The Canticum Novum Singers
Choral Composition Competition
March 25, 2012
The following pieces will be performed by The New York Virtuoso Singers this season. Most were selected from scores submitted to this year's competition. Thank you to all who submitted works.
A Simple Magnificat by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Je me délace by Jenece Gerber
Jubilate Deo by Anne-Marie Turcotte
Still Falls the Rain by Elizabeth Maconchy
For the Time Being: Advent by Thea Musgrave
May 13, 2012
The following pieces will be performed by The New York Virtuoso Singers this season. Most were selected from scores submitted to this year's competition. Thank you to all who submitted works.
Snapshot of a Teenaged Moment When Everything Began by Anna Weesner
Sanctus by Jennifer Higdon
Love Songs by Augusta Read Thomas
…with Peace in Mind by Nancy Wertsch
Credo/Ani Ma’amin by Shulamit Ran
2010 Winners
First Prize:
Nicholas Reeves
In Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich
Second Prize: Two Winners:
Frank Stemper
by night my mind
and
Richard Rice
In the Bleak Midwinter
Third Prize:
Kurt Leland
Cantata on a Poem of Thomas Hardy ("Drinking Song")
Also on the program:
Milton Babbitt:
Music for the Mass (New York Premiere)
This year's judges were John Harbison, William Payne, and Harold Rosenbaum.
RESULTS OF THE 2009 COMPETITION:
Although many fine compositions were submitted to our 2009 competition, it was decided that no clear winner had emerged.
2008 Winners
First Prize:
Michael Fletcher
H
Second Prize:
Kurt Leland
Gott Spricht Zu Jedem Nur, Eh Er Ihn Macht
Third Prize:
Stanley Hoffman
Anim Zemiros
Seven Honorable Mentions:
a) Thomas Lavoy
White Stones
b) Dan Senn
S(H)e Visits Me
c) Timothy Dwight Edwards
Forme of Cury
d) William Popp
Daybreak
e) Scott Wheeler
Prospects
f) Alex Guerrero
Tenebrae factae sunt
g) Richard Rice
Like as the Waves (from Four Shakespeare Sonnets)
2007 Winners
First Prize:
Ramin Amirarjomand
Alma Redemptoris mater
Second Prize:
David Chaitkin
Seasons Such as These
Third Prize:
Timothy Dwight Edwards
Reaching
Two Honorable Mentions:
a) F. William Sherrill
Ave Verum Corpus
b) Jeffrey Steven Cobb
Absalom
2006 Winners
First Prize:
Richard McIntyre
Vitium Cantorum
Second Prize:
Michael Eckert
Echo's Song
Third Prize:
Chung Shih Hoh
Variations on the Brink
Three Honorable Mentions:
a) Derek Healey
Pioneering Days
b) Jonathan Kolm
Cedo Maiori
c) Richard Rice
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
2005 Winners
Two First Prizes:
a) Joelle Wallach
Therefore: Accepted for publication by G. Schirmer
b) Devlyn Case
Tenebrae factae sunt
Second Prize:
David McMullin
Magnificat
Third Prize:
Stephen Miles
De Profundis Clamavi
Three Honorable Mentions:
a) Alan J. Higbee
The Water Dragon
b) Jonathan Kolm
Winter Heavens
c) Elizabeth Alexander
Climb
COMPETITION RULES
This competition has been established to promote choral music by living American composers.
It is not required that you send recordings. However, you may send one if you wish. Published works are acceptable.
The winners will receive a public performance in New York City of their choral compositions by THE NEW YORK VIRTUOSO SINGERS.
Founded in 1988 by conductor Harold Rosenbaum (www.haroldrosenbaum.com), The New York Virtuoso Singers has become this country's leading exponent of contemporary choral music. Although the chorus performs music of all periods, its emphasis is on commissioning, performing and recording the music of American composers.
ELIGIBILITY
* U.S. composers
* Composers living in the U.S. for 5 years or more, whose musical activities take place primarily in the U.S. There are no age restrictions.
ELIGIBLE SUBMISSIONS
All a cappella works for 16-voice mixed chorus and those with piano accompaniment, may be submitted. If the text is not in the public domain, composers must submit a letter confirming that permission has been given from the author or poet to set the text to music.
AWARDS
There will be approximately three winners. The winners will have their works performed in a public concert in New York City, and will be given an archival tape. In addition, winning compositions will be considered for publication on the "Harold Rosenbaum Choral Series" published by G. Schirmer.
In addition -
1st Prize: $250
2nd Prize: $150
3rd Prize: $100
APPLICATION FEE
None. There is no limit to the number of scores submitted.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
There is no formal application form required with the submission of scores. The postmarked deadline for the next competition is April 10, 2013. The winning compositions will be posted here in May 2013
Scores should be sent to:
Canticorum Virtuosi, Inc.
2 Cove Road
South Salem, NY 10590-1023
Scores and CDs will not be returned.
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