Semi-Finalists: AMERICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE (soloists/composers)—The Ernst Bacon Memorial Award, 2021
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Among the many contests of The American Prize, the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music is unique. It recognizes and rewards the best performances of American music by ensembles and individual artists worldwide, based on submitted recordings. Applications are accepted from professional, college/university, community and high school age solo artists, chamber ensembles or conducted ensembles, competing in separate divisions, and from composers with excellent recordings of their works. Beginning in 2017-18, categories were expanded to encompass performances of American music in practically any instrumentation or genre, with very few repertoire restrictions.
Focused exclusively on works by American composers from any period and in any style, the contest not only judges performances, but in the case of new or unfamiliar works, the music itself.
Ernst Bacon (1898—1990) was one of that pioneering generation of composers who, along with Thomson, Copland, Harris, and others, found a voice for American music. Winner of a Pulitzer Scholarship (for his Symphony in D minor) and no fewer than three Guggenheim Fellowships, Ernst Bacon set out to create compositions that expressed the vitality and affirmative spirit of our country. It is fitting, and with honor, that The American Prize creates an annual award in the memory of Ernst Bacon, recognizing the finest performances of American orchestral music worldwide. To learn more about the music & legacy of Ernst Bacon, please visit the website of the Ernst Bacon Society.
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.
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 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. A sample announcement may be found at the end of the post.
NATIONAL SEMI-FINALISTS: The American Prize ERNST BACON MEMORIAL AWARD for the PERFORMANCE of AMERICAN MUSIC, PROFESSIONAL soloists or composers, 2021
Elizabeth Avery
Norman OK
Three Folk Songs (Jake Heggie)
Gabriel Beavers
Miami FL
Swagger
Jeffrey Bowen
Maja Cerar
Seattle WA
What Will Sound (was already sound)
BJ Brooks
West Texas A&M University Symphonic Band
Canyon TX
Symphony No. 3
Kris Carlisle
Rome GA
The Silence Between
Steven M. Darling
Martin TN
Concerto for Tuba Op. 96 (James Barnes)
Shawn W. Davern
James Madison University Wind Symphony
Harrisonburg VA
An Elegant Sufficiency
Danielle Davis
Lindenhurst NY
Stars; Will There Really Be a Morning (more)
Ann DuHamel
Morris MN
Dr. Brahms's Book of Rags (Marc Chan)
Emerson Eads
Concordia Choir and Ritornello Orchestra of the
University of Notre Dame
South Bend IN
Mass for the Oppressed
Daniel B. Elder
The Thirteen
Washington DC
Absaolm
Robert Gans
The Ergon Ensemble
Athens Greece
Love Dance & Crossing The River
Eren Gumrukcuoglu
JACK Quartet
New York NY
Pareidolia
Katie Johnson
Knoxville TN
Songs of the Wolf (Andrea Clearfield)
Jeffrey Kautz
Mannes Orchestra
New York NY
Raise the Roof; Warzone (Michael Daugherty/Alexander Singer)
Kyle Kindred
Humble TX
Symphony No. 1: The Remnant
Douglas Knehans
Cincinnati OH
Lumen
Douglas Knehans
Cincinnati OH
Falling Air
Douglas Knehans
Cincinnati OH
Backwards from Winter
Susan Merdinger
Highland Park IL
Rhapsody in Blue; The Union and Grande Tarantella (Gottschalk)
Katie Mess
Maitland FL
Danza de la Maripose; To Greet the Sun; Three Preludes; Sonatina; Sunshavers
Emi Nishida
Boston MA
Han-gover Square
Richard Prior
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta GA
…of shadow and light…
Leandra Ramm
Pittsburg. CA
Short songs to sing aloud (Grey Grant)
Ben Raznick
Denver CO
The Entertainer, Solace, Maple Leaf Rag; Prelude I, II (Cadenza), III
Denice Rippentrop
First Reading Project
Scottsdale AZ
God Jehovah
Scott Roeder
Edinburg TX
Five Muses (Scott Roeder and John Stevens)
Kira Zeeman Rugen
Master Chorale of Flagstaff
Flagstaff AZ
Earth Teach Me
Carlyle Sharpe
Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra
Springfield MO
Of These Years I Sing
Benjamin Shorstein
Jacksonville FL
Sonata for Piano
Sengthian Kyndra Sisayaket
East Lansing MI
The Gothic (Kerry Turner)
Andriy Igorovich Sovetov
Aurora CO
Piano Concerto #1
Bryan D. Stanley
Kyle Stegall
Omaha NE
Three Carl Sandburg Songs (Stanley)
Amy Stephens
San Francisco CA
Becoming: suite for solo piano in seven movements
Amy Suznovich
New Brunswick NJ
I Am The Wife of Mao Tse Tung, Two Little Words; Here's to your Illusions
Eric Swanson
Bizarre Star Strings
Portland OR
Can you hear the call of my beating heart?
Patricia Wallinga
San Francisco CA
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Drew Whiting
Oshkosh WI
Random Access; Saudade Study
Ann Marie Wilcox-Daehn
Springfield MO
Five Songs (Ruth Crawford Seeger)
Heidi Louise Williams
Tallahassee FL
Sonata for Piano; Piano Sonata No. 1 (Floyd/Walker)
Adriana Zabala
Orange CT
The Trial of Susan B. Anthony (Stephen Mark Kohn)
NATIONAL SEMI-FINALISTS: The American Prize ERNST BACON MEMORIAL AWARD for the PERFORMANCE of AMERICAN MUSIC, COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY soloists or composers, 2021
Cole Bartels
Verona WI
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free (Mark); more
Yu-Ting Cheng
Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra
Stony Brook NY
Clarinet Concerto (Corigliano)
Mark Franklin
Tallahassee. FL
Piano Fantasy
Julian Fueyo
Cleveland Institute of Music's Student Orchestra
Cleveland OH
The Eleventh Heaven
Martin Hebel
New Haven CT
CCM Chamber Players
Dulce et Decorum Est
Theodore Jackson
Riverview FL
Merlin II; OPEN/shut; Tymptych III (Thomas/Anderson/Gay)
Darrell J. Jordan
Seattle WA
Celebrating Queer American Composers
YoungJun Lee
Boston MA
Shin-Byeong
Yuhui Li
Mesa AZ
Ragtime Music (Bolcom)
Jorge Machain
UNLV Wind Orchestra
Las Vegas NV
The Espresso Express
Craig Peaslee
Ootsurg WI
Second City Strut
NATIONAL SEMI-FINALISTS: The American Prize ERNST BACON MEMORIAL AWARD for the PERFORMANCE of AMERICAN MUSIC, HIGH SCHOOL soloists or composers, 2021
Elisa K. Johnson
Seattle WA
Less Alone
Nicole Liang
Clarksville MD
Childhood Innocence
Nicole Liang
Clarksville MD
Portals
Amelia Severns
Venetia PA
Not A Day Goes By (Sondheim)
Christina Xiao
Lexington MA
Rain; Ambler; Baby River; Approaching The End; Skitter
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.
Here is a sample announcement:
"Great News! I've just been selected as a semi-finalist in the (blank) division of The American Prize ERNST BACON MEMORIAL AWARD for the PERFORMANCE of AMERICAN MUSIC, 2021. Here's the link: (copy link here). The American Prize will be announcing finalists 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 semi-finalists.
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