Finalists: COMPOSERS (vocal chamber music), 2021
From Maestro Katz:
"Why so many finalists?" Different from some other contests, The American Prize is first and foremost about encouraging artists, not about eliminating contestants. Are each of the works below equal in terms of quality or interest? Of course not. But each of the individuals below was judged to be worthy of further consideration as we move towards selecting winners and runners-up in the various divisions. At the end of the contest year each will receive a written evaluation. Especially during this most difficult time for the performing arts everywhere, we welcome these works and hope the recognition conveyed by finalist status will prove valuable, both personally and professionally. Thanks to all these individuals for their creativity. —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.
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 2022 season of The American Prize contests (our eleventh year) are now available on our website: www.theamericanprize.org
NATIONAL FINALISTS The American Prize in Composition—Vocal Chamber Music (professional division), 2021 (See the note "Why so many finalists?" —above.)
Lori F. Ardovino
Alabaster. AL
Nonsense Songs
Julian David Bryson
Jacksonville FL
If I can...
Joshua Burel
Huntsville AL
Blue Means Water
Curt Cacioppo
Orleans. MA
I, madly struggling, cry
Oliver Caplan
Medford MA
The Big Deception
Jerry Casey
Naples FL
Bird Raptures
Shawn Crouch
Pembroke Pines FL
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Megan DiGeorgio
Hyattsville MD
I'm Terrified
Duilio A. Dobrin
Cavendish VT
Three Hebrew Songs
Otter Dreaming
Decorah IA
Small Adventures- Inuit poems
Emerson Eads
Minot ND
The Gleaners
Gregory Thomas Glancey
Winchester MA
From the Four Winds
Edith Hemenway
Providence RI
A Child's Garden of Verses
Jeffrey Hoover
Sacramento CA
Transcendence
Ryan Kelly
Broomall PA
Friendship
Anne C. Kilstofte
Surprise AZ
Songs of the Night Wind
Leonardo Le San
Philadelphia PA
Blessed are the Poor; Angelus Domini
Colin Martin
Albuquerque NM
Stranded: A Sole Space Opera
Jan Mittelstaedt
Portland OR
Songs of Silent Sorrow: Shock., Shame., Standing Tall
Sheli Nan
Berkeley CA
Sarah and Hagar- The Reconciliation of the Jewish Mother the Arab Mother
Bryan Page
Dallas TX
The Edith Poems
Leah Reid
Woburn MA
Apple; Single Fish
Benjamin Shaw
Newport RI
Into My Own
Robert Anton Strobel
Elizabeth CO
Spells for the Afterlife
Kyle Vanderburg
Fargo ND
The Notes Between The Notes
Patricia Wallinga
San Francisco CA
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Stephen Yarbrough
Vermillion SD
All of the Hidden Stars
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Vocal Chamber Music (student division), 2021 (See the note "Why so many finalists?" —above.)
June Young Kim
Roslyn NY
Yeomwon
Evgeniya (Jane) Kozhevnikova
Kalamazoo MI
I Shall Go Back Again; I Know I am but Summer to Your Heart; Pity Me Not; I Looked in My Heart
Alan Mackwell
Boston MA
Four Short Songs
Luis McDougal
McAllen TX
The Bells
Deovides A. Reyes III
Saint Meinrad IN
Montage; Vigil for the Naked Skydiver
Aletta Steynberg
Boston MA
Astrak Somer Son; Waatlemoen & Wrede Landskap
Ian Wiese
Closter NJ
Aus Liebe
Christina Xiao
Lexington MA
Approaching The End
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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.
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