratorio, professional division (women), 2019-20
Ann Cravero
West Des Moines IA
Carley De Franco
Somerville MA
Michele Elizabeth Kennedy
Oakland CA
Evangelia Leontis
Jamaica VT
Thea Lobo
Sarasota FL
Jacquelyn Matava
San Antonio TX
Courtney Miller
Miami Beach FL
Amy Pfrimmer
Destrehan LA
Stella Dayrit Roden
Warrensburg MO
Penelope Shumate
Macomb IL
Christine Steyer
Oak Park IL
Susan Wheeler
Burke VA
Anne Wright
Greenville TX
Lauren Yokabaskas
Cape Elizabeth ME
Melissa Zgouridi
Salzburg Austria
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—art song/oratorio, college/university division (women), 2019-20
Chantal Braziel
Pittsburgh PA
Leah Brzyski
Branford CT
Alexandra Colaizzi
Hollywood FL
Clare Demer
Tucson AZ
Kathleen Kane
Tonawanda NY
Jillian Krempasky
Schnecksville PA
Olivia Prendergast
Penn Valley PA
Monica Ramich
Rochester NY
Loucine Topouzian
Evanston IL
Samantha Williams
Manhattan KS
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—art song/oratorio, high school division (women), 2019-20
Malaina Kapoor
Redwood City CA
Krystal Y. Mao
Fremont CA
Pauline Rogers
Fremont CA
Michelle Skylar
Sunny Isles FL
***
We encourage 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 national 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
Monday, March 2, 2020
FINALISTS: women in opera, 2019-20, The Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Awards
The
American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, David Volosin Katz, founder and chief judge, is pleased to announce NATIONAL FINALIST women in opera and
operetta for
2019-20 in all divisions, The FRIEDRICH and VIRGINIA SCHORR MEMORIAL
AWARDS in VOICE. Congratulations! To know the exact date when winners and
runners-up will be
announced, please "like" our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter #AmericanPrize, where that information will be published first.
The American Prize in Vocal Performance—Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Award honors the memory of the greatest Wagnerian baritone of his age, Friedrich Schorr, who commanded the operatic stage between the world wars, and his wife, Virginia Schorr, who taught studio voice at the Manhattan School of Music and the Hartt School of Music for nearly fifty years.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—opera & operetta, professional division (women), 2019-20
Laura Basse
Helenville WI
Zarah Brock
Frederiksburg VA
Diana Cantrelle
Columbia MD
Silvana Chu
New York NY
Taylor-Alexis Dupont
New York NY
Hillary Esqueda
Chicago IL
Francesca Federico
New York NY
Alba Franco-Cancel
Atascadero CA
Chelsea Friedlander
Port Murray NJ
Abigail Halon
Atlanta GA
Helen Hassinger
Brookline MA
Lauren Hunt
Fair Lawn NJ
Elizabeth Lewis
Chicago IL
Jacquelyn Matava
San Antonio TX
Laura McHugh
Quincy MA
Madison Marie McIntosh
West Palm Beach FL
Stephanie R. Sanchez
Las Cruces NM
Gyu Yeon Shim
New York NY
Ariana Strahl
Chicago IL
Lauren Yokabaskas
Cape Elizabeth ME
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—opera & operetta, college/university division (women), 2019-20
Anneliese Ayers
Forest Park IL
Chantal Braziel
Pittsburgh PA
Leah Brzyski
Branford CT
Amalia Crevani
Milford NJ
Kathleen Kane
Tonawanda NY
Myka Murphy
Roswell GA
Maria Nacouzi
Philadelphia PA
Elisabeta Racolta
Belmont MA
***
We encourage 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 national 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
The American Prize in Vocal Performance—Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Award honors the memory of the greatest Wagnerian baritone of his age, Friedrich Schorr, who commanded the operatic stage between the world wars, and his wife, Virginia Schorr, who taught studio voice at the Manhattan School of Music and the Hartt School of Music for nearly fifty years.
If you are not a finalist this year, please remember that the contests are not yet over. The American Prize reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions and Citations for Special Achievement to any contestant, regardless of final placement. TAP has honored a number of semi-finalists and quarter finalists in the past--to recognize a unique talent or focus, unusual repertoire, vital programming or outreach. Citations and Honorable Mentions are usually awarded at the same time as winners and runners-up, but can be presented at any time up to the last winners' announcement of the contest year.
All contestants are reminded they are responsible for the viability of their online links to audition materials. Those links must remain active until the end of the contest year. Questions, or to make us aware of any misprints in the listings below, please email: theamericanprize@gmail.com
We invite 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its tenth year, The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Contestants hail from all fifty states, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—opera & operetta, professional division (women), 2019-20
Laura Basse
Helenville WI
Zarah Brock
Frederiksburg VA
Diana Cantrelle
Columbia MD
Silvana Chu
New York NY
Taylor-Alexis Dupont
New York NY
Hillary Esqueda
Chicago IL
Francesca Federico
New York NY
Alba Franco-Cancel
Atascadero CA
Chelsea Friedlander
Port Murray NJ
Abigail Halon
Atlanta GA
Helen Hassinger
Brookline MA
Lauren Hunt
Fair Lawn NJ
Elizabeth Lewis
Chicago IL
Jacquelyn Matava
San Antonio TX
Laura McHugh
Quincy MA
Madison Marie McIntosh
West Palm Beach FL
Stephanie R. Sanchez
Las Cruces NM
Gyu Yeon Shim
New York NY
Ariana Strahl
Chicago IL
Lauren Yokabaskas
Cape Elizabeth ME
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Voice / Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award—opera & operetta, college/university division (women), 2019-20
Anneliese Ayers
Forest Park IL
Chantal Braziel
Pittsburgh PA
Leah Brzyski
Branford CT
Amalia Crevani
Milford NJ
Kathleen Kane
Tonawanda NY
Myka Murphy
Roswell GA
Maria Nacouzi
Philadelphia PA
Elisabeta Racolta
Belmont MA
***
We encourage 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 national 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 winners in my division soon. 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 finalists.
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