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The Wayne Peterson Prize
in Music Composition
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Award
A single $4000 cash prize and
a public performance by the Left Coast Ensemble during their 2001-02 concert
season.
Medium and Dimension Etc.
A song 12-15 minutes composed
for a chamber ensemble of 3-6 players chosen from: flute/piccolo/alto flute,
clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion (one or more player), piano, violin,
or cello.
The composition must have been written within two years prior to January
1, 2001. It must not have been awarded a prize. It may have been previously
performed.
Format of Submitted Compositions
Composers must submit two legible,
bound copies of the full score, two copies of a recording, if available,
and a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return to. The judging panel
reserves the right to reject scores that are deemed illedible.
Geographic Scope
The competion is limited to the
U.S. Citizens and Legal Residents in the Continental U.S. and itŐs territories.
Age Limit
Composers who are 35 or younger
as of January 1, 2001, may participate.
Submission of Scores
Works must be submitted annonymously
(please use a pseudonym). The composerŐs name must not appear on the score.
A SEALED ENVELOPE including the composerŐs name, address and telephone number
must accompany all scores.
Submission Deadline
The score must be postmarked no
later than April 2, 2001.
Entry Fee
There will be a $20 non-refundable
entry fee. Checks or Money Orders drawn on a U.S. bank and made payable
to San Francisco State University must accompany all entries. Applicants
wishing to have their materials returned should include a self-addressed
stamped envelope with their entry.
Performance Materials
The composer of the winning composition
will provide adequate performance materials (i.e. a complete set of legible
and practical instrumental parts at least two monthsprior to the announced
performance date.
Send Materials to:
Wayne Peterson Composition Prize
Music Department
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
Announcement
of the 2001 Winner
The Department of Music at
San Francisco State University and the Left Coast Ensemble of San Francisco
are pleased to announce that Derek Hurst, a doctoral candidate
at Brandeis University, is this year's winner of the Wayne Peterson Prize
in Music Composition. Mr. Hurst receives a $4,000 cash prize and a West
Coast premier performance of his prize-winning work, "Interloper," a trio
for piano, violin, and cello. The premier will take place during the Left
Coast Ensemble's 2001-2002 season. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Mr.
Hurst has received numerous awards, including the Irving Fine Fellowship
for Music Composition and awards from Portland State University, the Wellesley
Composer's Conference, and Brandeis University. Both his acoustic and
electroacoustic works have been performed across the country. His composition
teachers include Tomas Svoboda, Bryan Johanson, John Melby, Eric Chasalow,
Martin Boykan, Yehudi Wyner, and David Rakowski. The Wayne Peterson Prize
is named for Professor Emeritus Wayne Peterson, a member of the San Francisco
State music faculty for more than forty years and winner of the Pulitzer
Prize in Music in 1992. Judges for this year's competition were Ronald
Caltabiano and Kurt Rohde. .
Previous winners include Brooke Joyce (1998), David Schober (1999), and
David Dzubay (2000).
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