Talk:Andrew Boysen

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[edit] Deletion

Why should Andrew Boysen by deleted? Wikipedia:Notability (music) states that if a composer "has written a song or composition which has won (or in some cases been given a second or other place) in a major music competition not established expressly for newcomers" that it should be deemed notable. In the article it states that Andrew Boysen "has twice won the Claude T. Smith Memorial Band Composition Contest: the first time in 1991 for “I Am” and again in 1994 for “Ovations”. He won the University of Iowa Honors Composition Prize in 1991 and in 2000 won the International Horn Society Composition Contest." Ben Tibbetts 22:52, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

My main concern was with the term "a major music competition", specifically, the word "major". Simply winning any competition is not justification on its own for inclusion in an encyclopedia. For the three competitions given in the article, I searched on Google to look for references which would establish them as legitimately "major" competitions. I found few references to the first two other than people claiming to have won them; they certainly don't seem to qualify as "major". The third (IHSCC) has many references online, but I somewhat question if a contest involving pieces composed for just one specific instrument can be considered "major". Thoughts? MrZeebo 11:40, 11 October 2007 (UTC)