Composition Winners

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International Composition Competition Winners

2023 – Rhapsody for Flute and Orchestra, by Pasquale Tassone (US), to be performed Fall 2024

    Pasquale Tassone’s Rhapsody for Flute and Orchestra was also the Audience Choice winner.

    7th Annual Competition Finalists:

Animalia for Flute and Orchestra, by Sy Brandon (US)

Montage for Flute and Orchestra, by Michael Todd Kovell (US)

Rhapsody for Flute and Orchestra, by Pasquale Tassone (US)

2022 – Defiant Overture, by Austin Ali (US), to be performed Spring 2023

    6th Annual Competition Finalists:

Through Shattering Snow and Fallen Glass, by Jeffrey Fong (Canada)

​Defiant Overture, by Austin Ali (US)

​Incandescence (Ukraine’s Undying Light), by Brandon Walker (US)

​Honorable Mention goes to:

“Final” of the Ukrainian Symphony, by Vyacheslav Tkach (Ukraine)

2021 – Let There Be Light, by Brenton Broadstock, to be performed Winter 2022

    5th Annual Competition Finalists:

           At This Moment, by Ruth Alon (Israel)

            Let There Be Light, by Brenton Broadstock (Australia)

            The Laws of Motion, by Angus Davison (Austrailia)

           Viva, by Kari Medina (US – WA)

2020 – Voices of Time: A Portrait of Lake Moraine, by Kevin Wilks Lau, performed Fall 2021

   4th Annual Competition Finalists:

         On-Again, Off-Again, by Jack Frerer (US – NY)

         Archaeopteryx Waltz, by Christoph Schonberger (England)

         Duel of Champions, by Jared Richardson (Canada)

         Voices of Time: A Portrait of Lake Moraine, by Kevin Wilks Lau (Canada)

2019 – Waking Up Down at the Bottom of the Sea, by Alejandro Rutty, performed Spring, 2019

    3rd Annual Competition Finalists:

          Waking Up Down at the Bottom of the Sea, by Alejandro Rutty (US – NC)

          Sketch Book, by Aaron Spotts (US – FL)

          Burst, by Kyle Wernke, performed Fall, 2019 (US – MO)

         Tectonics, by Roger Zare, performed Winter, 2020 (US – IL)

2018 – Yetzer Hara, by Daniel Despins, performed Spring, 2018

        2nd Annual Competition Finalists:

              Daniel Despins (US – DE) – Yetzer Hara

              Scott Lee (US – NC) – Vicious Circles

              Kai-Young Chan (China – Hong Kong) – Seeking, Searching

                      performed Fall, 2018

              Ben Goldberg (US – NY) – Declaration, performed Winter, 2019

2017 – Trifles, by Allen Molineux, performed Spring, 2017

             Five – Kenyon Wilson – performed Winter, 2018