Finalists: COMPOSERS (instrumental chamber music—all divisions), 2021
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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.
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.
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Instrumental Chamber Music (professional division), 2021
Aaron Alter
Carlsbad CA
La Joie de Vivre
Devin Arrington
Pittsburgh PA
Heavenward: Meditation for solo violin
William Ashworth
Medford OR
Approaching Ocean
Bruce Babcock
Pasadena CA
Alternative Facts
Jay C. Batzner
Mt. Pleasant MI
Danger Tree
Mahlon Berv
Valley Village CA
Agni: Fire, for violin
John G. Bilotta
Concord CA
This Silver Minute of Evening
Jeffrey Bowen
Seattle WA
What Will Sound (was already sound)
Robert J. Bradshaw
Gloucester MA
Together, We Spent the Day in Newburyport
Timothy Brown
Lewisville TX
Camp Speicher
Curt Cacioppo
Orleans MA
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
Charles Cacioppo
Philadelphia PA
Ink Wash Painting
Kevin Class
Knoxville TN
Pictures from an Exhibitionist
David Colson
Kalamazoo MI
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Nickitas Demos
Atlanta GA
Frontlash
Megan DiGeorgio
Hyattsville MD
The Inescapable Self
Ezra Donner
Ypsilanti MI
Street Beat
Matthew R. Durrant
Midvale UT
The Land of Standing Rocks
Jose Elizondo
Natick MA
Under the starry sky of the Rhine
Darci Griffith Gameri
Omaha NE
The Seven Directions
Jorge Huelga Garcia
Brooklyn NY
Sonata "Connections"
Gregory Thomas Glancey
Winchester MA
Under a Shattered Moon
Eren Gumrukcuoglu
Durham NC
Pareidolia
Edith Hemenway
Providence RI
Questions of Travel
Jeffrey Hoover
Sacramento CA
Abundance
Aaron Houston
Tallahassee FL
Midway to Midtown
Karen Salicath Jamali
Winter Park FL
In Water; Before, Aurora; more
Douglas Knehans
Cincinnati OH
Falling Air
Valerie Liu
Alameda CA
The Tozzi Effect
Timothy Lee Miller
Mahwah NJ
Something More
Sheli Nan
Berkeley CA
American Promise
C.F. Pan
Sherman Oaks CA
Ring Arc
Angelique Poteat
Seattle WA
Her Story of a Soldier
Clement Reid
Lakewood WA
Trio for Tenor Saxophone and Percussion
Josh Rodriguez
Riverside CA
That Crazed Girl Improvising
Miguel Roig-Francoli
Cincinnati OH
Sonata for two guitars; Six preludes after Chopin
Yitzhak Santis
Israel
Breezy; Elation
Benjamin Shorstein
Jacksonville FL
Sonata for Piano
Richard Silverman
Brooklyn NY
Sonata for violin and piano #1
Aaron Spotts
Tallahassee FL
City Electric
Stefan Stern
Bozeman MT
Scherzomania
Kotoka Suzuki
Chicago IL
Orison
Robert Scott Thompson
Roswell GA
Ninth Wave; Parataxis; Vivid Air
William Vollinger
Woodcliff Lake NJ
Winds Would
Edgar Warren Williams
Ormond Beach FL
Fugitive Visions 2020
John Winsor
Virginia Beach VA
Quartet; Dolphins
Gernot Wolfgang
Los Angeles CA
New England Travelogue
Stephen Yarbrough
Vermillion SD
Two Pieces from "A Dakota Diary"
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The American Prize in Composition—Instrumental Chamber Music (student division), 2021
Micheal Barnes
Cincinnati OH
Trapped
Jacob Beranek
Oconomowoc WI
Wind Quintet
Nicolas Bizub
Cincinnati OH Fill
The Swamp
Elillian J. Daugherty
Bellbrook OH
Quintet for Winds
Zach Gulaboff Davis
Jersey City NJ
On the Trajectory of Light
Liam Diethrich
Highland Park IL
Mobius Strip
Richard Drehoff Jr.
Virginia Beach VA
shadow of a difference / falling
Isaiah Evans
Burnt Hills NY
New Ground, for string quartet
Julian Fueyo
New Haven CT
Zafiro
Martin Hebel
Hamden CT
Rust and Bone
William Horsley
Reno NV
Araneae
Elisa Johnson
Seattle WA
We have Wings
Feona Jones
Pleasant Hill CA
Adrenaline
Rachael S. Kim
Sammamish WA
The Voyager
June Young Kim
Roslyn NY
A Sigh Into Thin Air
Jihyun Kim
Houston TX
Flash
Jared M. Lane
Hartsel CO
Looking Inward, Looking Outward; Ice & Warmth; A Quiet Hope
YoungJun Lee
Boston MA
Shin-byeong for violin solo
Joohun Lee
Alexandria VA
Revenant Legends
Nicole Liang
Clarksville MD
Childhood Innocence
Joan M. Low
Oxnard CA
Elysian Fields
David Wang Lu
Ellicott City MD
Quarantine Quintet
Alan Mackwell
Boston MA
Eggs for Breakfast
Luis McDougal
McAllen TX
Guitar Preludes
Tai O'Malley
San FranciscoCA
Esoma Buelos; Starshine Overture; Dusk Cavalry
Craig Peaslee
Oostburg WI
The Death of a Nation
Michael Andrei Pogudin
Park City UT
Septet in C Major, Waltz in C#
Cody Ray
Wadsworth OH
A City Moving Forward
Deovides A. Reyes III
Saint Meinrad IN
Bells of Saint Meinrad
Calvin Rice
Lake Forest Park WA
String Quartet no. 1
Nicholas Shaheed
Seattle WA
Another Good One is There
Ryne Siesky
Miami FL
Art Miniatures
Johnny Smith-Wilson
Atlanta GA
String Quintet No. 2 "Lawurl"
Gary Kaiji Wang
Rochester NY
Lullabye and Dreams
Thomas L. Wilson
Baton Rouge LA
Flash Photography
Adam Winograd
Weston MA
La endecha del violin solitario
Qingye Wu
Cincinnati OH
Winter Sketches
Christina Xiao
Lexington MA
Ambler; Baby River
Yifei (Michael) Xu
Upland CA
Quartet for Wind instruments and piano
Xuesi Xu
Tallahassee FL
Red Winter
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Congratulations to all finalists.
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