The Wayne Peterson Prize
in Music Composition

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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