Winners of the Search for New Music by Women Composers 2008
This year's competition was truly international with winners from the United States, South Korea and Canada!
Theodore Front Prize - (minimum age 22) Chamber and Orchestral works:
Sherry Woods - "Chambers for String Quartet"
Miriam Gideon Prize - (minimum age 50) Solo Voice and up to 5 Instruments:
Eleanor Cory - "Three Songs for Soprano and Piano+
Sylvia Glickman Memorial Prize - (minimum age 40) String Trio or Piano Trio:
No winners in this category.
Libby Larsen Prize - (currently enrolled in school) Any Medium:
Yoomi Paick - "Crossover for Trio and Chamber Orchestra"
Judith Lang Zaimont Prize - (minimum age 30) Unpublished and not recorded - Large Solo or Chamber:
S. Beth May - "Witch Hunt for String Quartet"
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Prize - (women 21 and under) Any Medium:
No winners in this category
Pauline Oliveros Prize - Electro-acoustic media:
Leah Reid - "Pressure for Viola and Live Electronics"
New Genre Prize - Innovation in form or style, including improvisation, multimedia, use of non-traditional notation:
Lavinia Kell Parker and Catherine Pickup - "Failure is Impossible, an Improvised Performance Piece"
PatsyLu Prize - Women of color and/or lesbians:
Su-Hyun Lee - "Fantasy for 5 Instruments"
Thank you to our distinguished panel of judges, Gernot Wolfgang, Erica Muhl, and Eric Schwartz for their outstanding service to women composers.
The Search for New Music Committee
Mary Lou Newmark, Committee Chair 2008