The European American Musical Alliance is pleased to announce the winning works for the 2011 EAMA Prize.
String Quartet #1 by Derek David
“Ave Verum Corpus” for SATB Choir by Jordan Davis
For winning the EAMA Prize, each composer will receive a cash award of $4,500 made possible by the generous support of the Double-R Foundation.
This year the EAMA Prize received over 120 scores from all over the world and we would like to say thank you to all for your submissions.
We received many excellent works and remain committed to recognizing music of profound artistic message, possessing a unique musical voice, and demonstrating clear, direct power of communication.
The Final Jury for the 2011 EAMA Prize was:
Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean of The Juilliard School; Former Senior Director and Artistic Advisor, Carnegie Hall
Philip Lasser, Director of EAMA, Professor at The Juilliard School
Donald Nally, Conductor, The Crossing Choir
Ken Noda, Pianist, Musical Assistant to James Levine, Metropolitan Opera
Alex Ross, Music Critic of The New Yorker, author of “Listen to This” and the highly acclaimed book “The Rest is Noise”
The EAMA Prize is awarded to a musical composition of profound artistic message, possessing a unique musical voice, and demonstrating clear, direct power of communication. Click here for more information.
The EAMA Young Composer Awards are offered to high school students that demonstrate exceptional potential in composition. Click here for more information.
The opportunity to submit entries will continue in 2012.
