Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award
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The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano
(1927-1995), who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois
from 1963 to 1995. The first place prize consists of US$1,000 and a performance by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New Music Ensemble at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
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Salvatore Martirano
Salvatore Giovanni Martirano was an American composer of contemporary classical music.Born in Yonkers, New York, he taught for many years at the University of Illinois...
(1927-1995), who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
from 1963 to 1995. The first place prize consists of US$1,000 and a performance by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
New Music Ensemble at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts was built in 1969 in Urbana, Illinois, USA, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an educational and performing arts complex. Herman C...
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Awards
| Year | First Prize | Second Prize | Other Honors |
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| 1997 | Jason Eckardt Jason Eckardt Jason Eckardt is an American composer. He began his musical life playing guitar in heavy metal and jazz bands and abruptly moved to composing after discovering the music of Anton Webern.-Compositions:... : Echoes' White Veil |
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| 1998 | Karim Al-Zand: String Quartet | ||
| 1999 | Keith Moore: A Vagrant on Every Floor Craig Walsh Craig Walsh Craig Thomas Walsh is an American composer.Walsh studied at the Mannes College of Music in New York City and Brandeis University . His major teachers included Martin Boykan, Eric Chasalow, Robert Cuckson, David Loeb, and Yehudi Wyner... : 0 to 33 in 1045.5 |
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| 2000 | Sophia Serghi: Sizzle | ||
| 2001 | Orlando Jacinto Garcia Orlando Jacinto Garcia Orlando Jacinto Garcia is a Cuban-American composer of contemporary classical music.He received a DMA degree in composition from the University of Miami in 1985. He studied composition with Morton Feldman.... : Paisaje del Sonido II |
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| 2002 | Yumiko Juvigny: Out of Dark Lair | ||
| 2003 | Edward Top Edward Top Siemon Edward Top is a Dutch composer.Top studied violin and composition with Peter-Jan Wagemans at the Rotterdam Conservatoire. He won the Dutch prize for composition in 1999. He also studied composition with Klaas de Vries... : String Quartet |
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| 2004 | Robert Yamasato: Scherzo | ||
| 2005 | Steven Rice Steven Rice (composer) Steven Rice is an American composer, who has written works for a variety of ensembles including orchestra and choir.-Life and works:Rice studied music at the Eastman School of Music with Robert Morris and Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez... : Murmurs from Limbo |
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| 2006 | Douglas Boyce: 102nd & Amsterdam | Jorge García del Valle Méndez: Seok Yang Jong | Calogero Panvino: Sonata 101 (Honorable Mention) Nicholas Paul Vines: Dolmen for a New Albion (Honorable Mention) |
| 2007 | Takeo Hoshiya: Instability Principle | So Jeong Ahn: Ssa-reng, ui... | Christopher Arrell: Argot (Honorable Mention) |
| 2008 | Abel Paúl: fragmentos del vértigo | Sungji Hong Sungji Hong Sungji Hong is a South Korean composer. Her works have won many international prizes and have been performed at festivals and concert series in Asia, Europe and North America. In 2008 she resides in Greece.-Biography:... : Shades of Raindrops |
Carl Bettendorf: Inner Life (Third Prize) |
| 2009 | Michael Klingbeil: Tear of the Clouds | Vladimir Rannev: Variations on an Impulse (Second Prize) | Chritopher Bailey: Walking down the Hillside... (Honorable Mention) Geoff Knorr: Of Consonance and Contention (Honorable Mention) |
| 2011 | Louis Aguirre: Ochosi for string quartet | Marcin Stanczyk Marcin Stańczyk Marcin Stańczyk is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Dolcan Ząbki.-External links:*... : Nibiru |
Julien-Robert Legault Salvail: Chute libre (Third Prize) |
External links
- Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award page at University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
- Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award page at Spineless Books
- Salvatore Martirano page