The American Prize

The American Prize is a set of annual national competitions in the performing arts which recognizes the best recorded performances in the United States.[1] The award is bestowed in professional, college/university and high school categories for composition, piano, voice, chamber music and a number of other areas.[2] The jury consists of well known performing artists in each area, with the conductor and composer David Katz serving as chief judge.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Top prize winners

Winners of the first prize award by year in all professional categories.

Composition

Orchestra Choral Chamber Music Band Theater
2011 Jesse Ayers Ted Vives not awarded not awarded not awarded
2012 Michael Gatonska[9] Brian Holmes not awarded not awarded not awarded
2013 Alessandra Salvati Jonathan Santore Michael Deak Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn not awarded
2014 Gregg Wramage Dominick DiOrio Piotr Szewczyk Laurence Bitensky Todd Goodman

Piano

Solo Concerto
2011 Lin-Yu Wang not awarded
2012 Nathanael May Sarah S. Chan
2013 Petronel Malan Anthony Michael Cornet
2014 Nassib Nassar Kasandra Keeling

Voice

Opera (women) Opera (men) Art Song / Oratorio (women) Art Song / Oratorio (men)
2011 Laura Strickling Jonathan Beyer Christine Steyer Blake Friedman
2012 Suzanne Vinnik Christian Ketter Sharin Apostolou Matthew Garrett
2013 Suzanne Vinnik Christian Ketter Emily Marvosh Darren Chase
2014 Megan Marino Mitchell Hutchings Sarah Davis Leo Rado

Chamber music

2014 Atlanta Chamber Players

Orchestral

Orchestral performance Conducting
2010 Lancaster Festival Orchestra Gary Sheldon, Lancaster Festival Orchestra
2011 Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Christopher Zimmerman, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
2012 National Philharmonic Dirk Meyer, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
2013 not awarded not awarded
2014 Park Avenue Chamber Symphony not awarded

Choral

Choral performance
2010 Roomful of Teeth
2011 Washington Bach Consort

References

  1. ↑ "The American Prize rewards the best-recorded performances by individual artists and ensembles in the U.S." MidlandsBiz, Columbia, SC, October 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ Eiseman, Lee. "National Prize Recognizes Local Composer." The Boston Musical Intelligencer, September 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ Lewis, John. "Tom Hall & Choral Arts Win American Prize Awards." Baltimore, October 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ "UNLV Opera director wins American Prize." Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Tara Curtis places second in The American Prize in Voice." KCMetropolis, Kansas City, KS, September 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nashville composer Daniel Elder shines in the American Prize." ArtsNash, Nashville, TN, September 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Crane director wins 'The American Prize in Opera Performance' for Menotti's opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors." North Country Now, Potsdam, NY, January 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "SSYO Places Third Nationally in the American Prize Competition." Saratoga Today, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Composer Michael Gatonska Awarded The American Prize in Composition."

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